Like the Computers view, the Software view is an enhanced console view that was added to the Manage menu in the Symantec Management Console.
See About the enhanced console views.
You can perform key software management tasks from the Software view. You can also allow specific user roles to perform the specific key tasks that relate to software management from the Software view. To enable the user role to perform these key tasks, you must assign the user role-specific Software Management privileges.
See Software Management privileges.
The Software view includes the following elements:
What you select in the navigation pane determines the result set that you see in the list pane. The information that is displayed in the software details pane varies and depends on the saved search that you selected.
The lower part of the software details pane contains the Computers with software installed and Policies installing this software sections. If you click a section, details about the computers or policies appear in the software details pane.
Table: Software view
Pane |
Section |
Description |
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Navigation pane (left) |
Installed Software |
By default, you can use the Newly Discovered Software, Installed Products, Licensed, Adobe, and Microsoft saved searches. For software products to be included in the Installed Products saved search, you must first define the inventory rules for the product. Note that the Installed Products saved search replaces the "managed products" saved search in the previous version of Symantec Management Console enhanced views. For products to be included in the Licensed, Adobe, Microsoft saved searches, you must first associate a license to the product. You can also create your own saved searches, such as all software by a certain manufacturer. See Finding software. |
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Navigation pane (left) |
Metered Software |
Lets you manage metered software.
If you meter software, you can click Metered Software > Usage Tracking to see a list of software products that are tracked in the list pane. |
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Navigation pane (left) |
Deliverable Software |
Contains the software that has a package or a command line that is associated with it. Lets you sort and search deliverable software in the following categories:
You can use the drag-and-drop feature to deliver the software products, releases, and updates to a computer, multiple computers, or a group of computers. After you deliver the software to a computer or computers, the Deliver software dialog box opens. The Deliver software dialog box lets you edit the software and choose how to deliver the software. You can deliver it once or you can keep the software installed by using a policy. |
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Navigation pane (left) |
Blades |
Let you quickly switch views between Computers, Jobs/Tasks, Policies, and Software. |
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List pane (center) |
Software list |
Lists the software you have selected. Your selection from the Installed Software, Metered Software, or Deliverable Software subpanes on the navigation pane populates the list. You can use the search or the advanced search features to further filter the software packages in the list. Any list that you create using searching or filtering can be saved as a saved search. See Finding software. |
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Software details pane (right) |
Software-specific information |
Displays the information about the selected software package or software packages. The information changes depending on which type of software you select in the navigation pane. For example, you select software in the list pane. If the software is not yet managed as a product, the software details pane displays the following options: Manage this software and Move to the unmanaged software list. |
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Software details pane (right) |
Software-specific information: Newly Discovered Software saved search |
If you select Newly Discovered Software, you can select one of these options to work with the software:
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Software details pane (right) |
Software-specific information: Installed Products, Licensed, Adobe, or Microsoft saved search |
If you select Installed Products, Licensed, Adobe, or Microsoft saved search, you see Software Product License and Usage and the following details:
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Software details pane (right) |
Software-specified information: Software Products, Software Releases, or Software Updates saved search |
If you select Software Products, you see Software Product License and Usage. If you select Software Releases or Software Updates, you see Packages and Command Lines. The information changes depending on which type of software release or software update you select in the navigation pane. |
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Software details pane (right) |
Computers with software installed section |
Lists all computers that have this software installed. If you click a computer where the software is installed, the Computers view opens. |
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Software details pane (right) |
Policies installing this item section |
This section displays all the policies that install this software. You can click an item to see its properties in the Policies view. If you click a computer on which a policy installs this software, the Computers view opens. |
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Right of the software details pane |
Fly-out panel |
The fly-out panel contains all the right-click menu options for the selected software. You can also right-click software in the list and see all the action items that are associated with it. To view the content of the fly-out panel, hover over the fly-out tab. Click the pin icon to pin the fly-out panel open on the desktop. |
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