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 theExecutable Usagereport.For Windows and Mac managed software products, you can view this data in theUnderutilized Softwarereport.
- Windows applications that are defined and marked as allowed or denied in a turned on application metering policy.You can view this data in theExecutable Usagereport.
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.
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 |
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 |