The software usage data appears in reports and views after you collect full inventory, enable usage tracking or create application metering policies, and after the usage information is sent to Notification Server by the Application Metering plug-in.
Software view
To access the Software view, in the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Software.
In the left pane, under Metered Software, click Usage Tracking. Then view the usage data in the right pane.
This data can be displayed only for the software that is defined in the Software Catalog and is added to the list of managed software products. You must also enable tracking for the software that you want to appear in this view.
For more information about Software Catalog and managed software, see the Software Management Solution User Guide at the following URL:
To view application metering reports, in the Symantec Management Console, on the Reports menu, click All Reports, and then, in the left pane, under Reports, expand Software > Application Metering.
The following reports and several others are available for file-level application metering:
Executable Usage
For more information about application metering, see the Inventory Solution User Guide at the following URL:
To view the installed software reports, in the Symantec Management Console, on the Reports menu, click All Reports, and then, in the left pane, under Reports, expand Discovery and Inventory > Inventory > Cross-platform > Software/Applications.
The following reports and several others are available:
Audit Software Search report
Installed Software
Disk Usage by File Extension
For more information about viewing inventory data in reports, see the Inventory Solution User Guide at the following URL:
Resource Manager lets you view information and perform numerous tasks on a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) resource. A CMDB resource can be a computer, software, network device, and so on.
You can access Resource Manager if you double-click a resource in the Symantec Management Console.
For more information about viewing inventory data in Resource Manager, see the Inventory Solution User Guide at the following URL:
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