How to automatically identify license units

As you use Express Software Manager, inventory and usage information is collected from all machines where the Express Client is installed. When you start the Administrative Console, Express Software Manager checks whether there are any newly collected files that exactly or closely match known applications in the Express Software Identification Database (ESID). If so, you are prompted to decide whether Express should convert these exact match and close match files into license units. (You can specify that only exact match files are converted to license units.) In most cases, you should answer Yes to save yourself the work of manually configuring these files into license units later.

To later automatically identify any found files while the Administrative Console was open, click Automatically Identify License Units from the Tools menu.

Notes:

• By default, the automatic identification process runs once a day for evaluation versions of Express Software Manager; once a week otherwise. You can change this behavior using the Schedule tab of the Options dialog box.  

• For evaluation licenses, the automatic identification process also runs when an inventory process completes.  

• See the online help that accompanies the Express Administrative Console for more help on automatically identifying license units.