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The report shows all the products, grouped by software manufacturer, that are installed on the
devices.
4 Find a manufacturer whose products you want to see, then click the number in the Installations
column to display the installed products.
The resulting report shows the current number of installations for each product, how many of
the installations have been used, when it was last used, and other usage information.
5 If you want to change the time period for the report, or change the list of products displayed (all
products, used products, or unused products), click Change Time Period/Filters at the bottom
of the report.
There are many other standard and predefined custom reports that you can use. For additional
information about application usage reports, see "Reports" in the
Reference.

4.8 Monitoring License Compliance

ZENworks Asset Management enables you to monitor your organization's compliance with
software license agreements by comparing purchased software licenses with actual software
installations discovered during inventory scans.
Asset Management license compliance is a powerful and flexible tool. As a result, there are multiple
approaches and methods you can use when setting up license compliance. The following sections
provide basic instructions with minimal explanation in order to help you quickly set up a single
product for license compliance monitoring. After you finish this basic scenario, see
Compliance"in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Reference
instructions.
Section 4.8.1, "License Compliance Components," on page 67
Section 4.8.2, "Discovering Installed Products," on page 68
Section 4.8.3, "Creating a Catalog Product and Purchase Record," on page 69
Section 4.8.4, "Creating a Licensed Product," on page 71
Section 4.8.5, "Viewing Compliance Data," on page 73
Section 4.8.6, "Where to Find More Information," on page 74

4.8.1 License Compliance Components

Before you begin implementing compliance monitoring, you need to understand the components
involved and how they work together, as explained in the following illustration and subsequent text.
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for more detailed information and
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