We are seeing a rise in software audits in the Engineering Software vertical. Just last week one of our clients was being Audited by Ansys. There are two main reasons for Audits: Combat software piracy Contract Non–compliance Both can result in fines and are driven as a source of revenue generation. So what are theContinue reading “Types of Software Audits”
Category Archives: Reporting
LAMUM Best Practices: Best Historical Usage Reports
There are many reports available in LAMUM. This guide will walk you through them. We recommend determining with your management about which reports are most useful. Current Checkout Reports Realtime data Who has licenses checked out, and for how long Catch hoarders and those with multiple licenses New :8182 ‘Restricted View’ (9.3) Historical Usage ReportsContinue reading “LAMUM Best Practices: Best Historical Usage Reports”
Chargebacks for Engineering Software
Chargebacks for engineering software are crucial but take so much time. What if there is an easier way? Engineering teams are consistently asked to align with business objectives through ensuring costs and charges are billed back appropriately by manager, project, or department. Would you like to have an easy way of seeing how your engineeringContinue reading “Chargebacks for Engineering Software”
User & Group Detail Usage Reports
Are you interested in looking at usage for individual engineer or groups? LAMUM has a variety of reports to look at details of each. User Detail Reports Usage Report by User shows all Tools used by a specified Engineer in a given period of time. Users Report by Tag/Tool shows: The name of each User who usedContinue reading “User & Group Detail Usage Reports”
On-Demand Reports
On-demand Reports are one-click, commonly needed reports. The data in these reports is real-time and includes most current data. LAMUM offers 3 ways to create on-demand reports. “Favorite” in your browser Create the report you want. Save the URL as a Favorite in your browser. Give it a user-friendly name. When clicked, the Favorite willContinue reading “On-Demand Reports”
Reports With LAMUM
LAMUM is a very useful usage reporting tool that engineering teams can use to have a more detailed view on license utilization, bottlenecks and requirements. Companies can look at the reports to see general trends as well as more specific detailed analysis. Engineering teams have liked a number of reports such as: Real time/current usageContinue reading “Reports With LAMUM”
IT Chargebacks for Engineering Applications
Chargebacks for IT software & services can surprisingly be an emotive topic for managers in most organizations. Issues can be summarized as: Typically Engineering Directors feel they are hit with escalating costs on a yearly basis, with very little transparency as to how these were calculated. The IT functions understand their staffing and project costs but lack theContinue reading “IT Chargebacks for Engineering Applications”
Understanding Usage Patterns & Trends
User Dashboards are easy so that anybody, any Manager, can create and maintain their own Dashboards. How can I set up the User Dashboard? There are certain checkout status or historical usage reports that you will want to see from time to time, on-demand, with the most current data. There are a couple of waysContinue reading “Understanding Usage Patterns & Trends”
Understanding Current Checkouts
We have received questions about how do the checkout reports work and how can these be used to get the most value? Providing a dashboard with live license check-out information allows users to ‘self regulate’ license use. Which in turn, reduces the system administration burden for explaining denials to users. What can you see underContinue reading “Understanding Current Checkouts”
Zero Usage Reports: Discovering Under-Utilized or Zero-Use Licenses
The biggest challenge for CAD/IT administrators is discovering licenses that are under-utilized or have zero-usage over several months.