Defining license entitlements in Control Desk

Guidance for specifying your license parameters
When creating a license using the Licenses application, see the tables below for guidance in providing parameter values that are consistent with the type of license you are creating.

Adding a license
Use the Licenses application to add software license records to the Maximo database. License records specify criteria that define the license entitlement, such as the license type and scope, and associate the license with related assets, persons, locations, or general ledger accounts.

Duplicating a license
Use the Licenses application to create a new license based on an existing one that serves as a template. Because license records can be complex, it can be more efficient to create a new license by copying another one whose attribute values are similar.

Applying a license template
When creating software licenses, you can use the Apply License Template function to apply a template to a license. When you apply the template, the values specified in the template populate fields in the license.

Specifying a license key
Use the Licenses application to add information about the license key to a license record.

Associating a product with a license
Use the Licenses application to add information to the license record about the software product that the license pertains to.

Assigning a customer to a license
Use the Licenses application to add information to the license record about the customer associated with the license. This task applies only to users of the product IBM Control Desk for Service Providers.

Activating a license
Use the Licenses application to change the state of one or more license records from Draft to Active. A license must be active to be relevant in any future license audit. At least one product must be associated with a license before you can make it active.