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The Usage Per User report lets you monitor license usage for a selected type of aggregation to use for the report (, as described below). With In this report, you can change time constraints as appropriate for your needs; for example, you can display license usage information based on monthly usage, but limit the displayed results shown to weeks.
It is worth noting should be noted that the Usage Per User report may serve as a warning signal, letting you see the overall trend of license usage based on peak license usage. Therefore, based on the displayed values you can consider if easily check whether the values you get represent a one-time event or a recurring event that begins to look like a trend.
Types of aggregation
You can specify the type of aggregation by which you aggregate the results for the report. If the aggregation type is not specified, the report will be aggregated by Username and Hostname. Available options are:
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Let's assume the following values have been returned after grouping feature usage information by Day.
When we choose to group the above feature usage information by Month and set the start date to April 4, 2014, we obtain the following values:
When we decide to set the start date to April 1, 2014, we get the following values:
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Feature Usage Information
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| Column Name | Description |
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| Date | A particular day or period of time, whose format depends on the selected grouping option.
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| Hostname | A single hostname of a list of hostnames where license usage took place. |
| Username | A single username or a list of usernames. |
| Usergroup Name | The name of a group of users. |
| Hostgroup Name | The name of a group of hosts. |
| Hours Used | The number of hours at least one license of a particular feature was used and/or borrowed. |
| Hours Borrowed | The number of hours at least one license of a particular feature was borrowed. |
| Max Used | The maximum number of licenses used in a particular time period. |
| Max Borrowed | The maximum number of licenses borrowed in a particular time period. |
| Max Usage | The maximum allowed level of feature usage, expressed in percentages. |
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The Start Date, End Date, and Time Interval fields for which you wish to display license usage are interdependentinterrelated, i.e. modifying the Start Date field affects the End Date field, depending on the selected Time Interval option. If you select the "Custom" option in the Time Interval options, then both fields (Start Date and End Date) can be modified; however, you will not be able to select the day earlier than the Start Date on the End Date field, and later than the End Date on the Start Date field, because the value on the other field will be automatically adjusted.