LiveCompare Usage
The Usage Dashboard provides a graphical summary of the number of times users have displayed or downloaded LiveCompare reports. LiveCompare users can access reports using links in the LiveCompare user interface; users who do not have LiveCompare accounts may access reports via URLs that LiveCompare users have shared with them.
To access the Usage Dashboard from the Dashboard screen, select 
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Usage charts
The Usage Dashboard includes the following charts. A scheduled task named Tricentis LiveCompare Usage runs each night on the LiveCompare server to update these charts.
Top 10 Viewers
This column chart shows the top ten viewers of LiveCompare reports. The chart shows each user’s email address and the number of times they have displayed or downloaded a report.
Top 10 Reports
This column chart shows the top ten reports that users displayed or downloaded, grouped by the workspaces from which users accessed the reports. The chart shows the name of each workspace, and the number of times a user displayed or downloaded a report from the workspace.
Year Summary
This column chart shows the number of times users displayed or downloaded reports, grouped by the year when users displayed or downloaded the reports.
Month Summary
This column chart shows the number of times users displayed or downloaded reports, grouped by the month when users displayed or downloaded the reports.
Chart conventions
Rest your cursor over a node or column in a chart to display its numerical value. Click Export to PNG underneath each chart to export the chart to a .png file, or the Show as table button to display the chart’s table data in a Data Grid.
Navigation panel
The navigation panel is displayed on the left-hand side of each Apps screen, and includes the following icons:
For Administrators
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Displays the Guided Configuration screen. Here you set up the resources required for impact analysis automatically. |
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Displays the Projects - Administrators screen. Here you can create projects that include the apps required for common SAP lifecycle events. |
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Displays the Process Runs screen. Here you can check the run status of each workflow, run or abort workflows, schedule workflows, or display them in the studio. |
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Displays the Apps Hub screen. Here you can monitor the progress of apps. |
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Displays the Tools screen. Here you can maintain LiveCompare licenses, display usage graphs, check the health and status of LiveCompare services, and view the contacts set up by your Administrator. |
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Displays the LiveCompare studio. Here you can view workflows and maintain other LiveCompare resources. |
For LiveCompare Editors
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Displays the Value Dashboard screen. Here you can see the cost benefits you’ve gained from your use of LiveCompare. |
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Displays the Dashboard screen. Here you can see a set of impact analysis summary charts. |
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Displays the Projects screen. Here you can view the SAP lifecycle event projects your Administrator has created. |
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Displays the Process Runs screen. Here you can check the run status of each workflow, run or abort workflows, schedule workflows, or display them in the studio. |
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Displays the Apps Hub screen. Here you can run apps, monitor their progress and view their results. |
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Displays the Impact Analysis Results app. Here you can decide which executables belong in the test scope, select which tests to run, and decide what to do with executables that don't have any tests. |
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Displays the Tools screen. Here you can display usage graphs, check the health status of LiveCompare services, run the Quick Compare Wizard, manage the resources required by the SAP HANA Migration Assessment app, cleanse performance history data you’ve downloaded from SAP, and view the contacts set up by your Administrator. |
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Displays the LiveCompare studio. Here you can develop and run workflows, and maintain other LiveCompare resources. |
For LiveCompare Consumers
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Displays the Value Dashboard screen. Here you can see the cost benefits you’ve gained from your use of LiveCompare. |
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Displays the Dashboard screen. Here you can see a set of impact analysis summary charts. |
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Displays the Projects screen. Here you can view the SAP lifecycle event projects your Administrator has created. |
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Displays the Apps Hub screen. Here you can run apps, monitor their progress and view their results. |
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Displays the Tools screen. Here you can display usage graphs, check the health status of LiveCompare services, run the Quick Compare Wizard, manage the resources required by the SAP HANA Migration Assessment app, cleanse performance history data you’ve downloaded from SAP, and view the contacts set up by your Administrator. |
Header
If you have LiveCompare Editor or Consumer permissions and your administrator has created one or more Projects, the header section includes a Select Project dropdown. Here you can select which project LiveCompare displays in the Projects screen.
If LiveCompare is Resource Group-controlled, the header section includes a Select Resource Group dropdown. You can only access resources in the currently selected Resource Group.
You can find the following icons on the top right-hand side of the Usage screen:
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Displays help for the current screen. |
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Displays the My Profile screen, showing your user profile. |
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Signs you out of your current LiveCompare session. |