FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #534)

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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 is available on Monday, February 26^th 2024 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 7,274 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	New SKUs
Sophos	5805
IBM	652
OpenText	304
Suse	114
Others	703
Total	7274

• More than 1200 SKUs are mapped to its respective applications.
• SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered about 10,000 SKUs. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher: 

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
Adobe	2068
Microsoft	439
VMware	5844
Others	2077
TOTAL	10,428

• Three new bundles have been added to the library.

TechSmith SnagIt 2021 and Camtasia 2021

IBM Information Server Extension Non-Production for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

IBM DataPower Gateway Virtual Edition

• 96 new custom FLX SKUs – 2 Adobe, 7 Microsoft and 87 Salesforce 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 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForFebruary2024.xlsx'.
• Over 700 new IBM SKUs have been added to the library.
• Over 200 Microsoft SQL Server SKUs were updated to have BYOL use rights enabled.

• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,080,610 across 1,628 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 5,074 across 66 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,519 across 28 publishers.

How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates

We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, March 22^nd 2024. 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, March 25^th 2024 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).

For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

To locate this PDF,  go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

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