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Open iT Dictionary
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Introduction
The Open iT Dictionary is a comprehensive resource that simplifies and clarifies terms, concepts, and processes related to software license management, IT asset optimization, and data analytics within the Open iT system. It offers clear definitions and practical context to help users navigate the complexities of managing software usage, ensuring license compliance, and optimizing IT resources.
The Open iT Dictionary is your go-to guide for understanding the language of IT efficiency and license management.
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Dictionary
| Words | Used In | Description |
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| AM | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in Windows LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 and Level 3 that collects keyboard and mouse events and the application window, which acts as a receiver of the said events. |
| API Controller | Core Server | This is an Open iT application that enables clients to send non-Open iT files (e.g., mapping files) to the server. |
| Active Directory (AD) | General | This is a directory service provided by Microsoft that manages and authenticates resources such as users, computers, and accounts within a domain network. |
| Admin Assistant | Core Server | This is an Open iT Core Server extension tool that allows users to easily configure client log parsers and trigger tasks, such as data collection and transmission, through a web interface. It is a hub for users to enable, disable, and schedule log file collection on clients connected to the server. |
| Administrator | CLIMS | This is an identity role with full access permission to manage the CLIMS Server and the license servers connected to it. |
| Adobe Workstation Collectors | Data Collection | These are application usage data, adobe applications logs, and user information collectors used to support Adobe Creative Cloud usage reporting. |
| Alerts | Analysis Server, CLIMS | These are email notifications of various reports requiring immediate response. It also refers to the service responsible for processing data and sending email notifications. |
| Analysis Server | General | This is a server in the Enterprise platform that performs detailed analysis of usage data, allowing for deeper insights and more complex reporting than the Core Reporter alone. |
| Anonymization | Analysis Server | A process of data transformation that prevents the exposure of confidential information while preserving data reliability for analysis. Open iT implements this crucial process for customers requiring high privacy protection in compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR. This is commonly applied to Usernames, Hostnames, and Application Names. |
| AppUsage | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in Windows LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 and Level 3 that collects process information. |
| Application Launcher | License Planner | This is a web-based tool that manages project-specific applications, granting access only to designated users for confidentiality and efficiency. It operates on a server-client model, with the server storing configurations and the client launching applications. The server’s configuration data generates historical mapping files for Open iT data processing, aiding in project-based chargeback reporting. |
| Application Launcher Web Interface | License Planner | This is an interface that provides comprehensive tools for managing and configuring the Application Launcher components. |
| Application Usage Collector | Data Collection | This is a tool designed to monitor and track the usage of applications and processes on a system, providing detailed insights into resource consumption. |
| Audit Trails | CLIMS | These are records of CLIMS-related events that you can use for troubleshooting. |
| Autoconfigurator | LicenseAnalyzer | This is an Open iT application that automatically detects and configures license manager settings for data collection, including DSLS, FlexNet, LM-X, RLM, and others, reducing the need for manual setup. |
| Autodesk Workstation Collectors | Data Collection | These are collectors used to gather data from both the Autodesk Admin Portal and individual user workstations for comprehensive Autodesk usage reporting. |
| Automatic Generation Config | Core Server | This is a page in the Core Server web interface that allows the customers to set up periodic data type processing. |
| Base Enterprise Platform | General | This is a more advanced version of the Open iT Suite, including the Open iT Core Reporter and the Analysis Server, which provide more in-depth analysis and reporting capabilities. |
| Base Professional Platform | General | This is a version of the Open iT Suite that includes the Open iT Core Reporter but does not provide the additional features provided in the Enterprise version. |
| Bentley Connect Workstation Database Collector | Data Collection | This is the collector used to collect license usage data for Bentley Hosted usage reporting. |
| CLIMS | CLIMS | This is a centralized portal for administering and managing license servers. It allows the management and control of supported license servers across the enterprise with just a single interface. You can use this along with the LicenseAnalyzer to manage and optimize the use of expensive engineering applications effectively. |
| Chargeback | License Planner | This is the term used for allocating software licensing costs to departments or projects based on actual usage, promoting fair cost distribution, and efficient license management. |
| Charset | Core Server | This is a standardized system for encoding characters into bytes, enabling computers to represent text. Different charsets support various languages and symbols. |
| Checkout | General | This refers to the act of a user or machine accessing or using a license or resource. A significant number of short-term checkouts within a small time frame may not be captured accurately by data sampling. |
| Checkout Time | General | This is the duration a user or function uses a resource (e.g., software license). |
| Classifications | Analysis Server | These are specific classifiers of a dimension that classifies the data category. For example, a User dimension can consist of User ID, User Email, and User Address classifications. |
| Client | General | This is a program or machine that requests services or data from a server in a client-server model. In this context, clients are installed on machines to gather raw data and send it to the server. |
| Client Secret | Core Server | This is an encrypted value of the given SSAD credentials. |
| CodeMeter Dongle Data Collection | Data Collection | This is a functionality that ensures accurate tracking of license consumption tied to CodeMeter dongles. It provides organizations with valuable insights to optimize resource utilization and compliance. |
| CodeMeter Usage Reporting | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a functionality that monitors and analyzes software license usage across various license types (dongle, computer-bound, network, cloud) through polling and log parsing. It provides real-time and historical reports to help organizations optimize license allocation, ensure compliance, and make informed software investment decisions. |
| Columnstore | Analysis Server | This is an SQL Server type of database index designed for optimization. It is useful for analysis and reporting queries for large datasets. It stores data in columns, which enables high compression and efficient data retrieval. In Open iT, it is used to determine the current database index utilized in its SQL database. |
| Complete Selection | Core Server | This is a reporting feature that allows report generation involving a lengthy selection and presentation process. Advanced reporting with Complete Selection requires more insight into the monitored resources' details and the reporting tool's structure. |
| Concurrency and Grouping | License Planner | This is an Open iT Chargeback process of in-depth data collection that pinpoints where assets are used, especially for users who are simultaneously part of several groups, departments, or cost centers; this is where groupings are defined, and mappings are implemented. |
| Connection Strings | Analysis Server | This is a string that contains information used for database connection. |
| Core Server | General | This is a server that performs the central processing tasks, such as filtering raw data and organizing it before storage. |
| Cost Calculations | License Planner | This is an Open iT Chargeback process where charges are made from usage metering as applied to the cost catalog. |
| Cost Centers | License Planner | An Open iT Chargeback component that refers to groups like departments, projects, or locations used in a chargeback to allocate software costs. It helps end-users manage expenses based on defined criteria such as user organization, computer hostname, or project ID. |
| Cost Generators | License Planner | These are Open iT Chargeback components that generate costs. These include software, human resources (HR), facilities, hardware, SaaS, and other miscellaneous costs contributing to the total cost. |
| Create and Add Report | Core Server | This is a reporting feature that allows the user to create Analysis Server-like reports without installing Analysis Server. It also connects directly to the Core Server flat data files for report creation to avoid loading a massive amount of data in the SQL server, which may cause delays. |
| Cube | Analysis Server | This is a data structure used in Online Analytical Processing for business intelligence and data warehousing. By organizing data into multiple dimensions, it allows fast reporting and viewing of data from various perspectives. In Open iT, the term refers to the reporting source in the Analysis Server. |
| Dagster | LicenseAnalyzer | This is an orchestration tool that plays a key role in managing and monitoring the data collection process in the Core Server. |
| Data Collection | License Planner | This is an Open iT Chargeback process that collects all data within the scope of chargeback. Open iT collects usage data and supports filter definitions to exclude certain cases that must align with the contract (e.g., exclusion of usage less than 5 minutes, etc.). |
| Data Monitor | Core Server | This is a tool that displays a chart of archived historical data in the Core Server, showing file count and size. The baseline is based on the number of vendor licenses in the license status directory. |
| Data Sampling | General | This is the process of collecting data points at regular intervals. In Open iT, usage data is sampled at specific intervals to estimate overall usage patterns. |
| Data Sources | Core Server | This is a part of client information that displays all supported vendors configurable on a specific client, highlighting configured vendors and showing the count per license manager. |
| Data Types | Core Server | These refer to how data is categorized, structured, and organized to meet specific reporting and analytical needs, including data aggregation, grouping, and formatting for accurate and meaningful representation. |
| Dataset | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a collection of data points organized in a structured format, typically in the form of a table. In Open iT, each dataset is linked to a specific data type used in Autodesk reporting. |
| Day report | General | This summarizes usage data collected over a 24-hour period, offering greater reliability than shorter sampling periods. |
| Denials | General | These are situations where a user is denied access to a license because all available licenses are already in use. When usage reaches the license maximum, repeated denials can be captured in the samples, allowing customers to see the effect. |
| Dimensions | Analysis Server | This is a part of the OLAP cube that holds data categories or entities by which data can be grouped. In Open iT, it commonly refers to data categories (strings) in reports. |
| Disabler Pop-up | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in Windows and Unix LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 and Level 3 that collects user acknowledgments through a pop-up when applications become inactive. |
| ETL (Extract-Transdorm-Load) | Analysis Server | This is a widely used term to describe a data integration process for collecting data from various data sources, transforming it to usable and specific formats, and finally loading it into destination systems such as a data warehouse or database. In Open iT, it is used to call the daily processing of the Analysis Server, which includes important data processing. |
| Elapsed Time | LicenseAnalyzer | This is the time from when tokens are first used until midnight, regardless of software usage duration. For AVEVA, checked-out tokens remain valid until midnight (11:59 PM). |
| Factory Files | Ingress, CLIMS | These are the default configuration files included in the installer. |
| Feature | Core Server | This is a specific capability or function within a software license that is tracked and managed, usually corresponding to a particular tool, module, or capability. |
| Feature Expiry | Core Server | This is a page displays details about vendor licenses, including features, feature versions, total license count, days remaining until expiration, and license expiration date. |
| Feature Mapping | Core Server | This is a process that configures and analyzes combined software feature usage to generate detailed reports, providing insights into licensing needs through the License Monitor and historical reports. |
| Feature set | Core Server | This is a method links licenses to specific applications or feature sets by identifying the least costly combination that includes all checked-out features when there is no direct match. The feature set configuration consists of the following blocks:
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| File Space Collector | Data Collection | This is a tool that enables detailed monitoring of recursive file usage and generating usage reports with advanced grouping capabilities. It also facilitates accurate accounting of file utilization, provides insights into storage consumption patterns, and helps organizations optimize disk space management. |
| File Systems Collector | Data Collection | This is a tool enables monitoring of available and used space across file systems (drives) and the collection of comprehensive disk space information, providing valuable insights to manage storage resources effectively and ensure optimal system performance. |
| Freeze Monitor | LicenseAnalyzer, Data Collection | This is a LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 and 3 data collector in Windows and Unix that groups process information by user configuration and records the overall status based on the activity threshold of the parameters. It optimizes license usage by identifying and managing idle applications. This tool logs usage patterns, suspends inactive sessions, or terminates idle applications to free up valuable licenses, ensuring efficient resource allocation and minimizing waste. |
| Generated Reports | Core Server | This is a reporting feature that contains a list of generated reports. By default, it lists all the reports. Selecting a folder lists reports within that folder. |
| Generic License Type Format | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a generic license type format that Open iT uses to parse various license managers. |
| Grid Collectors | Data Collection | These are tools that initiate comprehensive monitoring of system resources utilized in grid computing environments. They provide insights into resource consumption, performance, and workload distribution, enabling efficient management and optimization of grid computing resources. |
| Historical Reports | LicenseAnalyzer | In Open iT, these are reports that provide an analysis of license usage over past periods, allowing organizations to review trends, patterns, and overall usage across days, weeks, or months. They help with long-term planning, resource allocation, and compliance tracking. |
| IIS (Internet Information Services) | License Planner | In Open iT, this hosts web-based components like dashboards and reporting tools, enabling secure and efficient access to software usage data and management interfaces. |
| IdPMetadata | License Planner | This is a key component in configuring SAML-based authentication. This XML file or URL provided by the Identity Provider (IdP) contains important configuration details such as certificates, endpoints, and other metadata needed for the Service Provider (SP) to communicate securely with the IdP. In Okta, this file helps set up the necessary trust relationship and ensures that authentication requests and responses are properly configured. |
| Identity Role | CLIMS | This refers to a specific set of permissions, responsibilities, or access rights assigned to an account within CLIMS Server. |
| Incoming Directory | General | This is a location on the server where the client sends converted data before it is processed. It serves as a temporary storage area for data that awaits further processing. |
| Inventory Scan | Data Collection | This is a tool that allows the collection of detailed software inventory data from workstations. This feature provides comprehensive insights into installed applications, versions, and usage, supporting effective software asset management, compliance, and optimization. |
| Invoice Creation and Distribution | License Planner | This is an Open iT Chargeback process. After data is collected, it undergoes filtering, and costs are calculated. The final step is to generate invoices. Open iT automatically creates invoice reports, which can then be distributed to the respective cost centers. |
| Issuer | License Planner | This is a key component in configuring SAML-based authentication. The Issuer (sometimes referred to as the Entity ID) is a unique identifier for the Identity Provider, specified in the SAML assertion. In Okta, the Issuer helps the Service Provider verify that the SAML response is coming from the correct IdP, ensuring secure authentication and avoiding unauthorized access. |
| Labeling | Analysis Server | This is a process used by Open iT to rename specific Features (Applications) and Vendor Licenses to an understandable name because some raw names collected through Open iT collectors could be more user-friendly. |
| License Manager | General | This is a system that tracks and manages software licenses. It is likely the source of the raw data collected. |
| License Manager Utility Polling | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a process of continuously gathering real-time data on license usage and availability to support effective license management. |
| License Managers | CLIMS | This is a page that displays a quick rundown of the license managers connected to the CLIMS Server. |
| License Monitor | Core Server, CLIMS | In the Core Server, this is a web-based reporting tool that offers a real-time monitoring interface for data collected from supported license managers. It has three main sections: View for filtering license usage by vendor, feature, or user; Selections; and License Usage. In CLIMS, the License Monitor or Monitor page contains the real-time display of all the monitored license servers. |
| License Poller | LicenseAnalyzer, Data Collection | This is an application that regularly monitors license servers to track real-time usage and availability. It collects up-to-date information through efficient sampling, providing accurate insights into license consumption and resource allocation. |
| License Usage | Core Server | This is an alphabetical list of vendor license names, showing unused and used licenses by default. |
| LicenseAnalyzer Level 1 | LicenseAnalyzer | This is an Open iT product that collects usage data from various sources to meter checked-out licenses or applications. It includes real-time monitoring and historical reporting on a wide range of on-premise and Cloud applications, proactive alerts, and customizable dashboards. |
| LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 | LicenseAnalyzer | This is an Open iT product that monitors true application usage, tracking inactivity through CPU, I/O, keyboard, and mouse activity. It also includes a Web App Tracker to create usage reports from browser history. |
| LicenseOptimizer | Data Collection | This is an application designed to configure data collection and optimize system resource usage for specific applications on host machines. This tool ensures efficient resource allocation, minimizes wastage, and enhances the performance of licensed applications. |
| LicensePlanner | License Planner | This is a LicenseAnalyzer plugin that provides functionalities to manage, plan, and optimize licensed software applications and license agreements. It is a solution that helps build insights to allocate software maintenance costs better using a system that consolidates annual data on the estimated, budgeted, and actual spending. |
| LicensePredictor | Core Server | This is a forecasting tool designed to assist organizations by providing essential inputs on their projected software license usage over the next 18 months. |
| Licpoll Load Balancer | Data Collection | This is an application that distributes polling tasks across multiple license servers or products. This tool balances the workload of licpoll jobs, optimizing the process of tracking license usage and ensuring accurate data collection through sampling. It enhances system performance and streamlines license management by preventing server overloading and ensuring balanced resource utilization. |
| Local Max/Min Values | General | This is the local maximum and minimum values representing the highest and lowest points in usage data within a specific time frame. They may vary more randomly than the overall trend. |
| Log File Parsing | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a process of analyzing log files from systems, networks, or applications and converting them into Open iT format. |
| Log level | Core Server | This refers to the classification of message types and severity levels recorded in a system log, such as Debug, Info, Warning, Error, and Critical. |
| Log on as batch job | General | This is a permission type that allows the service account to run scheduled tasks (such as batch jobs) without needing interactive user logins. This is useful for automation tasks, such as those initiated by the task scheduler. |
| Log on as service | General | This is a permission type that allows the service account to run services and access applications such as web servers and shared storage, ensuring proper function and security. |
| Logs | Core Server | Displays logs of tasks executed on the client. |
| Mapping | Core Server | This is a data integration feature that automatically updates mapping files using external sources, such as Active Directory and text files, to collect metadata like departments, locations, emails, and full names. |
| Matlab ToolBox Data Collection | Data Collection | This is the process of collecting MATLAB usage data by polling through another utility from the license server. |
| Measures | Analysis Server | This is a part of the OLAP cube that holds numeric values representing quantities or metrics. It can be aggregated based on the dimensions. In Open iT, measures commonly refer to the numeric values in the generated reports. |
| Metadata | Analysis Server | This is a term used by Open iT to define extended details for License Servers. This useful information is displayed in the License Monitor Portal. (e.g., WBS Code, Contract_ID) |
| Month Report | General | This is a summary of usage data collected over an entire month. Due to the larger data set and averaging effects, this report is very close to actual values. |
| OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) | Analysis Server | This is a widely used technology in business intelligence and data analytics for complex queries and multidimensional analytics. It is commonly used in Open iT as the term for the SQL Analysis Services database. |
| Oauth Authentication | LicenseAnalyzer | This is short for Open Authorization, a widely used protocol that allows third-party applications to access user information without sharing the user's credentials, such as passwords. In Open iT, this process is done by configuring some of the data collection in LicenseAnalyzer. |
| Okta | License Planner | This is an Identity Provider (IdP) that facilitates secure Single Sign-On (SSO) and centralized user authentication. By integrating Okta with Open iT, organizations can streamline user access to Open iT applications and tools, enhancing security and user experience. |
| Open iT Core Reporter | General | This is a tool within the Open iT Suite designed for reporting and visualizing usage data, providing insights into how IT assets, such as software licenses, are utilized. |
| Open iT Core Server web interface | Core Server | This is an interface that provides comprehensive tools for managing and configuring Core Server components, using SQLite for data navigation, querying, and license and application usage management. |
| Open iT Data Monitor and Alerts | Core Server | This is a feature that enables users to monitor and assess data stability and processing in the Core Server by evaluating archived data, recording daily counts and sizes for each vendor license, and processing license status files to determine the registered vendor licenses used as a baseline for email alerts. |
| Open iT External Authentication | Core Server | This is a feature that uses Identity Server for centralized authentication and Reverse Proxy as a gateway, ensuring that only authorized users can access the Core Server while providing a seamless user experience. |
| Open iT Filecleaner | Core Server | This is an application that prevents the buildup of old and outdated files in Open iT installations, helping maintain a clutter-free environment. |
| Open iT LDAPCollector | Data Collection | This is a tool that gathers Active Directory information and transmits it to the server, allowing seamless integration of Active Directory data into cloud-based server installations. This feature enhances reporting capabilities by incorporating user and group information, providing comprehensive insights, and improving the management of organizational resources. |
| Open iT LicenseAnalyzer | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a comprehensive engineering software management solution supporting over 6,000 applications. It meters software usage across various licensing managers by collecting usage data from multiple sources, providing an enterprise-wide view of software utilization over time, by user, location, business unit, or project group. |
| Open iT Usage Audit | Core Server | This is a tool that generates a periodic report showing the number of distinct users per month per module for the past 12 months |
| Open iT® Suite | General | This is a comprehensive set of tools and software solutions designed for IT asset management and optimization, particularly for monitoring and managing licensed applications. |
| OpeniT Ingress | Ingress | This is a system that simplifies user access by providing a single, unified URL. This URL consolidates and organizes access to various Open iT applications through distinct endpoints, enhancing navigation and user experience. |
| Override Files | Ingress, CLIMS | These are optional configuration files which can be duplicated based on the factory files. These take precedence over factory files and will not be overwritten by an upgrade. |
| Overuse | General | This is a term used when reported data indicates more usage than actually occurred, typically due to sampling limitations. |
| Package Mapping | Core Server | This is a process that creates a new virtual package alongside existing ones, ensuring accurate concurrency calculations when multiple raw package names correspond to a single package. |
| Per-User Values | General | This is data specific to individual users, such as the maximum usage or total elapsed time. These values can be inaccurate for users with short checkout times and infrequent sampling. |
| PerformanceMonitor | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in macOS LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 that logs performance data for the configured processes. |
| Periodic Jobs | Core Server | This is a reporting feature that contains a list of report definitions that generates new reports periodically at the given time interval |
| Plugins | General | These are additional software components that you cab integrate with the Open iT Suite to extend its functionality or add new capabilities for monitoring and management. |
| Poll Parsing | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a process of transforming raw data into a meaningful and usable format for the Open iT system. |
| Polling Period | General | This is the interval at which data is collected (e.g., every 5 minutes). The shorter the polling period, the more frequent the data samples. |
| Portlets | Analysis Server | These are reports that focus on a specific type of information. In Open iT, it is part of a dashboard that can be configured with specific combination of parameters and threshold. |
| ProcessAccounting | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in Unix LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 that runs the program that will merge the data to create Extended Pacct and Process Accounting data types. |
| Raw Data | General | This is the unprocessed or original data that is collected from various sources. In Open iT, it is gathered by the clients and sent to the Core Server for processing. |
| Raw Data Collection | Data Collection | This is the process of collecting unprocessed or original data from various sources. |
| Readable Format | General | This is a specific structure or data format that the Open iT system can understand. |
| Real-Time Reports | LicenseAnalyzer | This are reports that display up-to-the-moment data on license usage, including which licenses are in use and by whom. These reports support immediate decision-making, peak usage management, and identifying license shortages or excesses in real time. |
| Registry | Core Server | This page contains the settings where users can activate/deactivate pages and configure page component settings. |
| Report Generation Programs | General | These are specific software or processes that create reports based on user selections and stored data. |
| Report Generation Sequence | General | This is a series of operations that interact with the server to retrieve and generate reports based on a specific data. |
| Reportable Format | General | This is a structured version of the data that is organized and ready for generating reports. |
| Reporting Period | General | This is the period over which data is collected and reported. A longer reporting period generally leads to more accurate data because minor inaccuracies in short-term samples are averaged out. |
| RLM (Reprise License Manager) | Data Collection | This is a versatile license management tool designed for software vendors to efficiently track and manage license usage. |
| Roles | Analysis Server | This is related to the SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) roles used to manage security and control access to specific data. This defines specifc users that can access, view, query and manage specific data. In Open iT, it is applied in reports and dashboard to prevent exposing crucial and confidential data to normal or standard users. |
| Rowstore | Analysis Server | This is the traditinal type of SQL Server database index sutable for OLTP or transactional operations which involves frequenct row level inserts, updates, and deletes. In Open iT, it is used to determine the current database index utilized in its SQL database. |
| SAML 2 (Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0) | License Planner | In Open iT, this is used to implement secure single sign-on (SSO), allowing users to access Open iT applications and tools with a single set of login credentials managed by an identity provider (IdP). Using SAML2 enhances security and user convenience, enabling centralized authentication while reducing the need for multiple logins across its platform. |
| SQL and OLAP Database | General | SQL Server is a relational database management system, and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) databases are used for complex querying and reporting. The service account handles access to these databases without needing separate logins for each end user. |
| SSAD Access Credentials | Core Server | These are access credentials that you can obtain from your Open iT Account Manager or Delivery/Support Team. |
| SSO (Single Sign-On) | Analysis Server | This is a type of authentication process that allows users to access multiple applications with a single set of login credentials. It streamlines access management across an organization. In Open iT, it is another way to authenticate users accessing the Analysis Server web interface through Azure Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID. |
| Samples | General | These are data points collected at specific intervals during the data sampling process. |
| Semantic License Comparison | CLIMS | This refers to analyzing license files based on their meaning and structure, highlighting key changes (e.g., updated terms, features, or restrictions) rather than raw text differences, making understanding and managing modifications intuitively easier. |
| Server | General | This is a computer or program that provides services or resources to clients. In this context, the server processes data received from clients and stores it for further use. |
| Service Account | General | This is a dedicated Active Directory (AD) domain account used by various services and applications, such as IIS (Internet Information Services) web applications and SQL databases. It is not tied to a specific user but is used to run processes and access resources securely. |
| SPN (Service Principal Names) | General | These are identifiers that allow an instance of a service to be associated with an account in Active Directory. For web services, it is used to authenticate the service account using the HTTP protocol on the specified hostname. |
| Short-Term Fuzz | General | These are brief variations or fluctuations in usage data that may not be captured due to sampling intervals, such as spikes or dips between data samples. |
| SAR (System Activity Report) | Data Collection | This is a feature that enables the monitoring and collection of detailed system performance reports. It provides comprehensive insights into various system loads, including CPU activity, memory usage, interrupts, device load, network activity, and swap space utilization. Utilizing the Performance Monitor in Windows, SAR gathers data to help users analyze machine load, input/output operations, and other critical system activities, ensuring optimized performance and efficient resource management. |
| SystemAnalyzer | Data Collection | This is a tool designed to configure and manage the data collection of system resources on a host machine for specific applications. It ensures efficient monitoring and analysis of resource usage, enabling organizations to optimize application performance and maintain balanced system operations. |
| Tasks | Core Server | This displays tasks that you can run remotely on a client, grouped into three categories: General Tasks, License Manager Tasks, and Applications Tasks. |
| Template Selection | Core Server | This is a reporting feature that allows the use of templates to create Open iT reports. It contains reports where the primary selection and presentation styles are defined, and the user makes only a few choices to generate the report. |
| Time Zones/Regions | General | This refers to different geographical areas operating in different time zones. Despite data from multiple regions, general usage patterns are typically consistent. |
| Time-based Files | Ingress, CLIMS | These are optional configuration files activated on specific dates or times. They take precedence over other configuration files and are not overwritten during upgrades. Dates and times must follow the YYYY-MM-DD and 24-hour formats |
| Underuse | General | This occurs when reported data indicates less usage than actually occurred, typically due to sampling limitations. |
| Unique Webhook URL | CLIMS | This is a specific endpoint URL generated for integrating Alerts with Microsoft Teams. |
| Usage Curve | General | This is a graphical representation of usage data over time. It shows trends, including peaks, dips, and other patterns in the usage of resources like software licenses. |
| Usage Patterns | General | These are predictable trends in how users interact with a system or resource. |
| User | CLIMS | This is an identity role that has limited access permission, specifically for monitoring only. |
| User Days | Analysis Server | This is a term for a measure in Open iT Analysis Server reports defined as the number of distinct users per day. |
| User-customized Files | Ingress, CLIMS | These are optional configuration files which can be duplicated based on the factory or override files. These take precedence over both the factory and override files and will not be overwritten by an upgrade. |
| Vendor Daemon | CLIMS | This is a page that shows more information about the selected vendor and provides functionalities ranging from issuing remote commands to working with license and options files. |
| Vendor License Mapping | Core Server | This is a process for creating a new virtual vendor license alongside existing ones, ensuring correct concurrency calculations when multiple raw vendor license names correspond to a single vendor license. |
| Vendor License Status | Core Server | This displays the vendor license name, connection status, license server name, port number, and time elapsed since the vendor license was last used. |
| WebApp Tracker | Data Collection | This is a tool that collects browser log data to monitor and analyze browser history usage. This tool offers insights into web application interactions and usage patterns, aiding in managing and optimizing web-based resources. |
| WebLogPoller | LicenseAnalyzer | This is a data collector in Windows and macOS LicenseAnalyzer Level 2 that collects web application activities. |
| WibuKey Dongle Data Collection | Data Collection | This is a feature that monitors the consumption and availability of software licenses secured by WibuKey. It enables dongle usage tracking to provide valuable insights, supporting effective license management and optimization for improved resource utilization. |
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