Custom Metric (license type)

A license for which consumption is not measured by installation or usage but by some other measure. You may select one of the measures (or metrics) from the list available on the Identification tab of the license properties, or you may define your own metric using the same control (see Adding or Editing a Custom Metric). Since these licenses do not use standard calculations, they are not updated by inventory imports.

Instead, by default they are over-utilized when the value of their Consumed property (on the Consumption tab of license properties) or Consumed Entitlement property (on the Compliance tab of license properties) exceeds the value of their Total entitlements.

You may update the Consumed or Consumed Entitlement value manually, or you can arrange for consumption to be updated by the Business Importer. Where compliance conditions are too complex for a simple comparison of quantities, you may also choose to set the Compliance status manually on this license type, by selecting the Set Compliance status manually check box.

Product use rights The following rights are supported for information only, and do not affect compliance calculations: Second use, multiple use, downgrade rights, upgrade rights, licensing on VM hosts, and a specific right for each user to access multiple installations.
Group assignment Not supported.
Consumption Not calculated. It may be updated manually or imported with the Business Importer.
Included (Not applicable.)
Compliance

When Set Compliance status manually is cleared, and Consumed or Consumed Entitlement is less than or equal to Total entitlements.

(If Set Compliance status manually is checked, compliance is not calculated for this license, but is set manually.)

Changing from

Any value existing in the Consumed or Consumed Entitlement property may be over-written at the next inventory import. You will no longer be able to set the Compliance status manually. Scoping rules will be deleted.

Changing to

Any Consumed or Consumed Entitlement value previously calculated for the old license type will be ignored, and the custom metric license will have its Consumed or Consumed Entitlement count set to zero. You need to maintain the consumed count manually.

By default, the Compliance status will be set by comparing the Consumed or Consumed Entitlement count with the Total entitlements.

You can manage the status manually by setting the Set Compliance status manually check box.

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