ServiceNow, Inc.
Interactive user interface to visually display the impact of configuration changes on a managed network

Abstract:

A system may be configured to: provide, to a client device of a managed network, a representation of a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a nominal configuration of a computing device on which a particular software application is deployed or is a candidate for deployment, where licensing information in a database of the system respectively indicates a first license rights consumption for the particular software application; receive, by way of the GUI and from the client device, an indication of a proposed configuration of the computing device; in response to receiving the indication of the proposed configuration, determine a second license rights consumption that results from deploying the particular software application in accordance with the proposed configuration; and provide, to the client device, an updated representation of the GUI that displays a graphical indication of the second license rights consumption.