Software view

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Last Updated December 15, 2011

Software view

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:

  • Navigation in the left pane

  • List of returned search objects in the center

  • Details about the selected software on the right

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

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.

Navigation pane (left)

Metered Software

Lets you manage metered software.

Note:

You must have Asset Management Solution installed if you intend to enter and track software license details. Metering is not turned on automatically. You must install and set up metering before metered software appears in this list.

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.

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:

  • Software Products. List the software products that have a package or a command line that is associated to them. When you click this option, all software products that are available for delivery to network resources appear in the list pane.

  • Software Releases. Lists the software that can be delivered and installed. When you click this option, all software releases that are available for delivery to network resources appear in the list pane.

  • Software Updates. When you click this option, software updates that are available for delivery to network resources appear in the list pane.

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.

Navigation pane (left)

Blades

Let you quickly switch views between Computers, Jobs/Tasks, Policies, and Software.

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.

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.

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:

  • Manage this software

    If you click Manage this software, the Software Product dialog box opens.

  • Move to the Unmanaged software list

    If you click Move to the Unmanaged software list, the software is immediately removed from the list. To see the software, you click Manage > Software Catalog. The software product that you selected is now in the Unmanaged software subpane of the Software Catalog window.

    See Software Catalog window.

    You can select and move multiple software components to the unmanaged list from this view.

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:

  • Licenses. The number of licenses that are deployed. The colored bar displays whether your licenses are under-deployed or over-deployed. If over-deployed, you can click Manage Licenses to open the Licenses tab in the Software Product dialog box and correct the situation.

  • Usage. Displays the number of installations that are used or unused.

    This area displays potential savings. To calculate the potential savings, you take the number of licenses that you own, minus the number of software installations, plus the number of licenses that you have installed but are unused, times the average license cost.

    When you hover over the Warning symbol (the yellow triangle that contains an exclamation mark), you either see the Add program files link or the Metering options link. These links open the Meter / track usage tab in the Software Product dialog box. The dialog box lets you associate program files to the software product and turn metering on and off for the software product.

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.

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.

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.

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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