Application Summary Data

Software-based usage tracking is only available on Windows and Mac computers.
Application metering and denying is only available on Windows computers.
Each time a metered application starts, Application Metering Plug-in records application summary data. This data is stored on the managed computer and sent to the CMDB at the end of the application monitoring period. If any data was sent during the monitoring period, it is replaced at the end of the monitoring period.
Application summary data is sent to the CMDB in batches daily by default for the following types of applications:
  • Windows and Mac applications that are associated to the software components of the software products, for which the software-based usage tracking option is enabled.
    For Windows applications, you can view this data in the
    Executable Usage
    report.
    For Windows and Mac managed software products, you can view this data in the
    Underutilized Software
    report.
  • Windows applications that are defined and marked as allowed or denied in a turned on application metering policy.
    You can view this data in the
    Executable Usage
    report.
On Windows computers, to prevent an overload to the system when this data is sent, the data is randomly sent over an interval of time. A value in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Application Metering registry key
on each managed computer determines the length of the interval. The name of the value is
Fuzzy Factor
, and it is set to 10 by default. This value specifies the time interval when the data can be sent as a percentage of the total batch creation time. To change the length of this time interval, you must change the value of this registry key on each managed computer.
For example, the data is sent to the CMDB every seven days (168 hours) and the
Fuzzy Factor
value is 10. Then the length of the interval is 10% of seven days or about 17 hours. Half of this interval precedes the specified send time and half of it follows. Thus the time interval in which the data is sent would start after about 159 hours and end after 177 hours.
Application metering records data for each metered application in the order in which it is stored in the data file.
Application summary data for Windows applications
Field
Description
Example
FileResourceGUID
Resource guid that is generated by using various attributes of a file. For example, its internal name, manufacturer, version etc.
{018B191B-47AE-4180-9FCD- 7F3CEA4F1E12}
User Guid
Resource guid that is generated for a specific user on a domain.
{493435F7-3B17-4C4C-B07F- C23E7AB7781F}
Last Start
The date when the application was last started.
11/13/2012 8:38:18 A.M.
Month Year
Month and year of the monitoring period.
September 2012
Run Count
Number of times the application was started during the monitoring period.
3
Denial Count
Number of times the use of the application was denied during the monitoring period.
1
Total Run Time
Total amount of time in seconds that the application was used during the monitoring period
When the application is monitored, this value is updated every 30 seconds.
188714
Peak Memory
Maximum amount of memory in bytes used by the application during the monitoring period. When the application is monitored, this value is updated every 30 seconds.
7921664
Average CPU
Average CPU usage by the application during the monitoring period, where 100 equals 100 percent usage. When the application is monitored, this value is updated every 30 seconds.
0.7652
Month End Summary
Specifies whether the current set of application summary data is the final set for the month.
0 (or false) = not the final data
1 (or true) = the final data
0
Application summary data for Mac applications
Field
Description
Example
ProductGuid
Resource guid that is generated for specific Software Product in the CMDB.
{591a0b47-3855-443a-91f2-445c54114d89}
UserGuid
Resource guid that is generated for a specific user.
{924c1059-8a3f-4b56-a595-6a766fadfe3c}
Last Start
The date when the application was last used.
5/24/2017 2:48:37 PM