Create averages to calculate software End of Life (EOL) and End of Support (EOS) life cycles in the Software Asset Workspace.

Before you begin

Role required: model_manager

About this task

You can create averages that can be used globally for all products and publishers or you can create averages specific to a product or a publisher. These averages are used to create calculated life cycles for products.

Ensure that com.snc.samp.generate.calculated.lifecycles system property is enabled. For additional details, see Product life cycles.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Software asset > Software Asset Workspace > License operations > Software lifecycle averages.
  2. Select New to open the Create New Software lifecycle averages page.
  3. On the form, fill in the fields.
    FieldDescription
    Type The type of option you select for creating life cycles. Choose from the following options:
    • Custom industry average: Refers to the industry averages based on the General Availability (GA) dates.
    • Product: Refers to a specific product. This includes custom products too.
    • Publisher: Refers to a specific publisher. This includes custom publishers too.
    Display name A unique name for this life cycle average record.
    Product This field appears only if you select the value Product in the Type field.
    Publisher This field is automatically populated once you select a product. If you selected the value Publisher in the Type field, then you select a publisher.
    Domain Indicates the domain in which your instance is located.
    Average end of life period (months) Specify the number of months for the EOL life cycle.
    Average end of support period (months) Specify the number of months for the EOS life cycle.
    Active Indicates that the life cycle average record will be used for creating software life cycles.
  4. Select Save.
    The record is created and appears in the Software lifecycle averages list view.