A software suite record defines the software applications that are included in a software suite, which is licensed as a single unit. For example, an office suite might include applications for spreadsheets, word processing, and presentations.
Data about software applications deployed in your enterprise is displayed in the Deployed Assets module. A discovery tool, such as IBM® Tivoli® Configuration Manager, collects the software application data. An integration tool, such as Integration Composer, imports the collected data into the Maximo® database.
The discovery tools that collect data about deployed software applications typically collect information only about individual software applications, not software suites. You create software suite definitions to identify which applications belong to a suite.
The Software Suite Setup application lets you specify that one or more applications in the suite are required components. The system identifies a suite only if the required applications are found in your deployed assets.
For example, you have an office application suite that includes a word-processing software, spreadsheet software, and a presentation program. You can specify that the word-processing application is required. The Computers application displays the suite only if the word-processing software exists in deployed assets. If only the spreadsheet software and the presentation program exist, the software suite is not displayed in the Computers application.
If no applications in a suite are required components, any application listed in the suite is sufficient to define the suite.
For tracking purposes, include all applications that are components of a software suite in the suite definition, even if they are not required.