License Manager user roles comprise:
Data Entry Users
Usually a finance or procurement clerk, this user is responsible for entering information on purchased software licenses in the form of Proof of Entitlement records. Data Entry Users are not able to associate purchased items with vendor catalogs or reconcile licenses against discovered software.
Software Managers
Normally a manager-level IT resource, the Software Manager can take the Proof of Entitlement records already resident in the system and reconcile these first against vendor-recognized software SKUs and then against the actual discovered software from the network.
Administrators
Administrators have all of the rights above, plus the ability to configure the system for data collection, user management etc.
By managing users according to their role in the SAM initiative, License Manager dramatically eliminates the chances of mistakes in the matching of procurement records to vendor-recognized SKUs, and thus the mis-reconciliation of software.