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Compliance analysis

Access through: Contract management > Compliance > Compliance analysis

This report is a part of the Contract management feature of Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software. Using this report, you can analyze compliance by comparing the actual usage of the SAP systems and the content of your license contracts.

Description​

The report compares measured product data and self-declared product data with the actual number of licenses purchased and the associated costs from contracts to analyze compliance. Additionally, the report shows measured, but unlicensed engines and users. After execution of the report, you can save the compliance analysis results for future reference purposes like export to other systems.

Selection criteria​

In addition to the standard selections, the selection screen of the report has the following selections:

Result​

The result provides tabs that show contract compliance, unlicensed engines, and unlicensed users.

Contract compliance​

How to read the Compliance contract tab:

  • Compliance contract compares for every product of the contract the current number of licenses purchased with the current number of licenses used. The delta of purchased licenses and used licenses indicates license compliance.

  • If no measurement data is available for a product, the checkbox in the Count not available column is activated.

  • Additionally, the current value of licenses purchased is compared with the current value of licenses used for every product of the contract. The delta of purchased licenses and used licenses indicates value compliance.

  • The Data age column shows the date of the last license count of a product.

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    • If the product type is User license, the date of the oldest data load is shown.

    • If the product type is Engine, the date of the oldest USMM measurement is shown.

How to read the Counts (graph.) tab

'Counts (graph.)' shows for every product of the contract the current number of licenses purchased, the current number of licenses used, and the delta transformed into bar graphs.

How to read the Costs (graph.) tab

'Costs (graph.)' shows for every product of the contract the current costs of licenses purchased, the current costs of licenses used, and the delta transformed into bar graphs.

Unlicensed engines​

How to read the Unlicensed engines tab:

  • Unlicensed engines shows engine units that you have measured, but are not licensed in the contract.

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    You can hide specific engines in the report results of Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software in the Masked engine units setting in Engines.

  • The relevance for SAP measurement is indicated for each engine. By selecting Documentation.png the official SAP engine documentation opens in an external link.

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    You require an account in the SAP Support Portal to access the engine documentation.

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    You can use the results of the Unlicensed engines tab to check, whether license-relevant, but unlicensed engines are used in general and you have to license or deactivate these engines.

Unlicensed users​

How to read the Unlicensed users license types tab:

Unlicensed users license types shows the number of user licenses that have been measured, but have not been assigned to a license type or whose assigned license type is not licensed in the contract.

Save report results​

  1. To save the report results, select Save.png.

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    Saved compliance analysis results are shown in Single results.

  2. To show a log with the selected parameters for the compliance analysis, select btn_log2.png.

  3. To show information about the determination of a product, for example, formulas for the calculation of engines, select a row and select Protocol.png.