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The Software Report displays summaries of applications present on all selected machines. Each reports uses data collected from audit to display the state of each group's software installed base. There are four primary report types: All Applications, Software Licenses, Summary Licenses, and Operating Systems.

All Applications

Generates a table showing each unique application found on all machines by audit. The total number of unique copies of the application are also listed. You can optionally show or hide each column of data. Hiding a column may reduce the number of rows reported if the uniqueness of the data drops. For instance, your report may show 50 copies of an application with v2.0.1 and 127 copies of the same application with v2.8. If you hide the version, by unchecking the box, then the report lists 177 copies of that application. The All Application report lists:

  • Applications - The application name (theApp.exe)
  • Product Name - Product name string as provided by the software vendor.
  • Description - Software description string as provided by the software vendor.
  • Manufacturer - The software vendor name
  • Version - Software version number.

Checking Show unregistered applications lists all the unregistered applications in addition to registered applications. Registered applications place an App Paths key in the registry identifying the location of their main executable. Sorting on this value is a good way to separate main applications from all the helper and secondary applications.

If List machine IDs that contain each application is checked then the machine ID of each machine containing the application is listed.

Note: To locate specific applications use the Advanced Filter option by clicking the Advanced... link.

Software Licenses

Generates a table listing the number of software licenses found in a group of machines discovered by audit. This report lists the total number of licenses and the number of unique licenses found across all machines. In addition, Software Licenses lists:

  • Publisher - The software vendor name
  • Title - The software title for each license found.

If List machine IDs that contain each application is checked then the machine ID of each machine containing the application is listed.

Note: To locate specific applications use the Advanced Filter option by clicking the Advanced... link.

License Summary

Generates a table summarizing the licenses on all machines in a group or view. This report presents four tables of information summarizing the following:

  • Servers - lists all server types found and the number of machines running that server OS.
  • Workstations - lists all workstation types found and the number of machines running that workstation OS.
  • Microsoft Office Licenses - lists the number of machines with each version of Microsoft Office loaded.
  • Other Applications - summarizes the number of machines with each application license found that is not contained in the first 3 tables.

Operating Systems

Charts a composite view of all operating systems found on all machine IDs.

Note: Each machine reports its operating system type and version with each check-in. Audit does not have to complete to obtain operating system information. Therefore, the number of operating systems reported by this report may be higher than the number of licenses reported for that operating system if all machines have not completed an audit.

Three Operating System report styles are available:

  • Pie chart
  • Bar chart
  • Table

Advanced Filter

Click Advanced Filter to restrict the amount of data displayed. You can specify a different advanced filter for each column of data displayed.

Report Permission

Select Shared or Private to assign a permission to the report. By default, the Private setting will be selected. Private reports can only be viewed and run by the administrator that created the report. Shared reports can be viewed and run by all administrators.

Save As...

The settings of the report can be saved for later use. Pressing Save As... brings up a dialog box where the report can be named. The named report will be listed in the left-hand navigation bar along with a corresponding icon, depending on whether it is labeled as a private or shared report.

Choosing a Report

Selecting a saved report from the left- hand navigation bar displays the settings of the report, and also gives the administrator the ability to edit, rename, or delete the report. Some of the functions below appear only when a saved report is selected from the left-hand navigation bar.

Report Name

Lists the name of the report as entered by the administrator.

Save

After making changes to the report, press Save to save the current settings.

Save As...

To make a copy of the current report, press save as... and give the report a new name. Before saving as, give the new report a permission by selecting either the Private or Shared radio button.

Rename...

To rename the report, press Rename... A dialog box will appear and a new name can be entered. Pressing OK confirms the new name and saves the report. The new name is listed in the left-hand navigation bar.

Delete...

To delete the report, press delete...

Update

Pressing Update synchronizes the information shown in the Group ID/Machine ID field with the information specified in the Specify Accounts filter.

Running the Report

  1. Choose a Report Type
    • All Applications - Displays a list of applications installed on the managed machine(s) selected in the Specify Accounts filter. The list of applications can be filtered by pressing filter, which brings up the application filter control.
    • Software Licenses - Lists all licenses found for all applications
    • License Summary - Summarizes all the licenses found.
    • Operating Systems - Displays a list of the operating systems installed on the managed machine(s) selected in the Specify Accounts filter.
  2. Enter Title Displayed On Report Header
    • Enter a title to display in the resulting report page header. This title is saved with the report.
    • Choose the Sort Order
      • group.machine  The report results are displayed alphabetically by group ID.
      • machine.group  The report results are displayed alphabetically by machine ID.
    • Chart Type
      • Pie - Results are displayed in a standard pie chart. Clicking on a pie slice displays a table with a more detailed view of the information that comprises the slice.
      • Bar - Results are displayed in a standard bar chart. Clicking on a bar segment displays a table with a more detailed view of the information that comprises the bar.  
      • Table - The table view provides an alphabetical (either by group or machine ID, as selected in the sort order) list of all the results of the selected report. The Table view provides the entire set of information gathered in the report; using the Pie and Bar chart types provides the administrator with a subset of the information when a pie slice or bar segment is selected. The Table view is useful for printing purposes.

        Note: After running the Operating Systems report, you can select from Pie, Bar, or Table in the drop-down list provided in the report window.

    • Machine ID/Group ID/Update

      These fields and the button are active only when a saved report is selected from the left-hand navigation bar. The Machine ID and Group ID fields populate with the settings of the saved report. The settings can be changed by entering new filter criteria in the Specify Accounts field, pressing Update, and resaving the report.

    • Filter

      Pressing filter brings up the application filter control, which provides a way to control the list of applications shown in the applications list.

  3. Run the Report

    Pressing run displays the result of the report in a new browser window.

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