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Viewing Details About Licenses Associated with Inventory in the Analysis Workbench

The Analysis Workbench enables you to view details about the licenses associated with the OSS or third-party component on which an inventory item is based. This information is pulled from the Code Data Library and is displayed on the License Details window, which includes the following:

  • A General Information tab that lists details such as the name of the license, its family, and the license priority assigned by Code Insight.

  • A License Text tab that displays the complete license text (representing the external forge license text).

While the forge license text is what is likely to be used by the component, the scan might have found actual license text associated with this component in your codebase that can be different from the forge version. To view the exact license text, if any, that the scan discovered and to prepare the final license text, when necessary, to include in the Notices report for distribution to customers, navigate to the Notices Text tab. Refer to Finalizing the Notices Text for the Notices Report for more information.

The following procedure describes how to access the License Details window from the Inventory Details tab in the Analysis Workbench.

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This window is also accessible when create or edit an inventory item or perform a Lookup Component from the Analysis Workbench.

  1. Open the Analysis Workbench for the desired project. (For instructions, see Opening the Analysis Workbench.)

  2. From the Inventory Details tab for a selected inventory item in the Analysis Workbench, locate the License field. This field lists the license currently that is associated with the component identified for the inventory item.

  3. Click next to the License value. The License Details window appears with the General Information tab in focus.

    For descriptions of these fields on this tab, see License Details Window. Also see License Priority for background on how the license priority is used.

  4. Select the License Text tab to view the license text.

  5. When you have finished examining the license details, click Close.