SAM
When at least one license has been created and properly configured, its usage can be measured in the SAM section.
This view consists of three widgets and a list view where it's possible to consume information about usage, cost, and potential savings that could be applied to save costs on the configured licenses.
The usage of a license starts being recorded from the moment it is created and associated with Installed applications.
The widgets included in the dashboard contain information about:
- Total licenses purchased: the total number of licenses purchased, aggregated by license
- Total cost per month: aggregated by license
- Potential savings: provides the detail in
€of the licenses that are unused and may not be renewed to optimize costs, aggregated by license.
At the bottom of the dashboard is the License Details table, which contains a list with the following information:
- License name
- License type
- Licenses purchased
- Number of licenses in use
- Number of unused licenses
- License usage percentage
- Price per license
- Potential savings
- Currency
By clicking on the name of any license in the table, we will access the savings view of the selected license:
This detailed view provides the following information:
- The total monthly cost of the license
- The potential savings that can be applied to the license, according to its usage in previous periods.
- The total number of licenses purchased, segmented into licenses in use and inactive licenses.