License Reporting

Manual Licenses
You can manage software licenses manually by creating an inventory query. Select New License from the toolbar, give the license a name, and set the license expression to track either an application or a font.
Build the inventory search for the item you want to track, for example Chrome browser. FileWave can evaluate items installed across the operating systems it manages from the computer side. Android can also appear here because the FileWave client treats it as a hybrid of computer and mobile management.
Next, enter the licenses you actually own. You can use purchase order details if you have them, or any internal tracking method that gives you a reliable count. You can add multiple purchases to the same license record, which also gives you a simple history for that item.
Set a warning threshold so FileWave can alert you before you run out of available licenses.
That completes the manual license query. In the License Management pane you can review the current results and compliance state.
Double-click the license entry to view the query details and the device information behind the result.

Font Licenses
What
Use font licenses when you need FileWave to track commercially licensed fonts installed across managed computers, such as fonts used by design, graphics, or marketing teams.
How it works
The setup is similar to an application license. Create the license, give it a clear name, and build the license expression around font inventory values instead of application values.
Font licenses use the same License Management status indicators as application licenses. A green jelly means the license is in compliance, yellow means the watermark threshold has been crossed, and red means the license is out of compliance.
If you are looking for font compliance, licensed font tracking, or whether a font package is installed beyond its allowed count, this is the License Management workflow to use.

Creating Licenses from Filesets
Use license tracking from a Fileset when you want FileWave to count where a deployed application appears and alert you when usage exceeds the license watermark you set. FileWave Client inventory can scan managed computers for files that match the Fileset definition, and FileWave Central License Management can use that definition as the tracking criteria.
For example, if you deploy a trial application to a small pilot group, you can create a license from that application Fileset and watch for copies outside the expected device count.
You do not need to recreate the application criteria by hand. The Fileset definition becomes the basis for the license, and FileWave reports when that package appears on more devices than the configured license count.