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title: Software Spend Detection
description: Use the ServiceNow Software Spend Detection feature to track, analyze, and optimize software spending from imported financial data.
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release: australia
product: Software Asset Management
classification: software-asset-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Software Spend Detection

Use the ServiceNow Software Spend Detection feature to track, analyze, and optimize software spending from imported financial data.

With Software Spend Detection, you can:

-   Streamline business processes and reduce costs by consolidating software products with similar functionality.
-   Reinforce company software purchasing policies by viewing all software purchased in each department.
-   Start managing any unmanaged software by creating software models and entitlements with Software Asset Management.

**Important:** Starting with Australia Patch 6, the Software Spend Detection feature is no longer available in the Core UI. Existing imports and spend transactions that were created using the Core UI are preserved and available in the Software Asset Workspace. The Software Spend Detection Overview dashboard is also deprecated.

The Software Spend Detection feature is available in the Software Asset Workspace under **License operations**.

-   **[Request Software Spend Detection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/request-spend-detection.md)**  
Request Software Spend Detection to track, analyze, and optimize software spending. To access Software Spend Detection, enable the Software Asset Management - Spend Detection \(com.sn\_sam\_spend\) plugin. This plugin includes demo data.
-   **[Managing software spend in the Software Asset Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/spend-detection-sam-workspace.md)**  
The Software Spend Detection feature is available in the Software Asset Workspace under License operations. Use Software Spend Detection in the Software Asset Workspace to import financial transactions, review labeled transactions, and track software spending across your organization.
-   **[AI-powered software spend detection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/spend-detection-ai-enhancements.md)**  
AI-powered spend detection identifies software purchases in imported spend transactions and normalizes the derived raw publisher and raw product to existing publisher and product records in Software Asset Management Content Library. This automation improves spend reporting accuracy and reduces manual classification effort.
-   **[Opt in to Content Service](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/opt-in-content-service.md)**  
Opt in to Content Service for Software Spend Transactions to get more accurate predictions in Software Spend Detection by sharing financial transaction data with the ServiceNow Content Service team.
-   **[Import financial transactions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/import-spend-transactions.md)**  
Import a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of financial transaction data in the Software Asset Workspace to start managing software spending.
-   **[Create a spend transaction manually](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/manually-update-transactions.md)**  
Create spend transactions for one-off software purchases or spend records that are not captured in your accounts payable import file. This allows you to track all software spending in one location.
-   **[Installed with Software Spend Detection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/installed-with-spend-detection.md)**  
User roles and tables are installed with Software Spend Detection. Demo data is available for Software Spend Detection.

**Parent Topic:**[Software Asset Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/software-asset-management/c_SoftwareAssetMgmt.md)