License Management: Reference
Refer to the tables below for field descriptions when you want to view or edit License Management settings in SAM > Settings > SAM Core settings in Snow Atlas.
General
The general settings let you, for example, enable license assignment tracking and define allowlist and denylist for file extensions.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Allow users to save incomplete licenses | If this setting is enabled, users are allowed to start to register a license purchase and complete it later when all details are available. |
| Check that the license external id is not already used when adding new license purchases | If this setting is enabled, users are prevented from adding the same license purchase twice by mistake. |
| Enable license assignment tracking | If this setting is enabled, changes to license assignments are tracked. Note that this will also add additional mandatory steps to the license registration process. |
| Allowlist for file extensions | A comma-separated list of the type of files that users are allowed to upload as attachments to, for example, licenses, agreements, and computers in SAM Core. |
| Denylist for file extensions | A comma-separated list of the type of files that users are not allowed to upload as attachments to, for example, licenses, agreements, and computers in SAM Core. |
| Enable allowlist for applications | If this setting is enabled, users are allowed to define criteria for applications that are approved for installation and usage in the IT environment. |
| User accounts to exclude from inventory data | A comma-separated list of user accounts to exclude from being transferred to Snow Atlas. % can be used as a wildcard character to match one or more characters. _ can be used as a wildcard to match one character. To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_]. Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]% |
| AD discovery activity period | The number of days since last activity to consider when reading Active Directory discovery information. |
| Enable anonymous user management | If this setting is enabled, all usernames are hidden to meet integrity demands. |
| Use experimental software recognition | Can be used as an alternative source for software recognition. If this setting is enabled, the time to recognize the applications installed on the computers is reduced. There might be metering data risks with experimental software recognition. Consult Flexera Support before you enable this setting. |
Datacenter
The datacenter setting lets you automatically remove computer names from auto-generated datacenters when no new inventory data is received.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of days to wait without new inventory data before removing computer names from auto-generated datacenters | The number of days until computer names are removed from auto-generated datacenters if no new inventory data is received. |
Computer and mobile device quarantine
Quarantine management lets you manually or automatically clean out computers and mobile devices with no recent usage.
If quarantine management is enabled for auto-generated datacenters, note that the members of the datacenters will not be affected by the quarantine settings. To enable quarantine management for members of datacenters, you must first remove the members from the datacenters. For more information, see Datacenter.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of inactive days until a computer or mobile device is set to quarantine | The number of inactive days until the status of computers and mobile devices is set to Quarantined. The status Quarantined will not affect license assignments or compliance calculations. However, the status is visible in reports so that you can decide if you want to keep or delete the computers and mobile devices. The status will be set to Active if a quarantined computer or mobile device starts to communicate again. You can also manually change the status to Active. |
| Number of days a computer or mobile device will be in quarantine until action | The number of days computers and mobile devices will be in quarantine until the setting Action after quarantine is applied. |
| Action after quarantine | The action for computers and mobile devices after they have been in quarantine.
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| Enable action after quarantine | If this setting is enabled, computers and mobile devices will be deleted or archived, or the status will be set to Inactive after they have been in quarantine. |
Software usage metering
The setting for software usage metering lets you define for how long software metering data is stored.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Months to keep historic data | The number of months the system stores software metering data. |
Remote device quarantine
Quarantine management lets you manually or automatically clean out remote devices with no recent usage.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of inactive days until a remote device is set to quarantine | The number of inactive days until the status of remote devices is set to Quarantined. The status Quarantined will not affect license assignments or compliance calculations. However, the status is visible in reports so that you can decide if you want to keep or delete the remote devices. The status will be set to Active if a quarantined remote device starts to report again. You can also manually change the status to Active. |
| Number of days a remote device will be in quarantine until it is deleted | The number of days remote devices will be in quarantine until they are deleted. |
| Delete remote device after it has been in quarantine | If this setting is enabled, remote devices will be deleted after they have been in quarantine. |
User quarantine
Quarantine management lets you manually or automatically clean out user accounts with no recent usage.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of inactive days until a user account is set to quarantine | The number of inactive days until the status of user accounts is set to Quarantined. The status Quarantined will not affect license assignments or compliance calculations. However, the status is visible in reports so that you can decide if you want to keep or delete the user accounts. |
| Number of days a user account will be in quarantine until it is deleted | The number of days user accounts will be in quarantine until they are deleted. |
| Delete user account after it has been in quarantine | If this setting is enabled, user accounts are deleted after they have been in quarantine. |
User account exclusions
User account exclusions let you exclude users, for example, Service accounts, when calculating the most recent or the most frequent computer or mobile device users.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| User accounts to exclude from calculation of most recent user | A comma-separated list of usernames to exclude when calculating the most recent computer or mobile device users. % can be used as a wildcard character to match one or more characters. _ can be used as a wildcard to match one character. To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_]. Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]% |
| User accounts to exclude from calculation of most frequent user | A comma-separated list of usernames to exclude when calculating the most frequent computer or mobile device users. The most frequent user is based on all logon data in the system. % can be used as a wildcard character to match one or more characters. _ can be used as a wildcard to match one character. To exclude usernames with an underscore _, use brackets around the underscore [_]. Example: %NoLoggedOnUser%,%\[_]%,[_]% |