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title: Software asset overview for Basic Software Asset Management dashboard
description: Enhance your Basic Software Asset Management experience by using the modernized and user-friendly software asset overview dashboard. The software asset overview is a simplified and intuitive environment that helps you use the application more effectively by reducing complexity.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management-foundation-plugin/software-asset-overview-samf.html
release: australia
product: Software Asset Management Foundation plugin
classification: software-asset-management-foundation-plugin
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Using Basic Software Asset Management workspace, Basic Software Asset Management, ITSM Software Asset Management, Asset Management common applications, IT Service Management]
---

# Software asset overview for Basic Software Asset Management dashboard

Enhance your Basic Software Asset Management experience by using the modernized and user-friendly software asset overview dashboard. The software asset overview is a simplified and intuitive environment that helps you use the application more effectively by reducing complexity.

Use the software asset overview view to:

-   Gain insights into key metrics such as compliance trends and true-up costs.
-   Execute routine tasks such as running reconciliation or creating entitlements.

Click any widget to view detailed information. All the widgets are updated whenever a new reconciliation result is available.

\[Omitted image "software-asset-overview-samf.png"\] Alt text: Software asset overview landing page

<table id="table_nq2_bjl_2qb"><thead><tr><th>

Report

</th><th>

Source

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Publishers out of compliance

</td><td>

Product Results \[samp\_product\_result\]

</td><td>

Number of publishers that have at least one software model out of compliance.Click the report to view the results in the License usage view.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Products out of compliance

</td><td>

Product Results \[samp\_product\_result\]

</td><td>

Number of products that have at least one software model out of compliance.Click the report to view the results in the License usage view.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Total true-up Cost

</td><td>

Product Results\[samp\_product\_result\]

</td><td>

Cost to be compliant based on the average prices in entitlements for the rights by publisher.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Parent Topic:**[Using Basic Software Asset Management workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management-foundation-plugin/using-samf-workspace.md)