Managing license reports
The license management feature offers real-time and historical reports for license assignments. Business partners and administrators can export historical assignment reports, export assigned licenses reports, and export bulk license history reports. These reports allow administrators to determine which licenses are assigned to devices, the devices that are assigned with licenses, and the license assignments tracked by month. The reports also provide data on remaining licenses, licenses assignments, and the license revoke status on a device.
Exporting license report
About this task
Use Export license report to get license assignment reporting data for a given month. The Partner can view the license report for all the tenants under their account. Partner can also view customers and reports for customers that comes under their sub partner accounts. This license assigned reporting history is exported as a CSV file and includes details such as Customer Name, Billing ID, MaaS360 Part Name, MaaS360 Part Number, License Type, License Units Purchased, License Units Consumed, Overage Allowed, Subscription ID, Charge Agreement Number, ICN, and Parent Partners details.
Procedure
- Log in to the IBM® MaaS360® Portal as a Business partner.
- From the MaaS360 Portal Home page, select , and select Export License Report.
- Select the month for which you want to download the license summary report.
- Click Export.
Exporting the Historical Assignments reports
About this task
Use the Historical Assignments report to view license assignment report data for a specific month. This report is exported as a CSV file. This file includes the MaaS360 part name, the MaaS360 part number, license assigned date, device ID, device name, user name, managed status, platform name, and last reported details.
Procedure
- Go to License Overview, and for a specific MaaS360 Part Name, click .
- Select the month that you want to view the historical license assignments for.
- Click Export to download the license assigned report as a CSV file.
Exporting assigned licenses for all licenses
About this task
Use Export Assigned Licenses report to view the overall license bundle usage report data from the start date of the license assignment to the current date. Follow these steps to view a report of exported assigned licenses for all licenses in the license overview grid, and to view a license assignment report for a specific license bundle:
Procedure
- From the License Overview page, click Export Assigned Licenses at the top right corner of the page.
- Click Confirm to receive the license assignment report by
email. This action sends an email message to the administrator that includes license bundle usage details for all license suites that are listed in the license overview grid for a customer account.
Results
The license bundle assignment report is generated for all MaaS360 Part Name (licenses) that are listed in the license overview grid. This report is sent by email to the administrator who requested the license assignment details. This report is a CSV file that includes the MaaS360 Part Name, the MaaS360 Part Number, License Assigned Date, Status, Device ID, Device Name, User Name, Managed Status, Platform Name, and Last Reported details for all devices that are assigned with licenses. These details help administrators understand more about license usage by devices in the customer account.
Exporting assigned licenses for a specific license bundle
About this task
Use the Export Assigned Licenses report to view the overall license bundle usage report data from the start date of the license assignment to the current date. Follow these steps to view a report of exported assigned licenses for a selected MaaS360 Part Name in the license overview grid.
Procedure
- From the License Overview page, select a specific MaaS360 Part Name, and then click Export Assigned Licenses.
- Click Confirm to receive the license assignment report by
email. This action sends an email message to the administrator that includes the license bundle usage details for the selected MaaS360 Part Name.
Results
The license bundle assignment report is generated for the selected MaaS360 Part Name. This report is sent by email to the administrator who requested the license assignment details. This report is a CSV file that includes the MaaS360 Part Name, the MaaS360 Part Number, License Assigned Date, Status, Device ID, Device Name, User Name, Managed Status, Platform Name, and Last Reported details for all devices that are assigned with licenses. These details help administrators understand more about license usage by devices in the customer account.
Reporting data on bulk license history
About this task
Use the Bulk License History report to view the historical reporting data for bulk assigning and bulk revoking of licenses until the current date. To view this report, the administrator account must have the Bulk License Change access right.
Follow these steps to generate bulk license history report:
Procedure
- From the License Overview page, click View under a MaaS360 Part Name.
- Click Bulk Edit and select View History.
You can also select . This page displays the history of all bulk license assignment and revokes actions that were taken until the current date.
- For a selected file name, click Export Assignment Status.
Results
The Bulk License History grid displays all bulk action types including status, the administrator who initiated the bulk license action, and the date when the bulk license action file was uploaded. A downloadable CSV file is available for all bulk license assignment and revoke action types. This file includes details about the bulk license assignment or revoke actions taken on specific device IDs and the status of these actions as successful or failed on the device. This file also provides details on why the action failed on the device and whether a license is assigned on the device which helps the administrator make further license management decisions about the device.