Associating received software with licenses

After you receive software items in the Receiving application, use the Receive Software Licenses action to create a license for the software or to add capacity to an existing license.

About this task

After you record receipt of an item in the Receiving application, the License Required check box identifies software that requires a license. The following instructions explain how to create a license for the software or associate it with an existing license.

Procedure

  1. Display the record that you want to associate a software license with.
  2. From the Material Receipts tab, select the Receive Software Licenses action.
  3. In the Receive Software Licenses window, select the software item that you want to associate with a license.
  4. To associate the item with a license, select one of the following options:
    • In the License field, select an existing license to associate with the software.
    • Click Create License, and create a generic license for the software item.
  5. Optional: If this software was downloaded, select Downloaded.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click Save.


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