FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #520)

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The SKU, Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL) and Bundles libraries, used by FlexNet Manager Suite have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL/Bundles libraries have been published and are now available.

Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and was available on Monday, May 01^st 2023 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 2,194 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher:

Manufacturer	Newly added SKUs
Opentext	1131
Oracle	180
SmartBear Software	180
/n software	151
Others	552
Total	2194

• 1,069 SKUs are mapped to its respective applications.

• SKUs missing PURL templates have been worked upon and 2,976 SKUs are linked to its license templates. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher:

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
Adobe	2060
Microsoft	286
VMware	236
Oracle	101
Others	293
TOTAL	2,976

• 24 new custom FLX SKUs – 4 Adobe, 18 Oracle and 2 Microsoft SKUs have been created and released to supplement FSM workflow for the respective products. SKUs are listed below. More details are available in attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForApril2023.xlsx'

Adobe SKUs

FLX-ADBE-ADOBE_PRIMETIM

FLX-ADBE-ADOBE_SUBSTANCE_3D_COLLECTION

FLX-ADBE-ADOBE_XD_MOBILE

FLX-ADBE-CREATIVE_CLOUD_ALL_APPS___PRO_EDITION

Oracle SKUs

FLX-ORCL-102048

FLX-ORCL-102049

FLX-ORCL-102050

FLX-ORCL-102051

FLX-ORCL-102052

FLX-ORCL-102053

FLX-ORCL-102054

FLX-ORCL-102055

FLX-ORCL-102056

FLX-ORCL-102057

FLX-ORCL-102058

FLX-ORCL-102059

FLX-ORCL-102060

FLX-ORCL-102061

FLX-ORCL-102062

FLX-ORCL-102063

FLX-ORCL-102064

FLX-ORCL-102065

Microsoft SKUs

FLX-O365-Remote_Help_AddOn

FLX-O365-Viva_Goals_User_led

• Two new bundles released –
  • IBM Robotic Process Automation Attended Bot Agent 23.0
  • IBM Robotic Process Automation Unattended Bot Agent 23.0
    
    
• Oracle Bundle ‘Oracle Internet Application Server Enterprise Edition’ has been refreshed with applications and SKUs. 
  
  
• Bundle ‘Toad for oracle DBA Suite RAC’ has been mapped to new SKUs.
  
  
• Bundle ‘IBM Cloud Pak for Integration’ has been updated from 2020.3 version to the latest version 2022.4. Few previously missing apps have been added and SKUs have been linked.
• 130+ IBM bundles are updated with mapping the previously missing applications and made consistent with latest LID/Terms.
  
  
• The below 10 bundles have been updated by adding the previously missing primary application and also updated the SKU-ARL mapping with the same

Description

IBM ILOG Plant PowerOps V3.3

IBM InfoSphere Optim Solution for Application Retirement V11.3

IBM Maximo Asset Management Essentials 7.5

IBM Rational Requirements Composer 3.0

IBM Rational AppScan Tester Edition for Rational Quality Manager 8.5

IBM Cognos Financial Performance Payables Analytics 10.1

IBM Rational Software Architect Extension for Design Management 6.0

IBM Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software 8.1

IBM Cognos Financial Performance Receivables Analytics 10.1

IBM Endpoint Manager for Datacenters 9.2

• SAP PURL has been updated to fix the previous release issue where the incorrect formula impacted the license reconcile. All the impacted measurement IDs have been fixed.
  
  
• IBM RVU (Resource Value Unit) licensing templates have been updated to match its publisher documents.
• 425 SKUs mapped to its refreshed RVU templates.

• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,029,527 across 1,498 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 4,536 across 49 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,459 across 21 publishers.

How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?

You can inspect the changed data in the SKU Library with the SKU Library Update Report. If you do not already have a copy of this report installed, you can obtain the latest version of the report (and installation instructions) from Flexera Software knowledge base article M100955 available from the Flexera Software Knowledge Center at https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900

Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’.

How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address:

• support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America)
• support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates

We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, May 26^th 2023. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, May 29^th 2023 in your time zone.

Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually

The SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).

Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importe...

Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.

Regards,
Team Content