On the Contract Line Items tab in the Software Contracts
application, you can associate software licenses with a software contract
line item.
About this task
You can associate a license with a software contract only
if the status of the contract is approved (APPR).To associate a
line item with a license, you can select one or more licenses from
a list of all available licenses. You can also choose to narrow your
search by selecting from a list of licenses that have the same vendor
as the contract (Associate by Vendor) or by
selecting from a list of licenses that are associated with software
products (Associate by Software Product).
When you associate a license with a contract line item,
the application performs a calculation to determine how much of the
license capacity is used for this line item. It compares the number
of licenses that you have associated with the line item to the total
capacity for the licenses and tells you whether you are below capacity,
at capacity, or above capacity. Capacity calculation does not include
contract line items for software maintenance.
The following
steps explain how to associate a license with a software contract
line item.
Procedure
- On the toolbar, click .
- On the List tab, select the software
contract that you want to associate with a license.
- In the Contract Lines table window
on the Contract Line Items tab, select the
contract line item to associate with the license. You must associate
a license with a contract line item. If no contract line items exist,
create one.
- To select one or more licenses to associate with the line
item, choose one of the following options:
Option |
Description |
To select from a list of all available licenses |
- Click Associate Licenses.
- In the Associate Licenses to Contract Line window,
select one or more licenses to associate with the line item.
- Click OK.
|
To select from a list of licenses that are associated with
the same vendor |
- Click Associate by Vendor.
- In the Associate Licenses by Vendor window,
select one or more licenses to associate with the line item.
- Click OK.
|
To select from a list of software products that are associated
with software licenses |
- Click Associate by Software Product.
- In the Associate Licenses by Software Product window,
select one or more licenses to associate with the line item.
- Click OK.
|
The licenses that you selected are displayed on the Contract
Line Items tab.
- Complete other fields on the contract as needed and click Save
Software Contracts.
Results
After you save the contract, licenses that are associated
with contracts are displayed on the Associated Licenses tab.
On the Contract Line Items tab, information
about the amount of license capacity used by contract line items is
displayed in the Utilization field in the Contract
Lines table window.