FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #530)

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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, November 27^th 2023 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 5,868 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
Adobe	4342
ACD Systems International	510
Arcserve	338
Techsmith	113
Others	565
Total	5,868

• More than 4000 SKUs are mapped to its respective applications.
• SKUs missing PURL templates have been worked upon and 11,846 SKUs are linked to its license templates. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher: 
  
  

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
Adobe	4326
VMware	103
IBM	417
Kaspersky Lab	6970
TOTAL	11,846

• 27 SKU manufacturers have been updated to sync across all libraries.

Manufacturer Before Update	Manufacturer After Update	Number of SKUs
Citrix Systems	Citrix	51900
Claris	Claris International	5075
ACD Systems	ACD Systems International	3650
Premiumsoft	PremiumSoft CyberTech	3568
O&O Software	O&O	1737
Progress Software	Progress	1174
Tibco Software	TIBCO	1076
Avg Technologies	AVG	363
Think-Cell	think-cell Software	309
Kaspersky	Kaspersky Lab	247
Systemtools	SystemTools Software	187
Vandyke	VanDyke Software	165
The Mathworks	MathWorks	144
Acl Services	Diligent	6
Ahrefs	Ahrefs Pte	1
Cardett Networks	Cardett Associates	2
IDM	Idera	295
Idm Computer Solutions	Idera	4103
Kepware	PTC	1
Kepware Technologies	PTC	8
Open Text Connectivity	OpenText	26
Rogue Wave Software	Perforce	3
Roguewave	Perforce	2
Royal Applications Team	Royal Apps	4
Royal Apps Team	Royal Apps	1
Saba	Cornerstone OnDemand	20
Saba Software	Cornerstone OnDemand	2

• 68 new custom FLX SKUs – 3 Adobe, 54 Atlassian, 5 Rocket Software and 5 Microsoft SKUs have been created and released to supplement FSM workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForNovember2023.xlsx'.
• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,061,861 across 1,551 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 5,017 across 66 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,514 across 25 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, December 22^nd 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, November 27^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