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[Partners](https://www.legupsoftware.com/partners) - [Contact](https://www.legupsoftware.com/contact) [Get in touch](https://www.legupsoftware.com/contact?hsLang=en) # samQ® SAP License Optimizer Automated SAP License Management and Optimization [Product](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#product) [Outcomes](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#outcomes) [Technical](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#how-it-works) [Installation](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#implementation) [Resources](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#resources) [Customers](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#customers) ## Automated SAP License Optimisation & Management ### samQ® **SAP License compliance and cost reduction through continuous optimization** With more than 3,000 products, 24 user license types and 100 engine metrics, SAP software licensing is highly complex. As a result, many companies struggle to reconcile their license inventory with their actual licensing need. This often results in over-licensing and excessive spending on SAP applications. SAP's system measurement tools are not helpful in this, as they only show license consumption and are not purposed for optimizing the license selection or saving costs. [Request a demo](https://www.legupsoftware.com/contact?hsLang=en) ## "We know the exact level of usage for our license types, thanks to samQ. That means we will save a lot on our future purchase and maintenance costs, all the while ensuring that we are compliant with our agreement" ## Michael Keck, Department Manager SAP CoE, OMV [See the Case Study](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/samQ_Referencestroy_OMV__EN_.pdf?hsLang=en) ## samQ SAP License Optimiser ![Audit icon-1](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/Audit%20icon-1.svg) ### Audit Prepared With samQ operating in the background all year round, come Jan 1st your SAP license usage is automatically optimised and license report is ready for submission. ![Prepared icon](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/Prepared%20icon.svg) ### Optimised inventory Understanding current usage doesn't help when it comes to optimisation. samQ will show you where licenses can be optimised to minimise unexpected license growth. ![Ready icon](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/Ready%20icon.svg) ### S/4 HANA Ready S/4 Full User Equivalent (FUE) licensing means your current ECC licenses must be narrowed into just 4 types. The cost difference can be huge if you miscalculate.  ![Cost icon](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/Cost%20icon.svg) ### Minimised costs It is estimated that only 10% of SAP customers are optimally licensed. Over-licensing costs more than necessary, and under-licensing catches you out. samQ will help. [Top](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#top) ### Gartner Peer Insights reviewers rate samQ 4.8 out of 5 [Read the reviews](https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/software-asset-management-tools/vendor/voquz-labs/product/samq?marketSeoName=software-asset-management-tools&vendorSeoName=voquz-labs&productSeoName=samq) ## How it Works The heart of samQ is a transactional database. VOQUZ provides the database with a collection of all the standard transactions that can be run in SAP. The database can be expanded to include customer-specific license definitions as well as individual Z and Y transactions, and it includes the most common SAP add-ons. The transactional database is constantly expanded and updated to include new transactions. Consequently, samQ is the only dynamic tool on the market for SAP software asset management solutions. [Get the Datasheet](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/samQ_Datasheet.pdf?hsLang=en) 1 User Licenses With samQ the activities of SAP users are analyzed automatically at regular intervals, rated in accordance with license regulations, and optimized. At the touch of a button, the tool collects all license information to verify software license compliance. As such, you will know immediately if over-licensing or under-licensing is occurring. 2 Digital Access Currently it’s unclear to many customers how many of documents created in SAP were actually generated indirectly. With samQ this problem is solved. Get the information about the actual number of indirectly generated documents at the push of a button via any desired interface. Position yourself for the next negotiation with SAP.. 3 Authorization Licensing samQ provides a particular module for authorization analysis. samQ calculates the license key a user is assigned if licenses are allocated according to authorizations rather than actual activities. The analysis provides transparency about the license calculations and determines which permissions or transactions are unused. 4 Engine Measurement samQ can display any license rule, metric, or payment condition of SAP engines within it’s AMV Dashboard. This allows you to instantly measure and optimize current engine consumption at any point in time. As your consumption approaches a critical range, samQ sends an automatic alert to the administrator. 5 SLAW Check This module makes it very easy for you to check the results of your SLAW reports. samQ compares your calculations with the SLAW results, identifies any deviations, and enables a drilldown all the way to the user/client level. Consequently, you can always be sure that the reported results match your calculations. 6 Scenario Analyses Develop scenarios that factor in license types that are not yet part of the license inventory. With samQ predictions can be made about possible licensing strategies in regard to changing license classifications or license inventory to provide an accurate overview of possible cost trends.  7 Compliance Alerts samQ knows what SAP users are doing in real time and what usage rights and licenses are provisioned. Customisable alerts will be triggered in cases of over or under-licensing, double logins, etc. 8 USMM Automation samQ automatically runs USMM on any system to a pre-defined schedule and stores the protocol in a central location. You will always be prepared to produce a SLAW report. 9 Inactivity Reporting samQ identifies and disables the accounts of users who are no longer active. Duplicates are consolidated so that each SAP user has exactly one named user license across all systems 10 Business Objects samQ goes beyond the pure counting of BO licenses. The company-internal Business Object license types can be mapped with exact authorization, putting an end to the guesswork. 11 S/4 Hana Licensing samQ offers templates for the new SAP S/4HANA license types enabling simulations to  prepare your organization for a cost-efficient SAP S/4HANA migration. 12 Transaction Database samQ uses dynamic optimization to determine optimal license types, to check usage data of individual users against an updated transactional database, and automatically optimise. [Top](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#top) ## Implementation Effort samQ is programmed in ABAP and installed as an SAP add-on on a central Netweaver system (e.g., Solution Manager) and connected via standard RFC connections to the systems to be measured. No software is installed on SAP production systems. [Top](https://www.legupsoftware.com/product-samq#top) ## From the Resource Library ![Binoculars icon - thin](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Binoculars%20icon%20-%20thin.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=Binoculars%20icon%20-%20thin.jpg) ### Case Study Following the implementation of samQ JetBlue succeeded in halving the number of named SAP users. By using actual user transaction data and reallocating unused licenses  an optimal position was reached. [Read case study](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hubfs/samQ_Referencestory_jetBlue__EN_%20(1).pdf?hsLang=en) ![eBook Resources Icon-thin](https://www.legupsoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eBook%20Resources%20Icon-thin.jpg?width=96&height=96&name=eBook%20Resources%20Icon-thin.jpg) ### eBook Browse this easy-to-read eBook-style presentation to gain a high-level technical overview of the samQ SAP License Optimiser and 5 key considerations in SAP LIcense management. 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