Creating contracts
You create contracts to store information about your software licenses, their cost, and the period for which they entitle you to use the software. The contracts are then used to generate a contract usage report. It shows the number of software instances to which you are entitled and the actual number of software instances that are used.
Before you begin
You must have the Manage Contracts permission to perform this task.
About this task
Procedure
- In the top navigation bar, click .
- To create a contract, in the upper left corner click New.
- Enter the name of the contract and specify the software
product, version, or release that you want to assign to that contract.
When you start typing, a list of suggestions is displayed below the
search field. It is based on the content of your software catalog.
Choose a product from the list.Important: The software product for which you want to create a contract must be in the software catalog. If it is not available in the BigFix catalog, create a custom catalog entry.
- Choose the type of licensing that is used for the product
that you assigned to the contract:
- Choose Seats if a limited number of product instances can be deployed. Additionally, you must specify the number of software instances that you are entitled to under the license.
- Choose ELA if an unlimited number of product instances can be deployed.
- Choose the computer group to which you want to assign the
contract. Provide the acquisition and maintenance cost, and the entitlement
start date. You can also specify the entitlement end date, and the
maintenance start and end dates.Important: Acquisition cost is the total cost of the license for a particular product. If you create a contract for a specific number of seats, provide the total cost of acquisition for all seats.
- To save the contract, click Create.
- To make the contract available for generating a contract usage report, run an import.