Purchase and Install Count Options: Ignore Authorized Cost Centers, Organizations and Locations

Jordan_Brodzinski

I am trying to figure out, when creating a software asset, what the "Ignore Authorized Cost Centers, Organizations and Locations on this software asset" does when checked. Can you explain what exactly this check box actually is supposed to do? All the other checkable boxes under Purchase and Install Count Options make sense to me, but this one does not make sense to me.

Brett_Moffett

The Purchase and Install Count Options area allow you to modify how the install count is calculated.

1) Count every match per device and subtract from available count. This option allows for software that can be installed multiple times on a single PC. If turned on this option will count each of the installations even if it is on the same PC.
2) Unlimited or site license. This option wont bother counting installs as the license covers everything.
3) Calculate Purchase Count from License Counts. This option looks at all related License CI's and totals the number of licenses purchased and shows that in the Purchase Count field. (This is the most common used setting in this section)
4) Ignore Authorized Cost Centers, Organizations and Locations on this Software Asset. To allow Asset Admins to control who is using what software asset, the system allows Asset Admins to restrict a Software Asset to a give group of users or devices. This is done via the Authorization tab and allows the Software Asset to be restricted to computers within an Organization, a Cost Center, a Location or even specifically identified PC's or Users. If the PC does not have a relationship with one of these Authorized CI's then it will not be counted against this Software Asset. 
This option then allows an admin to turn off those rules without having to delete or remove all the Authorization rules that may already exist.

I hope this answers your question but I'm happy to go in to more detail on the authorizations tab if you like.

Brett_Moffett

The Purchase and Install Count Options area allow you to modify how the install count is calculated.

1) Count every match per device and subtract from available count. This option allows for software that can be installed multiple times on a single PC. If turned on this option will count each of the installations even if it is on the same PC.
2) Unlimited or site license. This option wont bother counting installs as the license covers everything.
3) Calculate Purchase Count from License Counts. This option looks at all related License CI's and totals the number of licenses purchased and shows that in the Purchase Count field. (This is the most common used setting in this section)
4) Ignore Authorized Cost Centers, Organizations and Locations on this Software Asset. To allow Asset Admins to control who is using what software asset, the system allows Asset Admins to restrict a Software Asset to a give group of users or devices. This is done via the Authorization tab and allows the Software Asset to be restricted to computers within an Organization, a Cost Center, a Location or even specifically identified PC's or Users. If the PC does not have a relationship with one of these Authorized CI's then it will not be counted against this Software Asset. 
This option then allows an admin to turn off those rules without having to delete or remove all the Authorization rules that may already exist.

I hope this answers your question but I'm happy to go in to more detail on the authorizations tab if you like.