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1. 33 Getting a Valid ET Analyzer LICerISB cicsscssosssoncsasssssesssnssassacvsaseaseacteasonsasnevarssansnsniassaarsasnnns 34 License not for this release Problemi auos ke Populi tr IU DEM US CON EM CDH MEE M T EpMDaED E id 34 Producing ET Analyzer REDOING 121 2212 ness uceseaa aac l EEpEa Ree Eee ua ana ao vada kk ERR a A 35 ADONC REPONS Luioierididiibrelkubba n Edd fbr FH CURA LM KM cao 35 The Reports Meni e 35 User Interface for 0 qu OOO I i 36 Changing the presentation of a report with Tree View and Group By 37 How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts eee 40 How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts cesse eee eee e esee eee ee eren ener en neta se tnnu 42 Database Summary Reporte siruri e FPEM EEEEMOR AE NERE REEF EP NA HA DNA PERSE ERE IA UEM Reb REL KR VMMMDE 43 Database Information Ropart nsii N EM AR RAP MERE QMREE 44 What is the Database Information Report ssssssssnsnnnnnnnnnnrnnrnnnensnanunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnn nnmnnn 44 How to Generate a Database Information Report ccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeecesessesseseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeesaeaaes 44 Data Sources i0 Ym 0090 COOO 46 What is the Data Sources Report 1 aiu ected esie uxo saa aaa RR
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4. Feature Unavailability license0002 B icense0002 Time Unavailable min May 01 May 15 May 29 Jun 12 Jun 26 Jul 10 Jul 24 Aug 07 Aug 21 Sep 04 LT Analyzer User Manual 110 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc WO eximia value ty understanding usoge Pay per Use PPU Summary Chart What is the PPU Chart The Pay Per Use Summary Chart PPU displays the monthly breakdown for the total year s budget not by license In the resulting display The green items represent the budgeted amounts The red items represent the actual expenditures The bar chart component displays the individual monthly amounts The line chart component displays the cumulative amounts How to Generate the PPU Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt PPU Summary to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information on filtering see How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End
5. License x Group Total use for each license for ach GROUP This shows the total use in houes for each Total Use group Group Splits Report This report shows the percentage of use splits bebween groups or Group Splits Report business units This report is particularily useful for intemal departmental billing and budget allocations Budget ws Actual Report This report shows the difference between the budget and the Budget vs Actuel Rag actual costs for the licenses License Remix Analyses License Model Efficiency This report shovs whioh Hoenze have been rented and tor how many times This report can be used to determine the efficenoy of your license rental model which licenses are used well and need Bo be purchased rather than tented License Efficiency Report Version 3 3 121 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual maximizing value by understanding usage ull License Tracker M www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc Figure 59 The Web Tracker Analysis Function Info T s Basic Analyses t Web Tracker Sharing the understanding Users Groups License x Month Peak Usage License x Day Peak Usage License x Month Tota Usage Denis Report Summary Denial Report Detailed Pay Per Use Analyses License x Month Oversge License x Day Overage invoice Summary Budget Planning Analyses License x Group Tota Use License Remix Analyses License
6. Each item listed under the column heading Feature Name in both of the tables is cross referenced to a Web Tracker page that displays information about the specified license Click on a feature name to open the Web Tracker page associated with the specified feature and display the following information License cost information and concurrent use chart Version 3 3 117 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc User table and pie chart Average daily use table and chart Average weekly use and chart Level of use table and chart Session length table and chart Groups table and groups pie chart Individual group table and pie chart and Long sessions and resulting denials report This Web Tracker page allows you to do the following Users Click on a username in the user table to display a corresponding User Report This report contains a license table where you can select a license name that opens a License Report Click on a group name in the group table to display a corresponding Group Report This report contains a license usage table and a user usage table from which you can access corresponding reports NOTE Within these displays you can click on any of the charts to view an enlarged version of the chart The Web Tracker menu item Users displays a table containing user information under the followin
7. tll License Tracker WwW maximizing value by understanding usage Producing LT Analyzer Reports This section guides you through the procedures that create and display spreadsheet like reports in LT Analyzer PREREQUISITE This section assumes that you already understand the fundamental concepts of LT Analyzer If you are not familiar with LT Analyzer then go to Fundamental Concepts on page 17 PREREQUISITE This section also assumes that you have opened a database and have selected a content scope The topics include About Reports on page 35 The Reports Menu on page 35 How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 Database Summary Reports on page 43 Budget Reports on page 53 e General Usage Reports on page 54 and Financial Reports on page 65 About Reports The following headings contain descriptions that help you identify the various LT Analyzer reports and define the report parameters The Reports Menu on page 35 How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 The Reports Menu LT Analyzer reports are listed under the Reports menu item and are clustered by type of report Version 3 3 35 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ull License Tracker ml maximizing value by understandin
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9. Select the filter items to consider in reports and charts Users Features Hosts Servers Projects Dates Division Div 2 Div 3 v Category attribute mi Selected Users use 0 Division Div_1 1 LT Analyzer User Manual 86 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca License Tracker Inc 2 ll License Tracker WV maximizing value by understanding usage You can indicate additional sorting parameters to further refine and organize your data in each chart dialog Different chart dialogs offer different parameters under the following categories Data Parameters usernames license names or group names depending on the chart Usage Parameters high values low values or all values Time Parameters time range See How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 Figure 38 Specifying Filters in the Chart Dialog Features Chart Enter Features Chart parameters Type of Chart Total Hours Start Date 2005 05 01 Sort by No Sort 1 BID 3 Limit to All Features End Date 2005 09 19 yyyy mm dd Entries license0011 license0012 license0013 iv Setting the Date Range for Charts What is the Date Range for Charts All chart dialogs allow you to specify a date range in the text fields labelled Start Date and End Date How to set the Date Range for Charts When you first open a chart dialog there is
10. User Model The user model is a simple ASCII csv file It links a userID called a User Name found in the license usage data to a user s first name last name e mail address and phone number and two built in comment fields All ofthese fields in the user model provide information which is displayed in the header of the Web Tracker user reports The default user model contains the following headings on the first line of the ASCII file These heading names are reserved and significant to LT Analyzer Heading order is not important in the model User Name The computer login name that is the userID found in the license server log files UserName is the only required heading in a user model First Name The real first name of the user Last Name The real last name of the user Account Name The name of the account that this user belongs to Email Address The user s e mail address Phone Number The user s phone number Comment 1 A comment about the user Comment 2 A comment about the user Version 3 3 21 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Date The date from which the user attributes specified in this row are valid Other headings may be added to the model by an administrator These are treated as category names by LT Analyzer For example Category 1 Catego
11. Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system when accessing file data bases 32 bit version of LT Analyzer only Windows XP Windows 7 Linux or Solaris operating systems when accessing server databases 1 GB of RAM 2 GB is suggested Java run time environment version 1 5 or higher and a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 pixels or greater To install LT Analyzer follow this procedure TASK l Version 3 3 Access the LT Analyzer web site www Licensetracker ca and down load the zip file onto your hard drive Extract the following folders from the zip file into a LT Analyzer directory bin contains executable files extension jar startup scripts and shortcut files common contains images used in the LT Analyzer interface Users should not modify any files in this directory conf this is where you install the license file extension 1t ilic e doc contains the files for the LT Analyzer Admin Manual and User Manual with extension pdf samples contains sample model and demo files Install the your license filename ltilic filein the conf folder This file was e mailed to you as part of the download and evaluation or purchase process 33 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc 4 To start LT Analyzer open the bin directory and double click on e the LicenseTracker 1nk shortcut for Wind
12. aax Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Group By User Name Feature Name Host Date True Denial Reaso user0018 license0022 user0028 license0022 user0044 license0021 magellan 2005 06 14 09 07 19 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 146 Connection 1 magellan 2005 06 14 09 07 19 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 146 Connection t durango 2005 08 03 16 25 51 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 durango 2005 08 03 16 25 51 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 durango 2005 08 26 14 09 51 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 durango 2005 08 26 14 09 51 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 talon 2005 06 27 15 37 44 true Licensed number of users already reached 4 55 146 Connection 1 Denial Summary Report This section describes the denial summary report and how to generate it What is the Denial Summary Report The denial summary report summarizes the number of denials for specific users and for specific features in two distinct tables within the same window NOTE This report is limited to the filters you applied in the Set the Filter Parameter dialog To review those parameters click on Filter Set Filter to open the filter dialog and review your parameters Filters are activated when the Use Filter button has a check mark in it How to Generate
13. columns with attributes entered in the cells There is one feature model per LT Analyzer database Session Source Model The Session Source Model provides details of each log file imported into a LT Analyzer database It has default headings LT Analyzer User Manual 24 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc eximia value by understanding usege Name The name of the file loaded Type The format of the log file Vendor The name of the vendor whose usage data was in the file Import Date The date the file was loaded into the LT Analyzer database Start Date First date in the log file End Date Last date in the log file Sessions Read Number of sessions read from the file Sessions Loaded Number of sessions actually loaded may have been filtered out due to date length etc Server Name of the license server that this log file came from Other headings may be added to the model by an administrator These are treated as category names by LT Analyzer For example Category 1 Category n Categories correspond to extra administrator defined columns in the session source model Each cell in a category column is an attribute that can be used to further refine categorization For example the category ServerLocation might be subdivided with the attributes Kuala Lumpur Calgary and London License Models The license model is a simple ASCII cs
14. maximizing value by understanding us License Tracker J LT Analyzer User Manual Version 3 3 May 31 2011 ull License Tracker www licensetracker ca V maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc LT Analyzer User Manual 2 of 125 Version 3 3 Contents LT Analyzer 3 3 User Manual vincsscssasssiccisiccosncerrrastebessncesnnaniyhasescannacaccaverenias 11 Document FSO A 11 Legal ROUGE RING cx 12 TARGETED eter 12 Copyright O O A 9 9 9 2 E EEm Eiim 12 About this DOGUNIOBT seisseen rnaen ria SEP ENE EFI aS 13 Purpose ofthis DOCUMEN iue ediivesbatepkbebin i aa 13 Digo 13 Conventions used in this Document eeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeee eene entente 14 Menu tems and Dialogs iius uiae be PES EEEEREMEE e DRM E XEEERE E RERRR MEAE REEME REDE RAMS a DE XM QOL KE EE EE 14 Fundamental COBCODDS Lasse spi RE MaPUR VINE PSERS IA AEE EEEN A ERRER 17 Fr 17 COMEM SCOPES Mee r 18 Repor SCOPES onanan aT 18 dil a ERU 19 MOOBIS audacis REEL PERDU HIR REEKERER GEO 19 User Modol 5
15. you must choose another date when data exists or import more data to cover the time you need for the chart RESULT The Start and End Dates set by you will be used to filter the data used for this particular chart or report Setting the Chart Format to Pie or Bar What is the Format for Charts LT Analyzer allows you to choose where applicable between bar charts and pie charts to best represent your dataset LT Analyzer User Manual 88 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge How to set the Format for Charts to Pie or Bar To open the Preferences dialog to specify the default chart display TASK 1 Click File gt Preferences to open the preferences dialog 2 Selectthe tab Export and Reports 3 Under the heading Report Parameters go to the item labelled Format for the License and User Charts 4 Click on the arrow beside this field to open a pull down menu 5 Selectthe option Pie or Bar 6 Click Apply RESULT When the Bar option is specified all charts will be bar charts as specified When the Pie option is specified pie charts will be generated if possible i e when the parameters add up to 100 otherwise a bar chart will be generated Version 3 3 89 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 39
16. Analyzer immediately displays the resulting data in table format For the menu items Concurrent Use Tabular and Long Sessions LT Analyzer requires that you fill in a dialog before producing the report in table format Concurrent Use Report This section describes the concurrent use report and how to generate it What is the Concurrent Use Report The concurrent use report is a table that identifies which users were on what machines using a specific feature during a certain time period How to Generate the Concurrent Use Report To create this LT Analyzer report TASK l 2 Version 3 3 Click Reports gt Concurrent Use to open a report dialog Click Filter to open the Select the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 55 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual www licensetracker ca tll License Tracker Li
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18. Efficiency Report License x Day Overage License 2007 Oct 012007 Oct 022007 0Oct 037 Licence usage for each month measured as peak comourent users Licence usage for each day measured as peak concurrent users License usage for each month measured as the total number of hous in that month This shows how much each licenze was used by all users Summary of all the denials which licenses were denied which utem were denied Detailed list of aH the denials which licenses were denied which users were denied Licence usage for each month measured as then number of concurrent users over the license limit This shows the number of rental licenses in each month Licence usage for each day measured as then number of concurrent uses over the license limit This shows the number of rental Hoenzez in each day Invoice Report This report shows the total cost for rental for all licenses Total use for each licenze for each GROUP This shows the total use in hours for each group Group Splits Report This report shows the percentage of use splits bebueen groups or business units This report iz particularity useful for intemal departmental billing and budget allocations Budget vs Actual Report This report shows the differe noe bebueen the budget and the actual costs for the Heenses License Model Efficiency This report shovs which license have been rented and for how many times This report can be used to determine the efficency
19. How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 In the Features window click on one license name that you want to chart Click OK to close the dialog and create the chart RESULT In the resulting chart each column identifies for each license for a feature X axis how many hours it was in use Y axis LT Analyzer User Manual 96 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NER eximia value ty understanding usoge Figure 44 License Usage Level Chart ed LicenseTracker License Usage Level Chart File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help License Usage Level Chart license0021 w Usage Level Feature Average Week Chart What is the Feature Average Week Chart The Feature Average Week Chart shows a graph of the average concurrent users as a function of the hour of the day and day of the week This graph can be used to determine if there are patterns to when this feature is used How to Generate the Feature Average Week Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Feature Average Week to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog an
20. Last Name Email Address Phone Number Commenti Commen 3 Div 1 Calgary 2001 05 27 user0006 Firstname6 Lastname6 user6 company com 403 555 1111 user0013 Firstname13 Lastnamel13 useri13 amp company com 403 555 1111 user001S Firstname15 Lastnamel5 userl1S company com 403 555 1111 user0019 user0026 user0027 user0032 user0034 user0036 How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts In LT Analyzer there are two ways to refine the data that you display in a report or chart the filter dialog and report specific parameter dialogs TASK l Set data filters in the Filter gt Set Filter gt Select the Filter Parameters dialog and then click the Use Filter button to activate them with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION To deactivate the filters simply click on the Use Filter button again to remove the check mark and LT Analyzer will use all ofthe data in your database There are two ways to access this dialog a Click Filter gt Set Filter b Press the Filter button in any report dialog ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Not all reports display a dialog Menu items under Reports and Charts that have dots in the name for example Tabular display a dialog that you must fill in before producing the report or chart a Different dialogs offer different parameters for your selection under the following categories Data parameters us
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22. Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 LT Analyzer User Manual 50 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO eximia value ty understanding usege 2 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 3 Select one or more license names from the list ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LT Analyzer informs you when you select a license that was not used during the specified time range 4 Click OK to produce the Feature Use Summary report RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings Vendor The name of the Vendor associated with the feature Feature Name Lists individual feature names as they appear in the log files Count Lists the number of purchased licenses Peak Use Maximum number of licenses concurrently in use for this feature over the time span specified in your Select the parameters for a filter dialog Effective Peak Shows the maximum number of licenses concurrently in use when rounding down peak values as specified by the effective peak threshold parameter in the user preferences Users The number of distinct users of this feature Users Peak Use The average number of users per license Denials The number of denials for each feature Rental Cost The total cost of all rentals for each feature Ver
23. a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Selecta level of detail period of time in the Level of Detail text field 5 Inthe Features window select one or more license names that you want to chart 6 Click OK to close the dialog and create the chart RESULT In the resulting chart Version 3 3 The baseline for each feature is determined by the usage in the first period of time day week or month and is indicated by a colored line The bars for each feature and period represent increased and decreased usage relative to the base line The vertical axis represents hours of use The horizontal axis represents time 103 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 48
24. a product that uses plugins might have each plugin licensed separately In this case the overall product is the Product in the feature model and the individual plugins are the features The Product Name is the name of the overall product that a feature is part of Feature Alias Depending on the practices of the software vendor the software features may have technical or confusing names in the log files The Feature Alias is used to remove this confusion for LT Analyzer users and administrators The feature alias is assigned in the feature model and is associated with a feature The alias should be set to a unique clear name and will replace the feature name in the user interface reports and charts This removes confusion for users and administrators NOTE Note that in the feature model csv the Feature Alias column is simply called Alias Other headings may be added to the model by an administrator These are treated as category names by LT Analyzer For example Category_1 Category_n Categories correspond to extra administrator defined columns in the feature model Category names usually correspond to something significant to the organization tracking license use Each cell in a category column is an attribute that can be used to further refine categorization A sample feature model is found at samples sample FM csv inthe LT Analyzer software folder The sample contains all of the headings from the default model and some category
25. a time interval already specified in Start Date and End Date fields These dates are set by Version 3 3 87 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc e The date range specified in the Set Filter Parameters dialog accessed under Filter gt Set Filter that was activated with a check mark beside Use Filter or if that dialog was not activated i e no check mark then from the session statistics that is the log files in your LT Analyzer database To further limit the time interval displayed in your chart fill in the fields for Start Date and End Date using one of the following procedures TASK 1 Double click on the text field values in Start Date and End Date and type in new ones using the format YYYY MM DD year month day or 2 Open the calendar by clicking the square button beside the text field Then a X Select the year and month from small pull down menus and then click on the actual calendar day b The calendar will close automatically after you click on the day ADDITIONAL INFORMATION You can close the calendar by clicking the square button with the X in the upper right corner RESULT The new date displays automatically in the field ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If the calendar is shadowed and is not accessible then you have selected a date when no data exists in your LT Analyzer database At this point
26. are not flagged in any way User input generally on the command line or in a dialog is in Courier font For example This is text entered in a dialog or the command line Menu Items and Dialogs The pull down menus and dialogs in the LT Analyzer screen follow these conventions Menu items that are Followed by dots for example Reports open a dialog where you enter informa tion Followed by an arrow display a pull down menu with further options from which you select one item Without arrows or dots for example Users immediately display the selected item LT Analyzer User Manual 14 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO csditiutidensdh um Check boxes are used as toggles to turn a parameters ON or OFF A parameter or filter is active when it contains a check mark Click in the box to place the check mark and click again in the box to deselect it In dialogs there are areas that List items in a common category for example users or licenses These lists usually allow selection using the mouse and the SHIFT or CONTROL key To select a single item click on it To select items in sequence use the mouse and the SHIFT key To select items out of sequence use the mouse and the CONTROL key Display headings in a table format These usually require some type of data entry using a button located near the window for example ADD or direct input using the keybo
27. company com 403 555 1111 Firstname28 Lastname28 user28 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname35 Lastname35 user35 companv com 403 555 111 4 my The use of the Group By option can be extended even more LT Analyzer User Manual 38 of 125 Version 3 3 OWN EENEN KAN fE all License Tracker Li cense Trac ker In C maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 6 Extended use of the Group By option 2001 05 27 Firstname6 Lastname6 user6 company com 403 555 1111 2001 05 27 Firstnamel3 Lastnamel3 user13 company com 403 555 1111 2001 05 27 Firstname15 Lastnamel5 user15 company com 403 555 1111 You can change the tree structure by grabbing a heading and dragging it to a new position in the Group By line up Figure 7 Changing the tree structure 1 2001 05 27 Firstname amp Lastname6 user amp amp company com 403 555 1111 2001 05 27 Firstname13 Lastnamel3 userl3 amp company com 403 555 1111 2001 05 27 FirstnamelS Lastnamel5 userlS amp company com 403 555 1111 The resulting tree structure is shown below Version 3 3 39 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wl License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 8 Changing the tree structure 2 E LicenseTracker Users Report aax File Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Division Office Date User Name FirstName
28. data from that vendor and that vendor only Multiple vendor specific licenses can be downloaded and installed allowing the customer to analyze data from multiple vendors using a single LT Analyzer database Enterprises making use of Vendor Specific Licenses have complimentary access to the User Manual and the Administrator Manual access to all other support capabilities such as User Forum and regularly schedule webinars requires a separate support contract Editions of LT Analyzer This section describes the editions of LT Analyzer available for different data usage requirements Server DataBase Edition The Server DB Edition of LT Analyzer maintains its databases by interacting with a database server The two databases that are supported are Oracle 10 and MySQL 5 The database server and the LT Analyzer software may be running on the same machine or they may be running on separate machines A separate license is required for the database server The Server DB Edition may be used on all platforms supported by the Java Runtime Environment 1 5 i e Windows Solaris and Linux The Server DB Edition is appropriate for large organizations that need to analyze usage data measured in the hundreds of thousands to millions of user sessions LT Analyzer User Manual 30 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge File DataBase Edition The File DB Edition o
29. during the period This ensures that a single day aberration does not result in an excessive share of the costs for a single group or project Figure 29 Project Splits Report Summary License Tracker Project Splits Report DDAR Fie Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Project Namej Total Use Hours 9 0 UserCount 90 Peak 9o 2 pi 80 06 3 pe iz 6 65 p3 E 12 87 pt 0 43 0 43 25 00 19 35 B Totals 100 00 100 00 100 00 Version 3 3 73 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 30 Project Splits Report Time Method LicenseTracker Project Splits Time Method File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Value pi p2 p3 p4 Total E tokeni E 36027 40 B Totals E 36027 40 28842 52 2394 96 4635 40 154 51 0 00 E Totals 80 06 6 65 12 87 0 43 0 00 Figure 31 Project Splits Report User Method LicenseTracker Project Splits User Method Fie Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Group By Feature value lt Colum v Feature Value p p2 p3 p4 Total 5 tokeni f 36027 40 Totals gt 36027 40 9006 85 9006 85 9006 85 9006 85 3 Totals 95 m 100 00 25 00 25 00 LT Analyzer User Manual 74 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker O Lic
30. ef your license rental model which licenses are used well and need fo be purchased rather than rented Click on any heading to display a pop up window containing relevant information 007 Oct 042007 Oct 0527007 0ct 06 2007 O0ct 07 7200 7 Oct 08 2700 7 O0ct 097007 Oct 102007 Oct 11 Feme A o o o o j o j o j o j o o j o o Feature B 0 LT Analyzer User Manual 122 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge Accounts In the Web Tracker menu the item Accounts displays a list of the account included in the report Details about name description and current balance are displayed for each Clicking on one of the accounts displays a report of the daily transactions of the account Support and Contact Information Support Services All customers who purchase LT Analyzer receive access to the User and Admin Manuals that ship with LT Analyzer The manuals can be found in the doc folder of the LT Analyzer installation License Tracker Inc provides premium technical support services user forums and webinars to customers with a support contract If you have a support contract please go to the LT PremiumAssist portal at www licensetracker ca support Customers cannot access the premium support service without a contract If you would like to purchase a support contract please go to www licensetracker ca support purchase as
31. is deemed to be rented by the month and by the second rentals are recalculated Minimum Duration This is minimum session length in seconds to be considered when calculating rental costs All sessions shorter in duration will be ignored NOTE The last six columns in the license model file refer to rental fees annual monthly weekly daily and hourly rates and minimum duration The mode indicates which rental model should be used by LT Analyzer If you do not use rental licenses then leave these columns blank in your file Version 3 3 27 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc A sample license model is found at samples sample LM csv in the LT Analyzer software folder Budget Models The budget model is a simple ASCII csv file It is a simple list of the budgeted rental costs per month in an organization if your organization does not have software rental arrangements with any of your software vendors then you will not need to create or use budget models Multiple budget models can be created for specific views of the software usage data A typical example is a budget model for each budgeting unit in a corporation or for rental budgets for specific software vendors NOTE Budget models are associated with content scopes and will not be considered in any analyses until such an association is created A single budget mod
32. not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to return to the Feature Efficiency Report dialog 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 LT Analyzer User Manual 80 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca tfl License Tracker 9 License Tracker Inc WO eximia value by understanding an 4 Identify the license name s that you want to display and use to calculate statistics in the report You can select more than one name in the list ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Use the SHIFT or CONTROL keys to select individual license names or press the Select All button to use all license names in your report 5 Click OK RESULT A computation window opens to show the progress of the calculations When the calculations are complete the License Model Efficiency Report appears NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 35 License Model Efficiency Report et LicenseTracker License Model Efficiency Report Joey File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Group By J Feature Name Hourly Rentals License Count Peak Usage Licen
33. one of the following sources e The date range specified in the Select the Filter Parameters dialog accessed under Filter gt Set Filter that was activated with a check mark beside Use Filter e If Use Filter was not activated with a check mark the time interval is taken from the data range defined in your content scope LT Analyzer User Manual 42 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO csditiqeetpidensdn ani To further limit the time interval displayed in your report fill in the fields for Start Date and End Date using one of the following actions TASK 1 Double click on the text field values and type in new ones using the format Yvyy MM DD year month day or 2 Open the calendar by clicking the square button beside the text field Select the year and month from small pull down menus and then click on the actual calendar day Close the calendar by clicking the square button in the upper right corner The new date displays automatically in the field ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If the calendar is shadowed and is not accessible then you have selected a date when no data exists in your LT Analyzer database At this point you must choose another date when data exists or import more data to cover the time you need for the report Figure 11 Setting a Report Time Span Start Date v 2004 2004 Close ane v Gyr ooann oa aza
34. tables that identify license usage and user usage for that group Version 3 3 Click on an item in the license table under the heading License to display a Web Track erLicense Report Within this report you can access a User Report and a Groups Report by selecting items in the respective tables Click on an item in the user table under the heading User to display a Web Tracker page User Report Within this report you can access a License Report by selecting an item in the table NOTE Within these displays you can click on any of the charts to view an enlarged version of the chart 119 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual www licensetracker ca tll License Tracker WwW License Tracker Inc maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 57 The Web Tracker Menu Groups tll Web Tracker WwW Sharing the understanding Features Users Analyses Division User Count License Count e p p poo p p poo p p Doo Office User Count License Count Hours p b D 00 p p poo Role User Count License Count Hours p b 000 b b p00 p p poo p p D 0o Analyses In the Web Tracker menu the item Analyses displays under four categories that address key business issues Basic Analyses Refers to license usage per month Pay Per Use Analyses Refers to usage and cost for rental licenses Budget Planning Analyses Refers to group usage information and compares budgeted versus actual license costs Licens
35. the Denial Summary Report TASK 1 Tocreate these two reports click Reports gt Denial Summary Report to open the Denial Summary Report Parameters dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For Version 3 3 61 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual all License Tracker www licensetracker ca maximizing value by understanding usage Li cense Tra ck er In c more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Select one or more license names from the list ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LT Analyzer informs you when you select a license that was not used during the specified time range 5 Click OK to produce the Denial Summary Report RESULT A table appears with two sets of information First set of three columns Displays a list of usernames and identifies the number of times that each user was denied access to a license as numbers of true denials and false den
36. time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Identify the license name s that you want to display and use to calculate statistics in the report ADDITIONAL INFORMATION You can select more than one name in the list Use the SHIFT or CONTROL keys to select individual license names or press the Select All button to use all license names in your report 5 Click OK RESULT The Summary Invoice Report appears with information under the following headings Feature Lists the selected rental feature name s Annual Rentals Identifies the number of annual license rentals for this feature in the period Monthly Rentals Identifies the number of monthly license rentals for this feature in the period Daily Rentals Identifies the number of daily license rentals for this feature in the period Hourly Rentals Identifies the number of hourly license rentals for this feature in the period Cost The amount of money due for license rentals for this feature This is the sum of the products of the number of rentals from the other columns multiplied by the rental rates as specified in the License Model NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters LT Analyzer User Manual 76 of 125 Ve
37. value by understanding usage About this Document This section describes this manual Purpose of this Document The purpose of the LT Analyzer User Manual is to explain the LT Analyzer application clearly and effectively so you can use it to produce reports and analyze your license usage data This document also describes the procedures for using Web Tracker Web Tracker helps you streamline the process of building and displaying comprehensive usage reports A separate manual the LT Analyzer Administration Manual discusses the creation and maintenance of LT Analyzer databases model management scope management and automating LT Analyzer with AutoTracker Audience This document is intended for end users of LT Analyzer Generally end users need to generate reports that help them track the cost and usage of licensed software End user responsibilities at corporate and local level are varied but often include e maximizing the value of software assets e managing and forecasting software license usage e reducing software maintenance costs e optimizing software license agreements and administering fair departmental billing This document is not intended for administrators of the license usage data For more information on administration functions please see theLT Analyzer 3 3 Administration Manual End users who wish capture and use license information locally should also refer to the LT Analyzer 3 3 Administration M
38. variable end user attributes Introduction of tree view and sort of data License Tracker 3 0 November 2007 Major release Introduction of centralized MySQL and Oracle databases and administration Version 3 3 11 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Administration capability removed from end users License Tracker 2 8 January 2007 Minor release Miscellaneous improvements to reports and charts Support for new log formats Legal Notifications This section details various legal notifications Trademarks IBM LUM Flexlm License Tracker LT Analyzer MySQL Oracle Petrel Novell Reprise Windows Solaris Linux MS Access and Sentinel are product names that are mentioned for identification purposes only and are trademarks oftheir respective owners Copyright Copyright 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 License Tracker Inc All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced stored in an information retrieval system translated or retransmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording without prior written permission from the copyright owner License Tracker Inc See http www licensetracker ca for current contact information LT Analyzer User Manual 12 of 125 Version 3 3 ttl License Tracker WwW maximizing
39. 07 2001 05 27 Firstname7 Lastname7 user7 company com 403 555 1111 user0008 2001 05 27 Firstname amp 8 Lastname8 user8 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0009 2001 05 27 Firstname9 Lastname9 user9 amp compbanv com 613 555 1111 Choosing the primary key results in the following compressed tree view Version 3 3 37 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage Li cense Tra ck er In c Figure 4 Initial compressed tree view User Name Date First Name Last Name Note the sign in front of each primary field Click on the sign to expand the rest of the information the sign then changes to a sign Figure 5 Expanding the tree Firstname1 Lastnamel useri company com 613 555 1111 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname3 Lastname3 user3 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 Firstname Lastname user7 company com 403 555 1111 Firstname Lastname9 user9 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname12 Lastnamel2 user12 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname18 Lastname18 user18 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname20 Lastname20 user20 amp company com 403 555 1111 Firstname21 Lastname21 user21 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname25 Lastname25 user25
40. 3 13 16 19 user0004 outback user0045 envoy 2005 05 03 16 20 44 user0045 envoy 2005 05 03 16 47 27 2005 05 04 07 22 19 user0023 spider 2005 05 04 07 29 46 user0023 spider user0004 outback 2005 05 04 08 58 35 user0023 spider user0004 outback 2005 05 04 09 24 55 user0023 amp spider user0004 outback 2005 05 04 09 24 56 user0023 amp spider user0004 outback 2005 05 04 09 28 02 user0023Gspider _user0004 outback_ a Tabular Report This section describes the tabular report and how to generate it LT Analyzer User Manual 56 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca NI License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ odietiuuietiodeisdh ue What is the Tabular Report The tabular report displays a spreadsheet defined by X and Y axes where you determine the data headings and also choose the information to display within the table How to Generate the Tabular Report To create this report TASK 1 Click Reports gt Tabular to open the Tabular Report dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Select the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for
41. 5 06 01 17 11 04 5 58 0 user0008 2005 06 16 15 45 52 2005 06 17 15 24 25 23 64 0 user0008 2005 06 28 14 28 03 2005 06 28 16 51 50 2 40 0 user0008 2005 07 18 14 31 57 2005 07 18 14 33 13 0 02 0 user0008 2005 07 26 07 48 33 2005 07 26 17 03 02 9 24 0 user0008 2005 09 01 14 16 31 2005 09 01 16 38 36 2 37 0 user0008 2005 09 06 10 15 27 2005 09 06 10 27 27 0 20 0 user0004 2005 05 04 16 06 08 2005 05 04 16 20 47 0 24 0 user0004 2005 05 05 07 17 03 2005 05 05 09 34 53 2 30 0 user0004 2005 05 05 09 35 17 2005 05 05 10 25 29 0 84 0 user0009 2005 05 06 14 01 17 2005 05 06 14 25 30 0 40 0 user0004 2005 06 08 15 31 10 2005 06 08 15 35 01 0 06 0 user0004 2005 06 08 15 35 14 2005 06 08 16 20 01 0 75 0 T Le MA OOO OF A0 40 44 00r OF 00 AO T bd Financial Reports The LT Analyzer reports that display financial information about license usage include Group Splits Report on page 65 displays the break down of license usage by a group Summary Invoice Report on page 75 summarizes the number of rental license s and indicates the total cost per license over a specified time period pay per use data Detailed Invoice Report on page 77 displays detailed information about license usage over time License Model Efficiency Report on page 79 displays peak license usage and cost consequences For the Group Splits Report and the License Model Efficiency Report you simply click on the menu item and LT Analyzer immediately displa
42. 6 user6 amp company com 403 555 1111 user0007 2001 05 27 Firstname7 Lastname7 user7 company com 403 555 1111 user0008 2001 05 27 Firstname8 Lastname8 user8 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0009 2001 05 27 Firstname9 Lastname9 user9 amp compbanv com 613 555 1111 This initial view can be modified by selecting a primary key from the Group By drop down list Figure3 Choose a primary key ed LicenseTracker Users Report File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Group By Email Address Firstname1 Lastname1 userl amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname1 Lastnamel userl amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 Firstname3 Lastname3 user3 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname3 Lastname3 user3 amp company com 613 555 1111 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 amp company com 403 555 1111 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 amp company com 403 555 1111 JUU Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 user0005 2001 05 27 Firstname5 Lastname5 user5 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0005 2005 05 27 Firstname5 Lastname5 user5 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0006 2001 05 27 Firstname6 Lastname6 user6 company com 403 555 1111 user00
43. 6 license0027 license0028 amp g amp amp amp 22 33 248 42 285 45 231 42 131 48 Denial Detailed Report This section describes a denial detailed report and how to generate it What is the Denial Detailed Report The denial detailed report is a table that displays which users were denied access to a license for the specified feature or features when they were denied and which host they were using at the time How to Generate the Denial Detailed Report TASK l Version 3 3 To create this LT Analyzer report click on Reports gt Denial Detailed to open the Denial Detailed Report dialog Click Filter to open the Select the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to return to the Denial Detailed Report parameters dialog 59 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc 3 Select the date range of the report ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information about s
44. 6 user6 company com 403 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstname7 user7 company com 403 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstnames user8 company com 613 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstname9 user9 amp company com 613 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstnamel10 user10 company com 403 555 1111 nann arar nieht TEMENMPTP TIME EE Ns N lulu te ggg lt z 2 z z z 1 w B H LicenseTracker Users Report Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help user1 company com 2005 05 01 613 555 1111 2005 07 01 613 555 1111 user0002 c user2 company com 2005 05 01 613 555 1111 2005 05 26 613 555 1111 2006 09 01 613 555 1111 2007 05 27 403 555 1111 2008 05 27 403 555 1111 Feature Model Report What is the Feature Model Report The Feature Report is a table that describes the features listed in your LT Analyzer database LT Analyzer User Manual 48 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usege How to Generate the Feature Model Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Feature Model RESULT A table appears displaying the content of the Feature Model see Feature Model on page 22 for details for the features conforming to your selected content scope NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front o
45. 650 1 2005 07 18 08 24 30 2005 07 18 10 25 48 2 0217 1 2005 07 20 09 01 55 2005 07 20 09 54 28 0 8758 1 2005 08 04 09 04 03 2005 08 04 11 05 58 2 0319 1 2005 08 08 08 22 43 2005 08 08 10 23 39 2 0156 1 2005 08 09 08 25 02 2005 08 09 10 25 09 2 0019 1 2005 08 22 08 44 02 2005 08 22 10 45 27 2 0236 1 License Model Efficiency Report This section describes the License Model Efficiency Report and how to generate it What is the License Model Efficiency Report The License Model Efficiency Report is a table that displays peak license usage and cost consequences The report shows features with unused licenses at the top and features where demand exceeded owned licenses levels at the bottom The report is sorted based on a calculation of license use called Value where items of the same value are ordered based on the number of denials It displays information under the following headings Feature Name The name of an individual feature that is the application name License Count The number of purchased licenses NOTE When zero is in this column all licenses of this feature are rented none are owned Peak Usage The maximum number of licenses used for each feature over the time span specified in your Select the parameters for a filter dialog under Filter gt Set Filter Version 3 3 79 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding u
46. Change In Usage Chart ff LicenseTracker Change Use Chart z i Wow File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Change in Usage B license0005 Sessions Chart What is the Sessions Chart The Sessions Chart displays the monthly breakdown of sessions for a particular feature In the resulting display The green lines represent actual sessions The red lines represent long sessions LT Analyzer User Manual 104 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ adieinictpadertgans How to Generate the Sessions Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Sessions to open a chart dialog 2 Inthe chart dialog select the period over which to display sessions activity You can select e A date range e A specific date All of the sessions in the database At End of Data 3 Selecta specific feature to display ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Selecting more than one feature is not allowed 4 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT A computation window opens to show progress in calculating values for the chart When the computation is complete the window closes automatically The Sessions Chart for the selected feature appears Figure 49 Sessions Chart xil LicenseTracker Session Chart Loe File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help license0021 First 3000 of 5230 sessions Jun 1 Jul 1 4 4 Version 3 3 105
47. Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 In the Licenses window click on the license name s that you want to chart For multiple selections use the mouse with the SHIFT and CONTROL keys ADDITIONAL INFORMATION License selections only impact the actual component the budget displayed is for all licenses regardless of your selection 5 Click OK to close the dialog and open a computation window that calculates the parameters and displays the chart RESULT Version 3 3 111 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ill License Tracker W maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 54 PPU Summary Chart 3 LicenseTracker Budget Chart Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Pay Per Use Summary Budget vs Actual aa 07 2005 08 2005 Cumulative Budget Total 100 000 00 Cumulative Actual Total 96 250 00 www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc 40000 36000 36000 34000 32000 30000 26000 26000 24000 22000 20000 18000 onthly Amount LT Analyzer User Manual 112 of 125 Version 3 3 tll License Tracker Ww maximizing value by understanding usage Web Tracker This chapter describes Web Tracker which complements the LT Analyzer application and offers different ways to display LT Analyzer reports and monitor software usage In Web Tracker a single request can generate several LT Analy
48. E t3 File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Group Use Division Div_1 o S Li gt S 2 E 5 z J 5 P4444 9 9 Qd SOS GN GN Denial Density Chart What is the Denial Density Chart The denial density chart displays the number of denials found in the data for a particular license per unit time How to Generate the Denial Density Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Denial Density to open a chart dialog LT Analyzer User Manual 108 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding ae 2 In the chart dialog select the following a The date range ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By default the dates selected are the start and end date for all records in the database matching the content model selected The date range can be adjusted in these date range fields b The level of detail ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The level of detail is the unit of time in which denials will be counted Options are 1 hour 2 hours 6 hours 12 hours one day and one week c A license of interest d Optionalstep Select Filter at the bottom left of the dialog to open and use the Select the Parameters for a Filter dialog 3 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT The Denial Density Chart appears Figure 52 Denial Density Chart t LicenseTracker Denial Density Chart BAX Fie Admin Fiter Repo
49. ET A Fa klK ES 110 Figure 54 PPU Summary CEA niei ikdakbAni ud eene pna EET A UAR aV AT dE Ar DEM a EFE aonais 112 Figure 55 The Web Tracker Menu eere rrie et patu orba YA Eo roS PEE EE EAR pao aa in eub MR aep resoni 116 Figure 56 The Web Tracker Menu Home eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene nennen nennen 117 Figure 57 The Web Tracker Menu Groups eene nennen nennen 120 Figure 58 The Web Tracker Menu Analyses esee nnne 121 Figure 59 The Web Tracker Analysis Function eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenennnnnnn 122 LT Analyzer User Manual 10 of 125 Version 3 3 tll License Tracker Ww maximizing value by understanding usage LT Analyzer 3 3 User Manual This is the end user manual for LT Analyzer 3 3 Administration information is available in the LT Analyzer 3 3 Administration Manual Document History LT Analyzer 3 3 May 2011 Minor Release Introduction of Account Model Integration with LDAP Database upgrade Interface upgrades Changed name of product from License Tracker to LT Analyzer LT Analyzer 3 2 July 2009 Minor Release Introduction of Project Reporting Introduction of Token Based Reporting Introduction of Enhanced Debug Log enh Introduction of attributes to Feature Model Introduction of Global Licenses Introduction of Project Reporting Introduction of Session Source Model License Tracker 3 1 August 2008 Minor release Introduction of time
50. PA Marc coon PSSE aAa DAAE September October Database Summary Reports The LT Analyzer reports that display a summary of database information include Database Information Describes the data for your current content scope Version 3 3 43 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Data Sources Describes the data used to create your LT Analyzer database Users The users listed in your LT Analyzer database Feature Model The feature model for your LT Analyzer database License Model The licenses model for your LT Analyzer database Feature Use Summary A summary of usage of the licenses listed in your LT Analyzer database Groups Displays the total license usage by a group Budget Displays the monthly fees that define your annual license budget For all of these reports you simply click on the menu item and LT Analyzer immediately displays the resulting data in table format Database Information Report What is the Database Information Report The Database Information report contains three tables that describe what database you are connected to what content scope you have selected and its characteristics and some statistics about the data in database conforming to your content scope How to Generate a Database Information Report TASK 1 To create this re
51. R HU PLN NES EDUA HEN QE RE DRH UBER 91 Features CINA oo woeipPopvD aA 93 Whatis che Foslures Chart quoume dona sni dvi bndbcU vitii DEF DUM URN CE MONA SUMMO IN OM MEM MAD dE 93 How to Generate the Features Chart iueceieee ripe t PER E PHEEE EVE OPERE QU PEN Er UER I HEH EUM FE FORM UP BE 93 License Usage Level Chart i2iisss ir rr i FEED VEL VER M E EA IIEEXE YER ORT YREVevE V VEM Ri EVE UE 96 What 1 the License Usage Level Chart iuuuscnseaecipuep n s uibasbbxpa ao tbn PL US ddE eU S 96 How to Generate the License Usage Level Chart 4 eeeeee eee eese e eee ee eren eee en eet tn se tnna 96 Feature Average Week Chart 12er tard iavi ka e PbM E EpVES UEM AEEM CER MYKEU DUE UII MEUS eoi EVE PEEE EE 97 What is the Feature Average Week Chart i cicccssscscsssnsssscensnsocsasnnsssneneresencnsnccaneennsnsoannisenesanenass 97 How to Generate the Feature Average Week Chart eessoesssesssesssosssocesosssosessssssseesosssosesssssssse 97 Concmrem Use CHol larann anaa Aa 98 Wh tis che Concurrent Use Chart ocscsdsennodiien ioien ia 98 How to Generate the Concurrent Use Chart 0 ccssccsssscccssscccssccccsscccssscsscssessessccessesccsseseeee 98 Concurrent Use Analysis Chart i2uiieeese soto nini plPEREVVPREE HD FEXENE E QE Eo ME TE V EVER V Ev LUV E EVE EU LEER UE 100 What is the Concurrent Use Analysis Chart 4 ee eeee eee e ee eee eee ee ee eren eee n seta setas etna 100 How to Generate the Concurrent Use Ana
52. Report The account report provides a list of all accounts and their balances How to Generate the Account Summary Report TASK 1 Select Reports gt Account Summary 2 The Account Report is generated automatically LT Analyzer User Manual 82 of 125 Version 3 3 tll License Tracker WwW maximizing value by understanding usage Producing LT Analyzer Charts This section guides you through the procedures that create and display pie and bar charts in LT Analyzer PREREQUISITE This section assumes that you already understand the fundamental concepts of LT Analyzer If you are not familiar with LT Analyzer then go to Fundamental Concepts on page 17 About Charts This section contains information that help you identify the various LT Analyzer charts and procedures for setting general chart parameters The Charts Menu LT Analyzer charts are listed under the Charts menu They are Users Chart Displays usernames and the hours of feature usage over a specified time span Features Chart Displays feature names and one of three usage metrics hours number of distinct users maximum concurrent users over a specified time span License Usage Level Chart Displays the total number of hours of usage for each of the licenses of a selected feature over a specified time span Feature Average Week Chart Displays the average concurrent user levels for a specified feature over a specified time span Concurre
53. Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Click OK to return to the Tabular Report dialog 4 Specify the Horizontal Axis ADDITIONAL INFORMATION In the report this field appears as column headings across the top ofthe report To identify a heading click the button beside the text field to display a pull down menu and select one option Typically a time value is selected for the horizontal axis days months or years 5 Specify the Vertical Axis ADDITIONAL INFORMATION In the report this field appears as row headings down the left side of the report To identify a heading click the button beside the text field to display a pull down menu and select one option Typically a database feature is selected for the vertical axis i e feature user or group NOTE If you selected Group for one of the axis a second drop down menu will appear providing a list of the user categories to select from Version 3 3 57 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ill License Tracker WwW maximizing value by understanding usage www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc 6 Specify the Data for Report In the report this field identifies the statistics displayed within the report To identify your data click the button beside the text field to display a pull down menu and select one of the following options Total Use hr the total hours spent using a license for the specified feature or features actual figures not rounded up values Ove
54. Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Click the button beside Sort to display a pull down menu and select an option for organizing data No Sort indicates that no organizing of the data occurs By Name names are arranged in alpha numerical order By Value the arrangement of names in alphanumeric order based on usage hours 5 Click the button beside Limit to and display a pull down menu where you select an option that identifies your chart data All includes all users selected in the dialog Highest includes users with the highest usage hours Lowest includes the users with the lowest usage hours ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This option determines which subset of the selected users are displayed on the chart Version 3 3 91 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage Li cense Tra ck er In c 6 Inthe Users window click on the name s you want in your chart using the mouse with the SHIFT or CONTROL keys 7 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT Depending on which option you selected tabular or pie you will get one of the following charts Figure 40 Users Chart tabular ed LicenseTracker Users Chart E m leg LT Analyzer User Manu
55. Specifying Bar Chart or Pie Chart Parameters Ovectorien Model Export Location C Documents and Settngslsietze Deshtop _LicenseTraches_2008 orsTrchr_3 1 31DATA Report Export Location C Documents and SettrigslsetzelDesitol Lcenselracher 2008cnaTror 3 110ATA Report and Chat Parameters Effective Peak Threshold 0 Format for the Licence and User Charts Bar Marinum Denis on Charts Maximum Denials on Reports T Maium Days on Tabalar Reports 0 LT Analyzer User Manual 90 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc RJ eximia value ty understanding usege Users Chart What is the Users Chart The Users Chart displays usernames and the hours of feature usage over a specified time range LT Analyzer allows you to sort the usernames and rank your display from the highest or lowest values How to Generate the Users Chart TASK 1 Click Charts gt Users to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for
56. Splits Peak Splits 3 Selectthe Projects you want to include in the report from the Group Selector dialog and click OK 4 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter LT Analyzer User Manual 72 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ reciia value ty understanding e Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to close the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and return to the Project Selector dialog 5 Click OK to produce the report RESULT A computation window appears on your screen It displays the progress of the calculations for the report When the calculation is complete the computation window disappears and the report is displayed The four different types of Project Splits Reports are shown below NOTE The initial view of a report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Project By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected project parameters NOTE The Peak Concurrent User Count cost splitting method is based on the average of the twenty highest daily peaks
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58. These reports have a common format with columns Product the name of the feature Value the value for the product calculated as described above Groupl Groupn a column for each group containing that group s metric for that feature Hours time in seconds UserCount number of distinct users Peak the maximum number of concurrent users of that feature in the group Total the sum of the Groupx columns Each cell under the group name headings represents the number of active users in that group for that license The numbers under the Value heading are the same as they are in the Time Splits Report and are calculated in the same way How to Generate a Group Splits Report To create this report TASK l 2 Version 3 3 Click Reports gt Group Splits Select one of the options Summary Time Splits User Splits Peak Splits Select the groups you want to include in the report from the Group Selector dialog and click OK Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How 67 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licen
59. Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca tll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ cdietipuetideisdh ue Attribute Lists the various group names associated with each category Number of Users Lists the total number of users within a group NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 18 Groups Report if LicenseTracker Groups Report BAX Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Category Attribute Number of Users Division 1 Div 1 17 Div 2 18 Div 3 20 Office 2 Calgary 26 Denver 2 Houston 3 Ottawa 23 Budget Reports What is the Budget Report The budget report is a table that displays the monthly planned rental expenditures as defined in the budget model associated with the current content scope How to Generate the Budget Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Budget RESULT Version 3 3 53 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ull License Tracker WwW maximizing value by understanding usage www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc A table appears displaying the content of the budget model associated with the selected content scope NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameter
60. al 92 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca alll License Tracke License Tracker Inc NO eximia value ty understanding usege Figure 41 Users Chart pie Y LicenseTracker Users Chart File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Features Chart What is the Features Chart The Features Chart displays either total usage in hours maximum concurrent users or number of distinct users for multiple features over a specified time period LT Analyzer allows you to sort the license names and rank your display from the highest or lowest values How to Generate the Features Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer Version 3 3 93 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc TASK 1 Click Charts gt Features to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Make a selection in the Type of Chart pull down menu You can choose one of Total Hou
61. anual Version 3 3 13 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Conventions used in this Document This document follows these conventions Buttons and menu items are referenced in bold font for example File or displayed as a screen capture Menu paths are also displayed in bold font for example File gt Create File DB References to the LT Analyzer application the Web Tracker module the Auto Tracker module the Auto Tracker Alerts module and the LT Analyzer Manual are displayed in italics In the sections that follow references to the LT Analyzer application the Web Tracker module the Auto Tracker module and the Auto TrackerAlerts module are shortened to LT Analyzer Web Tracker Auto Tracker and Auto Tracker Alerts respectively Clickable links such as cross references and Internet addresses are in blue font Critically important information that affects the proper functioning of the software or the report generated is prefaced by the word IMPORTANT For example IMPORTANT An example of IMPORTANT information Clarifications and reminders are generally prefaced by the word NOTE For example NOTE An example of a note or clarification Graphic changes between minor releases are marked as UPDATED New user interface elements are marked as NEW Graphic changes between the last minor release and a new major release
62. ard Text fields require a typed response or a button click To fill in directory location and filename fields for example User Model click on Browse Version 3 3 15 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc LT Analyzer User Manual 16 of 125 Version 3 3 ttl License Tracker WwW maximizing value by understanding usage Fundamental Concepts This section provides an overview of the fundamental concepts that must be understood to use LT Analyzer LT Analyzer analyzes a variety of software usage log formats generated by most high value software packages These log files are typically generated by license managers used to control access to the software packages or in some cases they are directly generated by the software packages themselves LT Analyzer processes the supported log files and inserts the usage data into a LT Analyzer database Once the log information is captured in a database in a standard format LT Analyzer can analyze the data further and generate useful cost and license usage information This information captured in reports and charts can then be used for controlling and reviewing license usage and cost Users and administrators need to understand several key concepts to make effective use of the capabilities built into LT Analyzer These concepts include log files content scopes report scop
63. budget models as well as importing the log files that will provide the basic data for the LT Analyzer reports and charts Strictly speaking only the log files are required before generating reports but most organizations will want to access the reports based on information captured in the user model feature model license models and budget models The models can be prepared in other tools and imported as comma separated value CSV files or created and modified with the LT Analyzer editors The user model feature model license model and budget model files can be edited from within LT Analyzer this is the normal way of editing these files However csv files can be built using other tools and then imported into LT Analyzer This capability may be useful when setting up reporting for large numbers of users and groups You can obtain the information for a model from a computer account management system by exporting a csv file containing the required information and then edit the file in a spreadsheet program to ensure the correct column order and headings You can also create a model file from an existing database using the export option for example File gt Export gt User Model Models created in one database can be exported for use in creating other databases in the future LT Analyzer User Manual 20 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge
64. ce Overage Denials Value Monthly Rentals Total Cost 5 lKkense0001 0 00 1 0 1 0 10000 00 0 0 00 license0002 40 00 1 2 1 0 10000 00 0 400 00 license0003 0 00 1 0 1 2 10000 00 0 0 00 license0004 license0005 license0006 license0007 license0008 license0009 license0010 license0011 Ah eH ee mw amp iv Account Report What is the Account Report The account report provides details and transaction history for one account Version 3 3 81 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc How to Generate the Account Report TASK 1 Select Reports gt Account The Account Report dialog opens 2 Select the account that the report will be generated from and click OK 3 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to return to the Account Report dialog 4 Click OK to generate the Account Report Account Summary Report What is the Account Summary
65. cense Tracker Inc Ww maximizing value by understanding usage 4 Select one feature name from the list ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LT Analyzer informs you when you select a license that was not used during the specified time range 5 Click OK to produce the Concurrent Use Report RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings Date Lists specific dates and times at which the number of concurrent users for the specified feature changed Numbered columns The column numbers indicate the number of users accessing the same feature at the same time The items identify the username and the host at the time NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 20 Concurrent Use Report il LicenseTracker Concurrent Use Report Joe File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Date 1 2 3 2005 05 02 07 36 32 user0004 outback 2005 05 02 10 24 52 user0004 amp outback user0035 forester i 2005 05 02 15 20 30 user0004 outback user0035 forester 2005 05 02 16 19 35 user0035 forester user0015 tundra 2005 05 02 16 23 21 user0035 forester 2005 05 03 07 27 24 user0035 amp forester user0004 outback 2005 05 03 08 40 45 user0004 amp outback 2005 05 03 10 25 33 user0004 outback user0045 envoy 2005 05 03 11 35 29 user0004 amp outback user0045 envoy 2005 05 0
66. d should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Version 3 3 97 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc 3 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 In the Features window click on one license name that you want to chart 5 Click OK to close the dialog and create the chart RESULT In the resulting chart the red line shows the average number of users using a feature concurrently throughout an average day and day of the week Figure 45 Feature Average Week Chart sil LicenseTracker Feature Average Week Chart Kole File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Average Week license0004 Average Concurrent Use Concurrent Use Chart What is the Concurrent Use Chart The Concurrent Use Chart displays concurrent user counts for a specified feature over a specified time range How to Generate the Concurrent Use Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer LT Analyzer User Manual 98 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understand
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68. ding usage License Tracker Inc How to Generate LT Analyzer Reports with Web Tracker PREREQUISITE This procedure assumes that you can generate reports and charts using the Reports and Charts menus in LT Analyzer To generate a set of LT Analyzer reports with Web Tracker follow this procedure TASK 1 Open an existing LT Analyzer database If you do not have an existing LT Analyzer database or do not know how to open one then refer to the LT Analyzer Administrator s Manual 2 There are two ways to display the reports a Click on the Reports gt Web Tracker Historic button to view previously generated Web Tracker reports The Web Tracker Reports are displayed in a web browser and this procedure is complete b Click on the Reports gt Web Tracker Compute button to display the view Report Parameters dialog 3 In the Export Folder field enter or browse to the folder that the reports will appear in In the Report Scope field select a previously defined report scope 4 Identify the reports you want to create in the Report Parameters dialog and click OK to start generating the output A processing dialog is displayed Selected reports have a check mark beside them Web Tracker remembers the reports that were last selected and re selects them when the Report Parameter dialog is opened again To deselect a report simply click on it again to remove the check mark e You can define a filter by clicking the Filter button
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70. e Li cense Tra ck er In c Figure 39 Specifying Bar Chart or Pie Chart Parameters eese 90 Figure 40 Users Chart tabular iic aide kknibXdn Abi nna pad rh UYad dd eM FRE k2qE PATI RE EIU EAE n Rb Ra DERE 92 Figure 41 Users Chart BIB aruinn ena 93 Figure 42 Features Chart tabular i iussint a eps po inta a e REKXEE MEME AERE S EAPYHATEME KRARRE REM MR nai 2E en 95 mauro 43 Features Chart BI ases abi Vx FERME AME E ERE nranasan 95 Figure 44 License Usage Level Chart eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenenne nennen nnn 97 Figure 45 Feature Average Week Chart eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene nennen nennt 98 Figure 46 Concurrent Dee Ghafi uias aues cuia axe tabncu ct nn EFap iecur bpK ga a 99 Figure 47 Concurrent Use Analysis Chaft ssseccccssssssseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeesenes 102 Figure 46 Change In Usage CANE iiccsssicesiasdiieiveiarscicestsssicsnarsseasisssaiiapenntrssessnensieeeieciansens 104 Figure 49 Sessions LITE eia sei QAREAER ERE EQUHEAN GUEVILUR EA STAR noiaeo 105 Figure 50 Sessions Length CBBEL ai si idisn Last b cska bhkRi sin Ea sa aos tu bil a bhu aep RPe b DPI Dit cpiE Ra 107 Figure ST Group Use Char e M 108 Figure 52 Denial Density Chart uie cain auk han paava ge rae p Pk nain nk n Ra iN ananaw ann aeara neii 109 Figure 53 Feature Unavailability CIA esie ie beh E ERR PII HAREEREEEE HK EE M OPEM RE EAM E
71. e 25 Group Splits Report Summary eere 68 Figure 26 Group Splits Report Time Method eene 69 Figure 27 Group Splits Report User Method eere 69 Figure 28 Group Splits Report Peak Method eere 70 Figure 29 Project Splits Report Summary eere 73 Figure 30 Project Splits Report Time Method cccccccssssseeeeeeeeeessseeseeeeeeeeseeeeeeesenes 74 Figure 31 Project Splits Report User Method eere 74 Figure 32 Project Splits Report Peak Method eere 75 Figure 33 Summary Invoices ROpDOPE uisiiuceia ise pili ana Len bId Rb Id Bait Ri aM ea pa M cS Mp xai Pbi a ManiKEE 77 Figure 34 Detailed Invoice REDON wiaiiciinsssscccsasdijetccsasectaciessatecntansacasiapatiagneiaenadedeteieenanagate 79 Figure 35 License Model Efficiency Report sscccccesssseeseeeeeeeeesesseeeseeeeeeeseseeeesseees 81 Figure 36 Charts 0 e 85 Figure 37 Specifying Filters in the Set Filter Parameters Dialog 86 Figure 38 Specifying Filters in the Chart Dialog eene 87 Version 3 3 9 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usag
72. e Remix Analyses Assesses rental licenses LT Analyzer User Manual 120 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca tll License Tracker License Tracker Inc Qf memi value by unserstenaing ae Figure 58 The Web Tracker Menu Analyses sf Web Tracker bv sharing the understanding Info Features Users Groups Analyses Basic Analyses Ucense x Month Licenes usage for each month measured as peak concument users Pesk Usage 9 License x Day Licenee usage for each day measured as peak concurtent users Peak Usage 9 y P License x Month License usage for each month measured as the total mumber of hours in that month Tota Usage This shows how much each license was used by aH users a Denial Report Summary Summary of all the denials which licenses were denied which users were denied Denia Report Detailed Detailed list of all the denials which licenses were denied which user were denied Pay Per Use Analyses Licenze x Month Licence usage for ach month measured as then number of concunent users over the Overaga license limit This shows the number of rental Noenses in each month License x Day Licence usage for each day measured as then number of concurrent uses over the Oversoe license limit This shows the number of rental licenses in each day invoice Summary Invoice Report This repert shows the total cost for rental for aH licenses Budget Planning Analyses
73. e Tracker Inc Figure 12 Database Information Report LT Analyzer Database Information File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Database Information Location access C LicenseTracker LTAnalyzer 3 2 demo data TestO8 mdb D ie e c wu fad oll LW maximizing value by understanding usage Data Sources Report Whatis the Data Sources Report The Data Sources report is a table that describes the table ID of the data imported the names of the datafiles imported the server vendors appearing in the data original format of the data the date the data was imported the start and end date of the sessions recorded in the data the number of sessions read from the data file and the number of sessions actually loaded in the database LT Analyzer User Manual 46 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca License Tracker Inc How to Generate the Data Sources Report all License Tracker Ww maximizing value by understanding usage TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Data Sources RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings ID Data File e Last Name E mail Address Server Vendor e Format Import Date e Start Date End Date Sessions Read Sessions Loaded Users Report What is the Users Report The Users Report is a table that describes the users listed in your LT Analyzer da
74. el may be associated with multiple content scopes A budget model must contain the following headings on the first line of the ASCII csv file Year The year of the data Month The actual calendar month name Amount The money allotted to license usage for each month A sample budget model is found at samples sample BM csv in the LT Analyzer software folder Types of Users All users have administrative privileges for file databases Users who do have administration privileges on the LT Analyzer database do have access to the Admin menu From LT Analyzer Admin menu administrators can import and delete software usage data create and manage user license budget and feature models and create and manage report scopes and content scopes for the organization LT Analyzer User Manual 28 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ csditiuietindensdh ue Administrators can also use LT Analyzer as an end user themselves LT Analyzer administrator privileges are also required to configure and run Auto Tracker Accounts Accounts are used to organize which users are charged and how Users are charged for use of software based on which account they belong to Each account has its own license model which describes how the licenses and charges are to be applied to users in that account A user does not have to belong to an account but only users that belong to an account will be i
75. ense Tracker Inc NJ saisiquetpidtisi an Figure 32 Project Splits Report Peak Method License Tracker Project Splits Peak Method ME Fie Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Value p2 tokent 36027 40 5 Totals 36027 40 18594 79 3486 52 6973 04 6973 04 3 Totals 9 5 Summary Invoice Report This section describes the Summary Invoice Report and how to generate it What is the Summary Invoice Report The Summary Invoice Report is a table that summarizes the number of rental license s annual monthly and hourly and indicates the total cost for each selected feature over a specified time period pay per use data How to Generate the Summary Invoice Report TASK l Click Reports gt Summary Invoice to open a report dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Version 3 3 75 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc 3 Define a
76. ernames license names or group names depending on the reportor chart Usage parameters total usage overage cost or concurrent usage LT Analyzer User Manual 40 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value by understanding de Time parameters days months years session duration or time range b Click the Filter button at the bottom of the dialog to display the Select the Filter Parameters dialog then click the Use Filter button to activate the parameters you have selected 3 Menu items under Reports and Charts without dots in the name Groups for example immediately produce the requested report or chart without displaying a dialog In these situations you need to filter your data under Filter gt Set Filter 4 Selectthetab ofthe parameter that you want to set for example Features see The Filter Parameter Dialog on page 41 below 5 Move the data that you want to use as a filter i e that you want to use in your report or chart to the column on the right using the arrow buttons in the center of the dialog 6 Similarly move the data that you do not want to use to the column on the left ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Please note that if all data is moved to the left hand side no filtering of this parameter will take place i e all data will be used in the report or chart 7 Click on OK Figure9 TheFilter Parameter Dialog Select the filter paramet
77. ers Select the filter items to consider in reports and charts i Users Features Hosts Servers Projects Dates Division v Category Attribute Selected Users Div 2 Div 3 Add selected item s to list Version 3 3 41 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 10 Refining Data in a Report Dialog Long Sessions Enter Long Session Report parameters Users Features user0001 license0001 user0002 license0002 user0003 license0003 user0004 license0004 user0005 license0005 user0006 license0006 user0007 license0007 user0008 license0008 user0009 license0009 user0010 license0010 user0011 license0011 Henn v pau Minimum session duration hrs 0 0 Ce How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts A few report dialogs allow you to specify a date range in the text fields labelled Start Date and End Date directly in the report dialog They are the Concurrent Use Report on page 55 Summary Invoice Report on page 75 Detailed Invoice Report on page 77 Most other reports allow you to set the date range by selecting Filter gt Set Filter and editing the Select the Filter Parameters dialog When you first open one of these report dialogs there is a time interval already specified in these fields that originates from
78. es Features Chart pie Figure 43 r Features Cha nseTr File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help E h LT Analyzer User Manual 95 of 125 Version 3 3 E E License Tracker Inc dl License Tracker www licensetracker ca License Usage Level Chart What is the License Usage Level Chart The License Usage Level Chart shows the total time on the Y axis in hours that there were N concurrent licenses in use the numbers on the X axis for a particular license This chart can be used to determine if concurrent licenses really are needed for a particular license The more the Nth license is used the more confident you can be that at least N licenses are needed How to Generate the License Usage Level Chart TASK l 2 Click Charts gt License Usage Level to open a chart dialog Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading
79. es filters models administrator versus end users and server databases versus file databases Log Files Software license usage is recorded in log files session login and logout times denial of access server startup and other events on a continual basis These data must be imported into LT Analyzer before any usage analysis can be performed The supported log formats are Table 1 LT Analyzer Supported Log File Formats Format FLEXIm Debug Log FLEXIm Enhanced Debug Log FLEX RIF Report Reprise M Report Version 3 3 17 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Format Petrel M Usage Report Petrel SLOG Report IBM LUM Report Sentinel Log License Tracker ASCII Log License Tracker Binary Log Content Scopes The concept of scopes is fundamental to getting the most value from LT Analyzer and Web Tracker From a technical point of view a content scope is simply a view into the database It allows administrators to specify exactly the data that should be extracted and analyzed to produce reports and charts In LT Analyzer a content scope is a fairly coarse definition of a subset of the whole database Administrators define scopes for end users Typically a content scope will be used to provide the end user access to all of license informatio
80. essed a license for the specified feature These values are first arranged alphabetically by feature and then by user End Date Identifies the end date and time that a specified user returned the license These values are arranged chronologically first by feature and then by user Duration Hours The total hours of consecutive time accumulated on a license by a user in a single login session that exceeds the indicated minimum time Minimum Session Duration These hours represent the time elapsed between the Start Date and the End Date Resulting Denials The total number of times access to a license for a particular feature was denied to any userID during the session defined by the Start Date and End Date NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters LT Analyzer User Manual 64 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca License Tracker Inc ll License Tracker vA maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 24 Long Session Report ad LicenseTracker Long Sessions Report anx Feature Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Group By Feature X license0005 license0006 User Start Date End Date Duration Hours Resulting Denials user0008 2005 05 31 08 10 03 2005 06 01 08 58 19 24 80 0 user0008 2005 06 01 11 36 10 200
81. etting a date range go to How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Selectthe license s you want to include in the report 5 Click OK to generate the Denial Detailed Report RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings User Name The computer login name userID of the user who was denied access to a license Feature Name Name of the feature that could not be accessed by a user Host The name of the user s computer Date The date and time a user was denied access to a license True Denial Whether or not the denial was a true denial or for some other reason Reason Displays the reason why access to a license was denied to a user For example the license accessed limits were reached the server was down or the user did not have permission that particular license NOTE These explanations come from the log files They are not generated by LT Analyzer They may be clear or hard to understand depending on the license software generating the logs NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters LT Analyzer User Manual 60 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc ll License Tracker vA maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 22 Denial Detailed Report e LicenseTracker Denial Detailed Report
82. f LT Analyzer maintains its databases in MS Access files The files are always created and used within the filesystem that is accessible from the user s computer A separate copy of MS Access is not required The File DB Edition can only be used with Windows systems The File DB Edition is appropriate for organizations with small or moderate usage analysis volumes measured in the 10 000s to low 100 000s of user sessions Limited Edition The Limited Edition of LT Analyzer is a special version of the File DB Edition This is the default mode of LT Analyzer when started without a LT Analyzer license The Limited Edition restricts all databases to a maximum of 10 users and 15 software features In addition the Limited Edition does not provide access to the Auto Tracker capabilities The Limited Edition is appropriate for small organizations with very low software usage It may also be used for evaluation of the LT Analyzer product Version 3 3 31 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc LT Analyzer User Manual 32 of 125 Version 3 3 Starting LT Analyzer tll License Tracker Ww maximizing value by understanding usage This section describes the basic procedures for starting up LT Analyzer and setting up your database How to Install LT Analyzer PREREQUISITE The minimum system requirements for running LT Analyzer are
83. f the selected group parameters Figure 15 Feature Model Report mra e di LicenseTracker Feature Report Joey Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Vendor Name Feature Name Sharing Strategy _ False Denial Threshold vendor 1 vendor 2 license0020 User 120 license0021 User 120 license0022 User 120 license0024 User 120 license0025 User 120 license0026 User 120 license0027 User 120 license0028 User 120 License Model Report What is the License Model Report The License Model Report is a table that displays the number and costs of licenses for the license model associated with the current content scope How to Generate the License Model Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt License Model RESULT Version 3 3 49 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc A table appears displaying the content of the License Model see License Models on page 25 for details associated with your selected content scope NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 16 License Model Report d LicenseTracker License Model Report aax Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Group By None v Vendor Name Product Co
84. g headings UserID login name Name Phone E mail Hours Each item listed under the column headings UserID is cross referenced to a display of information about the specified user or group Click on UserID to open a User Report that contains information about the user a table of license usage for that user and a corresponding usage pie chart as well as a long session report You can access further information by clicking on an item in the column under License to display the corresponding License Report LT Analyzer User Manual 118 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO csditiuitidensdh un Groups In the user report click on a Group to open a display of two tables that identify the license usage and user usage for that group Click on an item in the license table under License Name to display a License Report or click on an item in the user table under UserName to display the corresponding User Report Click on E mail to send e mail to the user NOTE Within these displays you can click on any of the charts to view an enlarged version of the chart The Web Tracker menu item Groups displays a table for each category in the user model Each table information under the following headings Group Users Licenses Hours Each item listed in the table under the heading Group is cross referenced to a display relating to group usage information Click on a group name to display the
85. g usage Database Summary Reports on page 43 General Usage Reports on page 54 e Financial Reports on page 65 and www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc Web Tracker menu items are also listed under Reports Web Tracker generates reports that can be viewed in a web browser For more information see Web Tracker on page 113 Figure 1 List of LT Analyzer Reports Reports Database Information Data Sources Users Feature Model License Model Feature Use Summary Groups Budget Concurrent Use LT Analyzer Tabular Reports Denial Detailed Denial Summary Long Sessions User Group Splits Project Splits Summary Invoice Detailed Invoice License Model Efficiency Account Account Summary WebTracker View Historic WebTracker Compute User Interface for Reports Database Summary Reports General Usage Reports Financial Reports WebTracker Reports As of release 3 1 LT Analyzer introduced significant changes to the interaction between the end user and the data displayed in a report These changes the Tree view or Explorer view and the Group By widget are described below LT Analyzer User Manual 36 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca License Tracker Inc NER sdistipsitpindeisdh iue Changing the presentation of a report with Tree View and Group By all License Tracker Most LT Analyzer reports consist of tables
86. ials Second set of three columns Displays a list of feature names and identifies the number of times that access was denied to each feature as numbers of true denials and false denials NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 23 Denial Summary Report sil LicenseTracker Denial Summary Report Jog File Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Group By Q None Y gt User Name True Denials False Denials Feature Name True Denials False Denials user0001 2 0 license0003 1 0 user0002 1 0 license0005 1 0 user0003 2 0 license0006 1 0 user0004 5 0 license0008 6 0 user0006 2 0 license0010 5 0 user0008 19 0 license0011 1 0 user0009 6 0 license0021 10 0 user0010 2 0 license0022 6 0 user0011 3 0 license0026 6 0 user0014 4 0 license0029 49 0 user0015 3 0 license0031 4 0 user0018 3 0 license0032 67 0 user0019 1 0 license0035 2 0 user0021 1 0 license0038 1 0 user0023 13 0 0 0 user0024 11 0 0 0 user0025 2 0 0 0 user0026 1 0 0 0 v LT Analyzer User Manual 62 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge Long Session Report This section describes the Long Session Report and how to generate it What is the Long Session Report The Long Session Report is a table that display
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88. in the bottom left When you have a large database and have also selected many or all the report types in the Web Tracker dialog especially Long Sessions Reports the computation process can take several minutes even hours because of the volume of reports that are generated Assign your time accordingly and be prepared to wait For a description ofthe reports and charts that you can create go to Viewing Web Tracker Reports on page 115 5 When you see the Task Complete message in the process dialog the report generation process is finished RESULT LT Analyzer User Manual 114 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc WO eximia value ty understanding usoge When the report generation is complete the report files and folders will have been generated Web Tracker has created the export folder defined in the Report Parameters dialog Within this report folder there are four sub folders and five html files The folder are analyses groups licenses and users These folders contain the report data The files are accounts html analyses html groupModel htm licenseModel htm and userModel htm These files can be opened in web browser to view the reports See Viewing Web Tracker Reports on page 115 for details Viewing Web Tracker Reports To open Web Tracker and view LT Analyzer reports double click on the index htm file in the reports direc
89. ing a TASK 1 Click Charts gt Concurrent Use to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 In the Features window click on one license name that you want to chart 5 Click OK to close the dialog and create the chart RESULT In the resulting chart The red line indicates the time varying concurrent user count The blue line indicates the number of licenses owned as specified in the License Model The green dots indicates the occurrence of denials The green line indicates the effective peak determined by rounding down a certain percentage of the actual peaks Figure 46 Concurrent Use Chart il LicenseTracker Concurrent Use Chart BAX 30 Concurrent Use Version 3 3 Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help license0021 B icense 0021 E Soft Lim
90. ing the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 Identify the license name s that you want to display and use to calculate statistics in the report You can select more than one name in the list ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Use the SHIFT or CONTROL keys to select individual license names or press the Select All button to use all license names in your report 5 Click OK RESULT The Detailed Invoice Report appears NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters LT Analyzer User Manual 78 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ill License Tracker License Tracker Inc w maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 34 Detailed Invoice Report ed LicenseTracker Invoice Report Joe File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Start Date End Date Overlap Hrs Rented License license0002 2005 05 31 08 54 00 2005 05 31 10 54 44 2 0122 1 2005 06 02 08 09 23 2005 06 02 10 09 52 2 0081 1 2005 06 07 09 07 27 2005 06 07 11 08 30 2 0175 1 2005 06 08 08 11 21 2005 06 08 10 12 40 2 0219 1 2005 06 09 08 29 13 2005 06 09 10 29 44 2 0086 1 2005 06 17 08 29 12 2005 06 17 10 29 49 2 0103 1 2005 06 2108 23 37 2005 06 21 09 01 14 0 6269 1 2005 07 11 09 11 29 2005 07 11 11 12 53 2 0233 1 2005 07 12 09 42 33 2005 07 12 11 28 27 1 7
91. is is called the Total Project Value TPV Adding all the values for all projects and all licenses gives the total value consumed by the organization This is called the Total Value TV The percent of value used by each project is the number TPV TV 100 Other Reports The other three Project Splits reports provide the detailed data behind the calculations in the Summary Report These reports have a common format with columns Product the name of the feature Value the value for the product calculated as described above Project1 Projectn a column for each project containing that project s metric for that feature Hours time in seconds Version 3 3 71 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc UserCount number of distinct users Peak the maximum number of concurrent users of that feature in the project Total the sum of the Project columns Each cell under the project name headings represents the number of active users in that project for that license The numbers under the Value heading are the same as they are in the Summary Report and are calculated in the same way Refer to the Summary Report section for details How to Generate a Project Splits Report To create this report TASK l Click Reports gt Project Splits 2 Select one of the options Summary Time Splits User
92. it El Effective Peak Jul 13 99 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual A ancient rape License Tracker Inc cil License Tracker www licensetracker ca Concurrent Use Analysis Chart What is the Concurrent Use Analysis Chart The Concurrent Use Analysis Chart consists of two related displays the chart that appears initially is identical to the Concurrent Use Chart that is described in What is the Concurrent Use Chart on page 98 When you click in this chart the second chart displays below the first one and shows you all individual users that were connected at that particular point in time this chart is in effect the Sessions Chart for that moment in time as described in What is the Sessions Chart on page 104 How to Generate the Concurrent Use Analysis Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK l 2 Click Charts Concurrent Use Analysis to open a chart dialog Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Define a time interval in the Start Da
93. k The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to close the Set the Filters Parameter dialog and return to the Long Sessions Report dialog 63 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc 3 Select Users and Licenses These windows list the computer UserIDs and licenses available in your LT Analyzer database In each window use your mouse with the SHIFT or CONTROL keys to select individual items or click Select All to highlight the entire window 4 Enter the Minimum session duration hours Double click in the text field and enter a number that acts as a marker any session lengths greater than this number are displayed in your report 5 Click OK to immediate produce the Long Sessions Report RESULT The Long Session report contains information under the following headings Feature Lists the selected features in alphabetical order User Lists the userIDs associated with the long sessions Items are sorted alphabetically first by feature name and then by userID Start Date Identifies the start date and time that a specified user acc
94. lculations in the project splits report are based on the concept of a software feature The value each project has consumed for each license is computed as V Value Project Time Total Time There are four types of Project Split Report Summary Report The Summary Report provides the percentage breakdown of software usage between the specified projects each displayed as a unique row in the table for four different calculation methods each displayed by a column in the table The calculation methods are LT Analyzer User Manual 70 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc RJ eximia value ty understanding usoge Total Use the percentage of the total time for all selected features Hours The percentage of the total time weighted by the value of each feature User Count The percentage of numbers of unique users of each feature weighted by the value of the features Peak The maximum number of concurrent users in the project for each feature weighted by the value of the features The numbers in each cell of the table are calculated by considering the value the project has consumed for each feature where For Hours V Value ProjectTime TotalTime For User count V Value ProjectUsers TotalUsers For Peak V Value ProjectPeack TotalPeak The total value of each project for all licenses is the sum of the value consumed for each license Th
95. license interval started this is the time that a new user session of this feature began requiring a rented license End Date The date and time at which a user logged out causing the concurrent use level for the feature to drop below the specified level for this interval Version 3 3 77 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Overlap Hrs The number of hours between the Start Date and End Date Rented License The rented license number for example if four licenses for the feature were owned and the session which started at Start Date raised the concurrent use count to six then this interval would be for rented license 2 How to Generate the Detailed Invoice Report To create this report TASK 1 Click Reports gt Detailed Invoice to open the Invoice Detail Report dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Definea time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields us
96. lysis Chart eese eee e eee ee eee e eese en seen aan 100 Change In Usage Chart ivive iro M rp ET E rv IEEQEYEEPVR VPE EPA EE rb EN EEEEE YE PEDI MGE 102 What the Change Di Usage Chart 2 enevis cube UD oie DUEN ENDE PERP o SP URE ni 102 How to Generate the Change In Usage Chart Lecce eee ee eee ee esee eren ee ette netten seta seen 102 SESSIONS CHATE eT CT 104 Whatis bhe Sessions Chari J 9 104 How to Generate the Sessions Dart cosieipiorc onian nn FR PPP M IE Ie IRE FREUE EUH UM EI DMUE 105 Sessions Length Chari A X A H HE 0 X 106 WSC n che Sessions Length Chart iiuosbedsdn cip fUPppiED EDD RI n 106 How to Generate the Sessions Length Chart eese eee e eres ee eene eren esee en netten seta seen 106 Group Use Chale m 107 What 1 the Group Use Chari iodnppdaivedbnsiebbn d v iM PME URINE pM m EPUM mnen 107 LT Analyzer User Manual 6 of 49 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc Med ehtiyianiy desde How to Generate the Group Use Chart 122 arr ra rio t repetir kt eE ro bE eV EN re tE kk epEa eU EYo Fr bE a 107 rca ge il Re C 108 What is the Doust Density Chart ocseisetbttacbbstipi VpMM ESSO M KP D UID aaa POEM Cb ae 108 How to Generate the
97. n for a particular location Houston or Calgary a management unit Division 1 Division 2 or a particular vendor Vendor A Vendor B or some combination of categories and attributes for users and features Defining a set of content scopes users will want to use has a significant impact on the load that will be placed on a server database If every end user has access to a useful content scope then every report generated will require searching a dataset much smaller than the whole database Once an end user selects a predefined content scope that best applies to them the data can be further refined by the end user with filters Report Scopes Report scopes are used to specify the contents for a set of Web Tracker reports They are used primarily as a control mechanism when using the Auto Reporter function of Auto Tracker to generate many potentially different sets of Web Tracker reports LT Analyzer User Manual 18 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO csditiusctidensdh um From a technical point of view a report scope is simply a definition of the contents for a set of Web Tracker output It allows administrators to specify which of types of reports feature user group and analyses should be produced as well as which components of the selected reports are to be produced The report scope also allows an administrator to specify which user categories are to be included in the group repor
98. n is complete the window closes automatically The Sessions Length Chart for the selected license appears LT Analyzer User Manual 106 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc Nf csditiuitpidensdhae Figure 50 Sessions Length Chart sl LicenseTracker Session Length Chart Kole File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Session Length Chart license0021 Total Time Hours oer 900260600268029 ye vv voo340060602d2606 Session Length Hours Group Use Chart What is the Group Use Chart The Group Use Chart displays the number of users for each license In the resulting bar chart The height of the bar represents the number of users in the group e The red shading indicates the number of users in the group using a license Note that a pop up appears indicating the actual number of users as your cursor moves over the shaded part of a bar How to Generate the Group Use Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Group Use to open a chart dialog 2 In the chart dialog select the group 3 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT Version 3 3 107 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW License Tracker Inc maximizing value by understanding usage The Group Use Chart for the selected group appears Figure 51 Group Use Chart ad LicenseTracker Group Use Chart
99. ncluded in usage charges any users not in an account will not be charged Users can belong to only one account or none Charges are calculated for each user only when session usage data is imported into the LT Analyzer database If the accounts are edited or changed by the administrator for example the account charges will be out of date In this case the transaction data will need to be deleted from the LT Analyzer database and reloaded Token Based Reporting Traditionally software vendors have used a feature based licensing system where the customer purchases or rents a certain number of per user licenses for each software feature provided by the vendor This model creates the situation where at certain stages of business activity one feature might run out of licenses while another does not creating a situation where the business must pay for more licenses of one feature while those of an already paid for feature are not used A token based licensing system differs from a feature based system in that instead of buying licenses for each user the business buys a certain number of tokens that go into a token pool The software vendor then defines how many tokens each software feature is worth and when that software feature is in use by any user the corresponding number of tokens is removed from the pool When the user stops using the software the tokens are added back into the pool When a user tries to use a piece of software
100. ne in the first chart The colored bars indicate users connected at that time the length of a bar corresponds to the length of the session while a red color indicates a long session and a green color a short session The two charts can be resized to accommodate larger amounts of data Version 3 3 101 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tll License Tracker W maximizing value by understanding usage Figure 47 Concurrent Use Analysis Chart www licensetracker ca O License Tracker Inc tl LicenseTracker Concurrent Use Analysis File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help license0021 Bl icense0021 E Soft Limit Bl Effective Peak Concurrent Use EK 2005 07 12 07 32 55 SSE 191 1 hrs Wii sc0021 user0047 cherokee 28 3 hrs llicense0021 user0004 outback 9 1 hrs license0021 2005 07 12 07 32 55 Jul 19 Jul 26 Change In Usage Chart What is the Change In Usage Chart The Change In Usage Chart displays change in total amount of usage in hours for a specified feature over a specified time range NOTE All changes shown are relative to the first period shown in the chart How to Generate the Change In Usage Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer LT Analyzer User Manual 102 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding a TASK l Click Charts gt Change In Usage to open
101. nly one license is used Most often computation intensive features have no sharing while interactive software frequently has user host sharing same user at the same computer may have multiple sessions of the software using the same license Any sharing information provided in the license manager log files will override those specified in the feature model False Denial Threshold Removing denials caused by license server chains or high frequency failed requests can be particularly useful The false denial threshold is used to control this A duplicate denial same feature same user same host found within the threshold of another denial is deemed to be false also a denial for which a license is granted same feature same user same host within the threshold is also deemed false Version 3 3 23 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Application Type A software feature can be organized by its function or role This is the application type For example a software feature like Microsoft Word is a word processor so the administrator could set the ApplicationType in the feature model to WordProcessor The application type can then be used when creating reports to focus on a particular type of application Product Name Software products are sometimes divided into different features which are licensed separately For example
102. nt Use Chart Displays the usage over time for a single feature in terms of number of concurrent users Concurrent Use Analysis Displays an analysis over time for a single feature Version 3 3 83 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Change in Usage Displays the change in usage over time for a single feature in terms of total time Session Chart Displays each session start and end times for a single feature over a specified time span Session Length Chart Displays a histogram depicting the lengths of all sessions for a single feature over a specified time span Group Use Chart Displays how many members of a specific group sharing the same attribute for a user category make use of specified features over a specified time span Denial Density Chart Displays the number of denials per specified time unit 1 hour 3 hours 1 2 day etc that occurred for a single feature over time Feature Unavailability Chart Displays when all owned licenses for a single feature were in use This shows times when denials would have happened Pay per Use PPU Summary Chart Displays an assessment of pay per use expenditures rentals comparing what was budgeted versus what was actually spent over a specified time span Both monthly and cumulative views are provided LT Analyzer User Manual 84 of 125 Version 3 3 www licenset
103. of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual acne es as akav aay ead License Tracker Inc ci License Tracker www licensetracker ca Sessions Length Chart What is the Sessions Length Chart The Sessions Length Chart shows a count of how many sessions there were that lasted N hours for a particular license This histogram can be used to recognize patterns in how the users consume a particular license How to Generate the Sessions Length Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Sessions Length to open a chart dialog 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Use Filter button in the chart dialog should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 3 Define a time interval in the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 4 In the Licenses window click on one license name that you want to chart 5 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT A computation window opens to show progress in calculating values for the chart When the computatio
104. of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker maximizing value by understanding usage O License Tracker Inc Figure 26 Group Splits Report Time Method Version 3 3 69 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wt License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Figure 28 Group Splits Report Peak Method sil LicenseTracker Group Splits Peak Method Kole File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Value Division Div 1 Division Div 2 Division Div 3 Total license0001 8353 56 2 00 2 00 0 00 4 00 license0002 783 56 0 00 0 00 2 00 2 00 5 license0003 383 56 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 license0004 f 383 56 2 00 2 00 0 00 4 00 license0005 license0006 license0007 license0008 license0009 license0010 IM Project Splits Report This section describes the Project Splits Report and how to generate it What is a project splits report The Project Splits Report displays information about selected projects in a specific category including the project name the features used number of users etc The feature and user are determined by your content scope and these can be refined by using a filter Selection of project filters is done in the Set Filter Parameters pop up dialog accessed under Filter gt Set Filter Many of the ca
105. of data As of release 3 1 the user can change how data is presented in these tables with the Group By widget at the top of the table When first displayed most reports look something like this Figure 2 Initial view of a LT Analyzer Report example ET LicenseTracker Users Report File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Group By Rones w User Name Date First Name Last Name Email Address Phone Number Comment 1 Comment 2 user0001 2005 05 01 Firstname1 Lastname1 useri amp company com 613 555 1111 user0001 2005 07 01 Firstname1 Lastname1 useri amp company com 613 555 1111 user0002 2005 05 01 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 user0002 2005 05 26 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2Z amp company com 613 555 1111 user0002 2006 09 01 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 user0002 2006 11 01 Firstname2 Lastname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 user0003 2001 07 31 Firstname3 Lastname3 user3 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0003 2006 05 01 Firstname3 Lastname3 user3 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0004 2001 05 27 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 amp company com 403 555 1111 user0004 2001 06 27 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 amp company com 403 555 1111 user0004 2001 07 27 Firstname4 Lastname4 user4 amp company com 403 555 1111 user0005 2005 05 27 Firstname5 Lastname5 user5 amp company com 613 555 1111 user0006 2001 05 27 Firstname6 Lastname
106. ow administrators to define commonly used views into the database End users can apply filters to the entire database if they wish If end users do this frequently it may indicate that there is a mismatch between the existing content scopes and end users reporting requirements The easiest way to determine what the problem is to talk to end users who apply filters to the entire database Models LT Analyzer makes extensive use of user Version 3 3 19 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage L ice nse Tra c ke r In C feature license e budget and session source models in its interaction with software usage databases These models either e Add attributes to data captured from log files that can be used to refine a query for example Business Unit and Role associated with userIDs or to control a computation for example a false denial threshold e Add information to data captured from log files that enhances understanding of the raw data in reports for example what is the first name last name and telephone number for each userID Allofthese models are managed by the LT Analyzer administrator They are important because they determine to a large extent what can appear in a LT Analyzer report Creating an LT Analyzer database usually involves collecting and assembling information in a user model feature model license models and
107. ows users the LicenseTrackerWOW64 1nk for users running 32 bit Java or who want to open or create a Microsoft Access database the LicenseTracker sh script file for Linux Solaris users Getting a Valid LT Analyzer License Part ofthe LT Analyzer download process is requesting a demonstration or regular license You should have received the appropriate license by e mail from licensetracker ca before installation If you did not receive an e mail with the appropriate license please contact sales licensetracker ca As of version 2 7 the LT Analyzer license your license filename gt 1tilic inthe conf directory is tied to the version number of the software A new license is required for each new version of the LT Analyzer software License not for this release Problem If LT Analyzer reports an invalid license problem when the software is started after an update follow this procedure TASK 1 Reinstall the license file received from LT Analyzer as part of the upgrade process Make sure that you have copied the correct your license filename gt 1tilic file to the conf directory STEP RESULT If the problem persists go to the next step 2 Reinstall the software as described in How to Install LT Analyzer on page 33 STEP RESULT If the problem persists go to the next step 3 Contact LT Analyzer support Support and Contact Information on page 123 LT Analyzer User Manual 34 of 125 Version 3 3
108. p Contact Information License Tracker Inc can be reached by the following methods On the Web http www licensetracker ca General e mail sales licensetracker ca Support e mail support licensetracker ca Version 3 3 123 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc LT Analyzer User Manual 124 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usoge Page left blank on purpose Version 3 3 125 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual al License Tracker aximizing value by understanding usage
109. port click on Reports gt Database Information RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings LT Analyzer User Manual 44 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca alll License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ reciia value ty understanding usege Database Information Location Display details of the current database including type ID logged in and either full path to file for File databases or database name server and port for Server databases Scope Name The name of the current content scope License Model The name of the license model associated with this content scope Budget Model The name of the budget model associated with this content scope Features A list of vendor names used to restrict features in this content scope Users A list of user attributes used to restrict users in this content scope Session Statistics Date Range The start date of the first session and the end date of the last session Duration Range hours The minimum and maximum session lengths in hours Number of Sessions The total number of distinct sessions Number of Licenses Total number of distinct licenses Number of Users The total number of distinct users Number of Denials The total number of true and false license denials Version 3 3 45 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage Licens
110. provides the percentage breakdown of software usage between the specified groups each displayed as a unique row in the table for four different calculation methods each displayed with a column in the table The calculation methods are Total Use the percentage of the total time for all selected features Hours the percentage of the total time weighted by the value of each feature User Count the percentage of number of unique users of each feature weighted by the value of the features Peak the maximum number of concurrent users in the group for each feature weighted by the value of the features The numbers in each cell of the table are calculated by considering the value the group has consumed for each feature where For Hours V Value GroupTime TotalTime For User Count V Value GroupUsers TotalUsers For Peak V Value GroupPeak TotalPeak The total value each group consumed for all licenses is the sum of the value consumed for each license TGV LT Analyzer User Manual 66 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca NI License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value by understanding usege Adding all the values for all groups and all licenses gives the total value consumed by the organization TV The percent of value used by each group is the TGV TV 100 Other Reports The other three Group Splits reports provide the detailed data behind the calculations in the Summary Report
111. r Name The name of the software vendor that licenses the software feature Feature Name The name of the feature that the row represents Sharing Strategy The license sharing strategy used with this feature LT Analyzer User Manual 22 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ eximia value ty understanding usege False Denial Threshold The false denial threshold for this feature Application Type The type of application this feature falls into Product Name The name of the product that this feature is part of Feature Alias The feature alias is used in place of the feature name in the interface reports and charts Additional details on the column headings are provided below License Sharing Strategy The sharing strategy specifies under what conditions LT Analyzer should deem multiple user sessions from the log file are using the same license The license sharing strategies are No sharing There is no license sharing Each session uses up a license Host If multiple concurrent or overlapping sessions are using a feature from the same host then only one license is used User If a software feature is being used by concurrent or overlapping session the same user running on the same or different hosts then only one license is used User Plus Host If a feature is being used by multiple concurrent or overlapping sessions of the same user on the same host then o
112. racker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NJ reciia value by understanding usoge Figure 36 Charts Menu Charts History Help Users Features License Usage Level Feature Average Week Concurrent Use Concurrent Use Analysis Change in Usage Sessions Sessions Length Group Use Denial Density Feature Unavailability PPU Summary Setting Filter Parameters for Charts What are Filter Parameters for Charts Chart filters allow you to specify the data that will appear in a chart How to set Filter Parameters for Charts In LT Analyzer there are two dialogs that allows you to refine the data that you display in a chart Version 3 3 85 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual prede eld O License Tracker Inc dl License Tracker www licensetracker ca TASK Set data filters in the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and then click the Use Filter button to activate them with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION To deactivate the filters simply click on the button again to remove the check mark and LT Analyzer will use all of the data in your database For more information go to How to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 There are two ways to access this dialog a Click Admin gt Set Filter or b Press the Filter button in any chart dialog Figure 37 Specifying Filters in the Set Filter Parameters Dialog Select the filter parameters
113. rage hr the number of hours that a licenses were signed out from the rental pool not purchased licenses Peak Concurrent Usage the maximum number of distinct users that signed out a license at a time Concurrent Overage the maximum number of signed out licenses that exceeded your purchased limit Cost the rental costs charged to you for non owned license use Unique User Count the number of unique userIDs that signed out a license for the specified feature or features over the specified period Session Count the number of sessions 7 Click OK to generate the report RESULT A computation window opens and shows the progress of the calculation of the selected statistics When the computation is complete the calculation window closes and the Tabular Report is displayed NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters LT Analyzer User Manual 58 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NO eximia value by understanding usege Figure 21 Tabular Report sil LicenseTracker Tabular Report BAX Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Feature _2005 May 2005 un 2005 ul 2005 Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2006 Jan license0020 license0021 license0022 license0024 license0025 license002
114. rs Peak Concurrent Licenses Unique Users 4 Defineatime intervalin the Start Date and End Date text fields using the procedures in How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 5 Click the button beside Sort to display a pull down menu and select an option for organizing data No Sort indicates that no organizing of the data occurs By Name names are arranged in alpha numerical order By Value the arrangement of names in alphanumeric order based on usage hours 6 Clickthe button beside Limit to display a pull down menu where you select an option that identifies your chart data ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This option determines which subset of the selected features are displayed on the chart All includes all features selected in the dialog Highest includes users with the highest values Lowest includes the users with the lowest usage hours 7 Inthe Features window select the license name s that you want to chart using the mouse with the SHIFT and CONTROL keys 8 Click OK to close the dialog and open a computation window that calculates the parameters and then displays the chart RESULT LT Analyzer User Manual 94 of 125 Version 3 3 all License Tracker Ww maximizing value by understanding usage og i ou xo S6 Es 9 r X oc 0 2 Features Chart tabular Figure 42 File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help o o A zZ o Lu Featur
115. rsion 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc NU omine te ond understanding usage Figure 33 Summary Invoice Report ed LicenseTracker Invoice Report Joe File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Feature Hourly Rentals Annual Rentals Monthly Rentals Daily Rentals Cost license0001 a 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 license0002 40 00 0 0 0 400 00 z license0003 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 license0004 license0005 license0006 license0007 license0008 license0009 license0010 license0011 license0012 p e e e e e e e amp Detailed Invoice Report This section describes the Detailed Invoice Report and how to generate it What is the Detailed Invoice Report The Detailed Invoice Report is a table that displays detailed information about rented license usage over time The report displays the periods when rental licenses were used Note that this tracking tracks concurrent use levels and not specific sessions so that a single user session may start with a rented license because all owned licenses were in use at the time of checkout but complete with an owned license if other users sessions ended earlier dropping the concurrent use level below the number of owned licenses It displays information under the following headings Feature The feature name s that this rented level interval measures Start Date The date and time at which this rented
116. rts Charts History Help Denial Density license0032 Denials per hour B icense 0032 Bl Effective Peak Number of Denials N A wn o e o 0 May 04 May 18 Jun 01 Jun 15 Jun 29 Jul 13 Jul 20 Jul 27 Aug 10 Aug 24 Sep 07 Feature Unavailability Chart What is the Feature Unavailability Chart The Feature Unavailability Chart displays the total number of minutes a selected license was unavailable on each day over a selected time period Version 3 3 109 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc How to Generate the Feature Unavailability Chart To create this chart in LT Analyzer TASK 1 Click Charts gt Feature Unavailability to open a chart dialog 2 In the chart dialog select the following a The date range ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By default the dates selected are the start and end date for all records in the database matching the content model selected The date range can be adjusted in these date range fields b A license of interest c Optional step Select Filter at the bottom left of the dialog to open and use the Select the Parameters for a Filter dialog 3 Click OK to close the dialog RESULT The Feature Unavailability Chart appears Figure 53 Feature Unavailability Chart il LicenseTracker Feature Unavailability Chart Jog Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help
117. ry n Categories also known as group types correspond to extra administrator defined columns in the user model Category names usually correspond to something significant to the organization tracking license use Each cellin a category column is an attribute also known as a group that can be used to further refine categorization For example the category Location might be subdivided with the attributes Calgary Houston and Denver A sample user model is found at samples sample UM csv in the LT Analyzer software folder The sample contains all of the headings from the default model and some category columns with attributes entered in the cells Example categories included in the sample user model file are Location Division and Role User models are most often generated by exporting information from an LDAP or other account management system to a CSV file Some modification of the headings may be required to make them match LT Analyzer user model requirements Starting with version 3 3 of LT Analyzer it is possible to create connections to an LDAP system in order to automatically import user information into the user model There is one user model per LT Analyzer database Feature Model The feature model is a simple ASCII csv file It specifies features or software packages found in the log files Each row in the Feature Model corresponds to one feature and the column headings are as follows Vendo
118. s Figure 19 Budget Report t LicenseTracker Budget Report anx Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Year April August June September October January February March 2005 2006 2007 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 150000 00 1s 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 General Usage Reports LT Analyzer User Manual The LT Analyzer reports that display general license usage include Concurrent Use Report Identifies which users were on what machines using a specific license during a certain time period Tabular Report Displays a spreadsheet defined by X and Y axes where you determine the data headings and also choose the information to display within the table Denial Detailed Report Displays license availability and identifies which users were refused access to a specific license on what date s Denial Summary Report Summarizes the number of denials for specific users and for specific licenses in two distinct tables 54 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca all License Tracker License Tracker Inc RJ eximia value ty understanding usege Long Session Report Displays information about the long term usage of a license by distinct users For the menu items Denial Detailed and the Denial Summary you simply click on the menu item and LT
119. s information about which users had a license for specific features in use for longer than a specified time limit Normal cycles of use for a license This refers to the productivity cycle ofa license For example you may think that a license requires only a few hours for proper use and may find that most users require more time than you originally estimated for that specific license This affects how you purchase licenses and allocate hours to a project user Power users of a license This refers to those people who use a software product for long periods of time because they are the experts users or because of work load or other project requirements These people work more continuous hours than the average user without being abusive to the license Users that abuse a license This refers to users that monopolize a license for long periods of time to ensure the availability of that license for their specific needs and in so doing prevent other users from gaining access to a specific feature For example a user that accesses the software and stays logged in for days or weeks would fall into this category How to Generate the Long Session Report To create this report TASK l 2 Version 3 3 Click on Reports gt Long Sessions to open a Long Sessions Report parameter dialog Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mar
120. sage License Tracker Inc Peak Usage License Overage The number of licenses where usage exceeded the purchased limits and the cost of the license became a rental classification Denials The number of requests that were denied to users because the existing licenses where already checked out Value License overage multiplied by average license cost from License Model A negative number indicates that a license is under used and that you own more licenses than you are using in the specified date range A positive number indicates that a license is overused requiring rentals and that you require more licenses to accommodate the usage demands in the specified date range Value is important for analyzing license usage cycles over time Monthly Rentals Refers to the number of monthly rentals for this feature in the period Hourly Rentals Refers to the number of hourly rentals for this feature in the period Total Cost Sum of all rental costs for this feature in the period How to Generate the License Model Efficiency Report TASK 1 To create this report in LT Analyzer click on Reports gt License Model Efficiency 2 Click Filter to open the Set the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do
121. se server log files Date This is the date from which the data on this line is valid This is to support the fact that license counts and costs change over time Use the format YYYY MM DD License Count The number of licenses purchased owned not rented Product Cost The average cost to purchase a single license Maintenance Cost The average annual maintenance fee for a single purchased license Annual Cost The annual rental license fee Monthly Cost Monthly rental license fee LT Analyzer User Manual 26 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca wall License Tracker License Tracker Inc eximia value by understanding usege Weekly Cost Weekly rental license fee Daily Cost Daily rental license fee Hourly Cost The hourly rental license fee If rental billing is by the second provide the hourly rate PerSecondRate x 3600 in this column Mode The type of rental mode The rental mode options are e NONE e SESSION ANNUAL MONTHLY DAILY HOURLY HOURLY CAPPED If total hourly rentals exceed monthly rental costs then a monthly rental is added and hourly rentals are recalculated superseded by HR CAP MON HR CAP MON If total hourly rentals for a single rented license exceed monthly rental costs then it is deemed to be rented for the month and hourly rentals are recalculated SECOND SC CAP MON If billing by the second for a single license exceeds the monthly rate then the license
122. setracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc to Change Filter Parameters for Reports and Charts on page 40 Click OK to close the Set the Filter Parameters dialog and return to the Group Selector dialog Click OK to produce the report RESULT A computation window appears on your screen It displays the progress of the calculations for the report When the calculation is complete the computation window disappears and the report is displayed The four different types of Group Splits Reports are shown below NOTE The initial view of a report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters NOTE The Peak Concurrent User Count cost splitting method is based on the average of the twenty highest daily peaks during the period This ensures that a single day aberration does not result in an excessive share of the costs for a single group or project Figure 25 Group Splits Report Summary sil LicenseTracker Group Splits Report Jog Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help Group By N x f lt None gt v Group Name Total Use 96 Hours 96 UserCount 96 Peak 96 Division Div 1 75 05 90 73 34 08 40 02 Division Div 2 S 3 42 2 94 33 94 43 29 Division Div 3 21 53 6 32 31 98 16 69 Totals 100 00 LT Analyzer User Manual 68
123. sion 3 3 51 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual www licensetracker ca tll License Tracker 9 License Tracker Inc WwW maximizing value by understanding usage NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 17 Feature Use Summary Report e LicenseTracker License Model Report anx Vendor Peak Use Effective Peak Users License Feature Name Count File Admin Filter Reports Charts History Help Users Denials Rental Cost S vendor_1 0 license0001 license0003 license0004 license0005 license0002 21 21 NONO 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 400 00 Groups Report What is the Groups Report The groups report displays a listing ofthe number of members of each group in the LT Analyzer database where a group is defined by a combination of a user category group types and attributes specific group names within the categories How to Generate the Groups Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Groups to display a table of information under the following headings RESULT A table appears with information under the following headings Category Lists the various categories used to define user groups This name could also define a region or a department within a company LT Analyzer User Manual 52 of 125
124. st Feature Name Date LicenseCount Maintenance Cost AnnualCost MonthlyCost WeeklyCost DailyCost vendor 1 10000 00 license0001 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0002 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0003 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0004 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0005 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0006 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0007 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0008 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0009 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 license0010 1969 12 31 1 1000 0 0 0 0 vendor 2 5 25000 00 license0020 1969 12 31 1 2500 0 0 0 0 license0021 1969 12 31 1 2500 0 0 vendor 3 Feature Use Summary Report What is the Feature Use Summary Report The Feature Use Summary report is a table that shows usage statistics for the features conforming to your content scope How to Generate the Feature Use Summary Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Feature Use Summary Click Filter to open the Select the Filter Parameters dialog review your values or set new ones and activate the Use Filter button with a check mark ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Filter button should have a check mark in it when you want to use the parameters from the Select the Filter Parameters dialog and should be empty when you do not want any data filtering For more information about setting parameters in this dialog go to How to Change Filter
125. tabase How to Generate the Users Report TASK 1 To create this report click on Reports gt Users RESULT Version 3 3 47 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage Li cense Tra ck er In c A table appears displaying the content of the User Model see User Model on page 21 for details for the users conforming to your selected content scope NOTE The initial view of the report may be expanded by selecting parameters in the Group By widget and clicking on the sign in front of the selected group parameters Figure 13 Users Report Initial view H LicenseTracker Users Report Fie Admin Fiter Reports Charts History Help user1 company com 613 555 1111 2005 07 01 Firstname user1 company com 613 555 1111 2005 05 01 Firstname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 2005 05 26 Firstname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 2006 09 01 Firstname2 user2 company com 613 555 1111 2006 05 01 Firstname user3 company com 613 555 1111 2008 07 31 Firstname3 user3 company com 613 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 2008 06 27 Firstname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 2008 07 27 Firstname4 user4 company com 403 555 1111 2005 05 27 FirstnameS userS company com 613 555 1111 2008 05 27 FirstnameS userS company com 613 555 1111 2007 05 27 Firstname6 user6 company com 403 555 1111 2008 05 27 Firstname
126. te and End Date text fields using the procedures described under the heading How to set the Date Range for Reports or Charts on page 42 In the Features window click on one license name that you want to chart Click OK to close the dialog and create the initial chart In the initial chart click at your point of interest STEP RESULT A verticalline appears at the point where you clicked indicating the date and time A second chart appears showing all users that were connected at that time each with a bar indicating the extent and origin of their connection NOTE A red bar indicates a long session while a green bar indicates a short session LT Analyzer User Manual 100 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ll License Tracker License Tracker Inc acto seaterarostr ste 7 Drag the vertical line in the initial chart to your next point of interest STEP RESULT The display of the second chart changes to reflect the new point in time as well as all points in between RESULT In the resulting initial chart The red line indicates the time varying concurrent user count The blue line indicates the number of licenses owned as specified in the License Model e The green dots indicates the occurrence of denials The green line indicates the effective peak determined by rounding down a certain percentage of the actual peaks In the second chart The time in the heading corresponds to the location of the vertical li
127. the token pool is checked to see if there are enough tokens If so the user is allowed to use the software if not the user is denied LT Analyzer version 3 2 and above allows for the analysis and tracking of this sort of license model Typically with a token model it is only possible to analyze the usage ofthe tokens With LT Analyzer it is possible to track the actual usage of each software feature within a token pool Version 3 3 29 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual wf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Ww maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc Project Reporting Frequently software usage is associated with a specific project within an enterprise Whenever this information is provided in a log file LT Analyzer will capture this information and store it in its database This information can then be used to divide software costs among projects within the enterprise Global Licenses Software vendors can purchase a Global License of LT Analyzer This license allows the vendors to use the LT Analyzer toolset within their organization and to provide LT Analyzer to their customers In order to make use of a Global License a customer must download a Vendor Specific License which is provided at no cost from the License Tracker website The Vendor Specific License is associated with a software vendor that has purchased a Global License and allows a customer to install and use LT Analyzer to analyze license usage
128. tory To display information in a Web Tracker page click on a menu item Version 3 3 Home on page 116 Features on page 117 Users on page 118 Groups on page 119 Analyses on page 120 Accounts on page 123 115 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca Wf ee res License Tracker Inc NOTE Most Web Tracker reports are cross referenced so you can quickly interconnect with related information Cross references within these Web Tracker reports are in a high lighted font Click once on any of these items to immediately display the related data NOTE Within these displays you can click on any of the charts to view an enlarged version of the chart Figure 55 The Web Tracker Menu ti Web Tracker Sharing the understanding Features Users Groups Home Inthe Web Tracker menu the menu item Home displays information about your database The information in this window is read only Database Information Contains database name and directory location and comments about the database Scope Provides details of the Content Scope that was used in generating this set of Web Tracker reports Data Sources Contains information about the log files that contained the usage data that was used in generating this set of Web Tracker reports Session Statistics Contains session information Date Range of data in your database Duration Range of session hours minim
129. ts and the group analysis component of the feature reports Defininga set of report scopes recognizes that different information is needed for various usage analysis requirements and more importantly that certain reports are not needed for many purposes Typically an organization will create a report scope specifying all reports and then create other report scopes reducing the number of reports generated and therefore the computation time required to generate the set of Web Tracker reports for specific purposes Once an end user selects a predefined report scope that best applies to their Web Tracker reporting needs they can further refine the report set definition in the Web Tracker report selection dialog Filters Filters like content scopes also define a subset of data but at a finer level of detail Filters are generally applied to data that has already been limited by a content scope defined by the administrator End users generally select a scope that best applies to their situation for example a location such as Calgary Within this content scope they can filter the data to define finer grained report criteria for example specific users groups vendors or features This combination of content scope and filter accomplish two objectives simultaneously 1 Filters allow end users complete freedom in defining exactly what information appears in their reports based on any criteria available in the data 2 Content scopes all
130. um maximum Number of Sessions Number of Licenses Number of Users and LT Analyzer User Manual 116 of 125 Version 3 3 www licensetracker ca ill License Tracker License Tracker Inc w maximizing value by understanding usage Number of Denials for license access Figure 56 The Web Tracker Menu Home tfl Web Tracker v sharing the understanding Info Features Users Groups Analyses Accounts Database Information Location ACCESS CyLicenseTrackerlLTAnaly2er 3 2 demo data TestOB mdb Scope Name Default Scope License Model LMI Budget Model Feat es Vrs demo dala full BM cev Data Sources Data Sources D ata Fie Sever Format Import Date Start Date End Date Session Count 1 demodataa lta localhost LT ASCII Format 2011 06 10 07 51 2005 05 02 08 47 2005 09 19 09 25 3703 3 demodataa lta llocalhost Session Statistics Date Range LT ASCII Format 2011 05 26 00 43 2005 09 19 09 25 2005 05 02 08 47 3703 2005 05 02 08 47 2005 09 19 09 25 Duration Range hours 0 0003 123 4611 Number of Sessions Number of Features 3734 15 Number of Users 45 mnm af Nanisle Features Trin Maniale 10 C le Manialas gt The Web Tracker menu item Features displays the main Features page containing two tables the Feature Use Summary report and the License Model report
131. v file It links feature names found in the log files to e vendor names the number of licenses owned Version 3 3 25 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual tlf License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW on maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc the ownership cost of licenses average purchase and maintenance cost per license and software rental details rental rates yearly monthly weekly daily or hourly rental mode by the second hourly capped etc and minimum duration of sessions that are to be considered when calculating rentals Multiple license models can be created for different financial analyses of the software usage data NOTE License models are associated with content scopes and will not be considered in any analyses until such an association is created A single license model may be associated with multiple content scopes A license model contains the headings listed below on the first line of the ASCII file Only the Feature Name and License Count headings are required If more than one line are in a license model for a single feature then they must have different valid from dates Vendor Name The vendor s name This is only used for adding new features found in the license model to the feature table of the LT Analyzer database If the feature is already in this table then the contents of this field are ignored Feature Name The software feature name as found in the licen
132. ys the resulting data in table format For the menu items Summary Invoice Report and Detailed Invoice Report LT Analyzer requires that you fill in a dialog before producing the report in table format NOTE Financial reports ignore any user specifications in the Set the Filter Parameter dialog as all users must be considered for accurate calculations Group Splits Report This section describes the Group Splits Report and how to generate it Version 3 3 65 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca WwW maximizing value by understanding usage License Tracker Inc What is a Group Splits Report The Group Splits Report is a table that displays the break down of software usage between selected groups in a specific user category The feature and group names are determined by you and selected in the Set Filter Parameters dialog accessed under Filter gt Set Filter Many of the calculations in the group split reports are based on the concept of the value of a software feature The total value or cost of a software license is also computed from the license model This number under the Value heading in the report is the total maintenance cost rental costs e over the period of the report The value each group has consumed for each license is computed as V Value group time total time There are four types of Group Split Reports Summary Report The Summary Report
133. zer reports and charts packaged together in a comprehensive montage presentation for web viewing browsing and analysis A Web Tracker display facilitates inter report navigation and enhances your understanding of the usage patterns NOTE This chapter requires that you already understand the fundamental concepts of LT Analyzer and know how to work within a computer screen to fill in text fields make selections from a list in a window and use buttons to display and select information If you are not familiar with the principles of operation behind LT Analyzer and are also not familiar with how to use buttons text fields and dialogs within the application then go to Fundamental Concepts on page 17 Auto Tracker a second module is a stand alone tool which enables automatic creation of Web Tracker reports It is documented in the LT Analyzer Administration Manual Auto TrackerAlerts a third module is a stand alone tool which enables automatic creation of e mail alerts sent to designated recipients whenever a particular condition is matched in the log files It is documented in the LT Analyzer Administration Manual Accessing Web Tracker This section tells you how to access Web Tracker and Web Tracker reports Generating Web Tracker reports This section tells you how to generate Web Tracker reports Version 3 3 113 of 125 LT Analyzer User Manual ll License Tracker www licensetracker ca V maximizing value by understan

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