Applications: Reference

Refer to the tables below for field descriptions when you want to view the details of a specific application in SAM on Snow Atlas.

Available tabs in the application detail view depend on the metric and if the application is installed on a computer or on a mobile device.

Overview

The Overview tab shows general information on the application. The tab has two sections; General overview and Compliance overview.

The General overview shows, for example, the Manufacturer, the Application family, and the Metrics. Some information can be selected to show more details.

The Compliance overview shows licensing information. The Compliance overview is only available if the application has a license requirement.

Field label	Description
Metric	The metric for the application. For more information, see Metrics.
Compliance status	Shows if the application is Compliant or Not compliant.
Initial requirement	The initial license requirement before any adjustments have been made.
Licenses	The number of purchased licenses.
Required licenses	The number of licenses required to ensure compliance.
Coverage	The number of instances covered by available licenses.
Compliance	The calculated difference between Coverage and Required licenses.

Licenses

The Licenses tab has four views; Purchases, Transfers, Computer tracking, and User tracking.

The Purchases view shows all registered license purchases for the application.

Field label	Description
Purchase date	The date when the license for the application was purchased.
Assignment type	The assignment type for the license.
Quantity	The number of licenses for the purchase.
Incomplete	Shows if the license purchase is incomplete (Yes) or complete (No). If the license purchase is incomplete, then all required information is not available for this purchase to be used as a valid entitlement.

The Transfers view shows all received or transferred licenses from or to other versions of the application via upgrade or downgrade rights.

Field label	Description
Application name	The name of the application that has received or transferred licenses.
Transfer type	Shows if the license has been received or transferred via upgrade or downgrade rights.
Metric	The metric for the application.
Quantity	The number of licenses that the application has received or transferred.

The Computer tracking view is a summary of license requirements and entitlement states for the consumers of the licenses. A consumer can be a computer, a device, a mobile device, or a user.

Field label	Description
Consumer name	The name of the consumer.
Type	Shows if the consumer is a computer, a device, a mobile device, or a user.
Metric	The metric for the application.
Used	Shows if the consumer has run the application or not.
Virtual	Shows if the computer is virtual or not.
Required	The number of licenses required for the consumer of the application.
Entitlement state	The entitlement state of the application describes to what extent the consumer is covered.

The User tracking view is a summary of license requirements and entitlement states for the consumers of the licenses. A consumer can be a computer, a device, a mobile device, or a user.

Field label	Description
Consumer name	The name of the consumer.
Type	Shows if the consumer is a computer, a device, a mobile device, or a user.
Metric	The metric for the application.
Used	Shows if the consumer has run the application or not.
Required	The number of licenses required for the consumer of the application.
Entitlement state	The entitlement state of the application describes to what extent the consumer is covered.

Allocation

The Allocation tab shows the allocation of licenses and installations for the application.

Field label	Description
Organization node	The organization node to which the licenses are allocated for the application.
Metric	The default metric for the application.
License requirement	Shows how many licenses are required for each organization node, that is, the number of licensable installations of the application. The license requirement includes installed applications without registered usage.
Coverage	The number of instances covered by available licenses.
Compliance	The calculated difference between Coverage and Required licenses.

Compliance

The Compliance tab shows how the number of licenses, the license requirement, and the license coverage for the application have been calculated. The first section shows calculations based on the default metric. If any licenses have been registered with other metrics than the default metric of the application, select Open to see compliance calculations for an alternative metric.

Field label	Description
Compliance	Shows the calculated difference between Coverage and Required licenses
Initial requirement	The initial license requirement before any adjustments have been made. The number is expressed in the default metric. For licenses with another metric, the number is translated into the corresponding quantity of that metric. Example: The metric is set to Number of processors. There are 10 servers with in total 14 processors where this application is detected. The initial requirement will in this case be 14 processors. If a license purchase is registered with the metric Installations, the initial requirement will correspond to 10 installations.
Licenses	Information on available licenses that can be used to cover this application. The number of registered purchased licenses is shown as well as any license adjustments that have been made, for example: Transfers of licenses via upgrade or downgrade rights (+/-). Incomplete or unassigned licenses (-). Subscription licenses for which the subscriptions have expired (-).
Required licenses	Shows the number of licenses that are required. For information related to the default metric of the application, this includes the initially required licenses as well as any license adjustments that have been made, for example: Extended license coverage or secondary use rights (-). Application bundling (-). Usage outside the metering period (-). VDI (-). Manual compliance exclusions (-) Core factors (+/-).
Coverage	Shows to what extent the application is covered. This includes the number of available licenses as well as any license adjustments that have been made, for example: Covered by other metrics (+).**** Licensing other metrics (-). Site licenses (+). VM use rights (+). Covered by subscription plan (+). Note: To automatically detect license coverage of applications included in Microsoft 365, users in SAM on Snow Atlas must be linked with Microsoft 365 users. Also, the Snow Integration Connector for Microsoft 365 must be set up. Double licensed (-). Note: A double licensed application is an application that is both covered by a license and a subscription plan. The normal license auto allocation does not take into account which users have a subscription plan that is covering the application. This will result in both the normal license, and the subscription plan covering the same user. We recommend that you use the Snow Integration Connector for Microsoft 365 and user linking to provide license coverage for applications included in your Microsoft 365 subscription plans. If you need to add license coverage for an application using a normal license, make sure to assign it to the specific user or device you want covered, rather than using auto allocation.

Computers

The Computers tab shows all computers with an installation of the selected application.

Field label	Description
Computer name	The name of the computer.
Organization node	The organization node to which the computer is assigned.
First discovered	The date when the application was first discovered on the computer.
Last used	The date and time when the application was most recently run.
Run	The number of times the application has been started on the computer.
Per run (hh:mm)	The average time the application has been run on the computer.
Installed	Shows if the application is currently installed on the computer or not.
Remarks	The remarks are used for additional information. For more information, see Remarks.

Users

The Users tab shows all users that have used the application, and the last time they used it.

Field label	Description
Name	The name of the user.
Last used	The date and time when the user most recently run the application.
Remarks	The remarks are used for additional information. For more information, see Remarks.

Bundle content

The Bundle content tab shows the applications in the bundle. Also, the number of installations via bundles is compared to the total number of installations, and the difference constitutes the number of stand-alone installations. The tab is only available for application bundles, such as Adobes Creative Cloud or Microsoft 365.

Field label	Description
Name	The name of the application in the bundle.
Installations via bundle (total installations)	The total number of installations of the application via the application bundle.
Users	The total number of users of the application.

Information

The Information tab shows general information on the application. The tab has three sections; General information, Application information, and Financial information.

User grants

The User grants tab shows users that have been assigned a license for the application. The tab is only available when users have been assigned a license.

Field label	Description
Name	The user's name including information on domain and username.
Organization	The organization node that the user belongs to.

Custom information

The Custom information tab lets you add data that needs to be managed but does not have a pre-defined entry in SAM on Snow Atlas. For more information, see Custom fields.

Field label	Description
Custom field name	The name of the custom field.
Value	The value set for the custom field.