How to Create Software Metering Rules in Configuration Manager

 

Updated: May 14, 2015

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

Use the Create Software Metering Rule Wizard to create a new software metering rule for your System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site. The following procedure provides the necessary steps to create a new software metering rule.

To create a software metering rule

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Software Metering.

3. On the Home tab, in the Create group, click Create Software Metering Rule.

4. On the General page of the Create Software Metering Rule Wizard, specify the following information:

   - **Name** - The name of the software metering rule. This should be unique and descriptive.
   
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     > <P>Software metering rules can share the same name if the file name contained in the rules is different.</P>
   
   
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   - **File Name** - The name of the program file that you want to meter. You can click **Browse** to display the **Open** dialog box, in which you can select the program file to use.
   
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     > <P>Wildcard characters are not permitted in the file name.</P>
     > <P>This box is optional if a value for <STRONG>Original file name</STRONG> is specified.</P>
   
   
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   - **Original File Name** - The name of the executable file that you want to meter. This name matches information in the header of the file, not the file name itself so that it can be useful in cases where the executable file has been renamed but you want to meter it by the original name.
   
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     > <P>This box is optional if a value for <STRONG>File Name</STRONG> is specified.</P>
   
   
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   - **Version** - The version of the executable file you that want to meter. You can use the wildcard character (\*) to represent any string of characters or the wildcard character (?) to represent any single character. If you want to meter for all versions of an executable file, use the default value (\*).
   
   - **Language** - The language of the executable file to meter. The default value is the current locale of the operating system you are using. If you select an executable file to be metered by clicking the **Browse** button, this box is automatically filled if language information is present in the header of the file. To meter all language versions of a file, select **Any** in the drop-down list.
   
   - **Description** - An optional description for the software metering rule.
   
   - **Apply this software metering rule to the following clients** – Select whether you want to apply the software metering rule to all clients in the hierarchy or to the clients that are assigned to the site specified in the **Site** list.
   

5. To continue, click Next.

6. Review and confirm the settings and then complete the wizard to create the software metering rule. The new software metering rule is displayed in the Software Metering node in the Assets and Compliance workspace.

See Also

Operations and Maintenance for Software Metering in Configuration Manager