FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #543)

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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, October 28^th 2024 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 12,179 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	# of New SKUs
Avaya	3413
Microsoft	2962
Gen Digital	2032
Absolute Software	1303
Others	2469
Total	12179

• More than 6700 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
• SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered more than 9,503 SKUs. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher: 

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
Adobe	2098
Gen Digital	2032
Microsoft	1732
Avaya	1394
Absolute Software	1276
Others	971
Total	9503

• 56 new custom FLX SKUs – 30 Autodesk, 4 Adobe, 6 Microsoft and 16 few other publisher 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 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForOctober2024.xlsx'.
  
  

• New 11 bundles have been added to library as listed below according to latest vendor literature.

Oracle Analytics Server (formerly Oracle Business Intelligence Extended Edition)

IBM Cognos PowerPlay Web User 11

IBM Cognos Analytics Explorer Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 12.0

Microsoft Entra ID P1

IBM Cognos Analytics User Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 12.0

IBM Cognos Analytics Viewer Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 12.0

IBM Cognos Analytics Viewer 12.0

IBM Cognos Controller Enterprise Edition for Non-Production Environment 11.0

IBM Cognos Controller Enterprise Edition 11.0

IBM Cognos Controller Standard User 11.0

IBM Db2 Advanced Edition for SAP Solutions 11.5

• Updated 5 existing bundles to have their missing applications/SKUs now correctly mapped according to the latest vendor literature.

Microsoft 365 GCC G5

Microsoft Core Infrastructure Standard Suite 2016

Oracle WebLogic Server Suite

Microsoft 365 E5

Microsoft Core Infrastructure Datacenter Suite 2016

• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,152,711 across 1,911 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 6,144 across 71 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,570 across 27 publishers.

How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles 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/Bundles updates

We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, November 22^nd 2024. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly 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 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