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title: Link consumption rules to entitlements
description: After you've created a consumption rule, you must link the rule to one or more entitlements.
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# Link consumption rules to entitlements

After you've created a consumption rule, you must link the rule to one or more entitlements.

## Before you begin

Consumption rules aren't supported for the following license metrics:

-   IBM RVUs
-   IBM UVUs
-   Workday
-   Employee

The Entitlement Consumption Rules related list on the entitlement form doesn’t appear for these license metrics.

Role required: sam\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Software Asset Workspace** > **License operations**.

2.  Open the entitlement to which you want to link the consumption rule.

3.  Select the Entitlement Consumption Rules related list.

4.  Select **New**.

    The Create New Entitlement Consumption Rule page opens.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |**Software entitlement**|The software entitlement to which you’re linking the consumption rule.|
    |**Consumption rule**|The consumption rule that you want to link this entitlement to.|
    |**License pool**|License pool associated to the consumption rule. A license pool is a reservation of rights for a group entity defined on a consumption rule.|

6.  Select **Save**,

    The consumption rule appears in the Entitlement Consumption Rules related list.


## What to do next

For details on how the system evaluates a linked consumption rule against software installations, see [Consumption rule evaluation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/consumption-rule-evaluation.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Using Software Asset Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/using-sam-workspace.md)