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title: License calculations with the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
description: Software license calculations with the legacy Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugin count the number of licenses that exist in your network environment.
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# License calculations with the legacy Software Asset Management plugin

Software license calculations with the legacy Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugin count the number of licenses that exist in your network environment.

Users with the sam role can choose to count software licenses using a variety of license calculation types, such as counting by the number of users, the number of workstations, the number of CPUs, and others. For example, you can count the number of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 licenses based on the number of users that have the software installed in the organization.

-   **[Calculate software licenses using the legacy Software Asset Management plugin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management/r_CalculateSoftwareLicenses.md)**  
Software calculations use license calculation types to determine how software licenses are counted in your organization.
-   **[License calculation types supported by the legacy Software Asset Management plugin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management/r_LicenseCalculationTypes.md)**  
Default license calculation types are available with the legacy Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugin.
-   **[Create a custom license type for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management/t_CreateACustomLicenseType.md)**  
Custom license types in the legacy Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugin allow you to create a license type with special conditions.
-   **[Create a custom script for a legacy Software Asset Management plugin license type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/software-asset-management/r_CreateTheScript.md)**  
By default, the **Script** field in the legacy Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugin Software License Calculation form contains information about available variables and an example script.

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

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