Discovered Products

The Discovered Products page lists discovered products, along with the following information:

Name: The name of the discovered product. The name consists of four parts: Manufacturer Product Version (Platform). For example, with Acme Product A 8.5 (Windows), Acme is the manufacturer, Product A is the product, 8.5 is the version, and Windows is the platform. Click the name to display the discovered product’s details.
Excluded: Indicates if the product is excluded from compliance calculations. An excluded discovered product cannot be added to a licensed product’s entitlements.
Licensed Product: The licensed product with which the discovered product is associated. Click the licensed product to display its entitlements. The discovered product is included in one of the listed entitlements.
Installed Quantity: The number of installations of the product in the Management Zone. Click the quantity number to display the list of devices that have the product installed.
Active Usage Quantity: The number of installed products that are actively being used. Active Usage Quantity is not displayed when Do not show usage on License Management pages is selected (Configuration > Management Zone Settings > Asset Management > Usage Display).
Standards Category: The product category.

Tasks for Managing the Discovered Products

This section lists the tasks you can perform to manage the discovered products:

Filtering the Discovered Products List

In the Search panel (located next to the Discovered Products panel), specify the criteria to use for filtering the list. A product must match all defined criteria to be displayed.

By default, the Discovered Products list displays only the discovered products that are 1) installed on a device in your Management Zone and 2) are not excluded from compliance calculations. You can modify the Search criteria to change which discovered products are displayed.

Name: Specify the text that the discovered product name (or folder name) must include. This is a partial match field that is case-insensitive. If the text you enter is included in any part of a discovered product name, the product matches the criteria.

Manufacturer: Select a specific manufacturer, or select Any to match any manufacturers.

Current Manufacturer: Select a specific manufacturer, or select Any to match any manufacturers.

Platform: Select the platform (Windows or Mac) to match.

Exclude Status: Select one of the following to match:
- Any: Ignore the exclude status. Match all discovered products.
- Excluded: Match only the discovered products that are excluded from compliance calculations. An excluded product cannot be associated with a licensed product.
- Not Excluded: Match discovered products that are not excluded from compliance calculations.
Install Status: Select one of the following to match:
- Any: Ignore the install status. Match all discovered products.
- Installed: Match only the discovered products that are installed in your Management Zone.
- Not Installed: Match any discovered products that are included in the Knowledgebase but are not installed in your Management Zone.
- Reconciled: Match only the reconciled discovered products.
Usage Status: Select one of the following to match:
- Any: Ignore the usage status. Match any discovered product.
- With Usage: Match discovered products for which active usage is recorded.
- Without Usage: Match discovered products for which no active usage is recorded.
Reconciliation Status: Select one of the following to match:
- Any: Ignore the reconciliation status. Match any discovered product.
- Reconciled: Match discovered products that are associated with licensed products.
- Unreconciled: Match discovered products that are not associated with licensed products.
Standards Category: Select a standards category, or select Any to match any category.

Source: Select one of the following to match the discovered products based on their source of collection:
- Any
- Add Remove Programs
- Fingerprinted Products
- Local Software Products
Click Search to apply the search criteria and filter the list.

Excluding a Discovered Product

Select a product.
Click Action > Exclude.

An excluded discovered product cannot be added to a licensed product’s entitlements.

By default, excluded discovered products are not displayed in the Discovered Products list. You must change the Search filter to display excluded products.

Including an Excluded Discovered Product

Select a product.
Click Action > Include.

Adding a Discovered Product to a Licensed Product

Select a product.
Click Action > Add to Licensed Product.
Follow the on-screen prompts. Click the Help button if you need additional information.

Adding a Discovered Product to a Software Collection

Select a product.
Click Action > Add to Software Collection.
Select a software collection from the list.
Click OK.

Setting a Standards Category

Select a product.
Click Action > Sets Standards Category.
Select or specify a category.
Click OK.

Refreshing Compliance Data for All Licensed Products

Click Action > Refresh Compliance Status.

A compliance data refresh for licensed products is triggered automatically under various circumstances; this method allows you to refresh on demand. For more information, see Compliance Data Refresh.

Changing the Usage Time Period

Click Action > Update usage time period.
Select a new usage period.
Click OK.

The Active Usage Quantity column displays active usage for the time period specified in the Usage Period field (located above the Discovered Products list).

You can change the time period. Choices are:

All history in database
Previous 12 months
Previous 6 months
Previous 3 months
Previous month

Reconciling the Products from Finger Print and Add Remove Programs Manually

Select the product (primary) that you want to reconcile.
Click Action > Reconcile Products.
Click OK to continue
In the Selection dialog box, click the search icon to display the search results.
Select the relevant discovered product (secondary) that needs to be reconciled with the product selected in Step 1.
Click OK.