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Specify Application for Software Usage Collect Task

You can add an application that you want to monitor for a software usage collect task by using the Applications tab. You can also review the information, view application properties, and remove the application from the list.

To add an application for Software Usage Collect Task

1. Click the Add button to add the application.

   The Add Application for Monitoring dialog appears where you can configure the application to be monitored.

2. Specify configuration settings for the application in the Add Application for Monitoring dialog, and click OK.

   The Applications tab appears.

3. Review application-specific information in the following fields:

   Application

   Lists the applications to be tracked for software usage.

   License

   Lists the number of licenses available for the application.

   Action

   Lists the action to be taken if no license is available.

4. Select Prevent use of all other applications to allow the use of only the applications listed in the applications list and prevents the use of all other applications. Selecting this option does not kill the running applications. Similarly, the processes started before the software usage agent are not killed when you restart the agent computer. By default, this option is not selected. The Prevent use of all other applications is not supported on UNIX agents.

   Important! Use this feature carefully. Selecting this option prevents use of all the essential applications also. For example, it prevents opening Windows Explorer or Notepad also unless explicitly added to the Application list.

5. (Optional) Click Properties to open the Update Application Settings dialog where you can change the properties of the selected application.

Note: To remove an application from the list of monitored applications, you can click the Remove button.

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