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SQL Elements Inventory Manager gathers information that allows you to determine your SQL Server licensing requirements. The Licensing view shows information like the instance version, edition, host computer´s name, CPU name, number of logical and physical processors, and if servers are virtual or not. To access this view, go to the Instances tab, and click SQL Licensing.

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You can type on the bottom section of this view the number of instances you want SQL Elements Inventory Manager to display per page. Click Refresh to apply the changes.

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On the SQL licensing view SQL Elements Inventory Manager allows you to perform several actions on a single instance as well as bulk actions on several selected instances. 

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By selecting an instance and clicking Edit Tags on the action items bar, SQL Elements Inventory Manager opens a new dialog window where you can add new tags or change the currently assigned tags of the selected instance. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance. For more information about editing tags for a specific instance, go to Manage tags for a single instance.

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If you no longer want to manage an instance, you can remove it by selecting the respective instance, going to More Actions on the action items bar, and selecting Remove. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the instance. SQL Elements Inventory Manager displays all removed instances on the Ignored instances view. For more information about removing instances click here.

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If you select several instances SQL Elements Inventory Manager allows you to perform the following bulk actions on the selected instances:

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  • Click the option you want to perform on the action items bar: Edit Owner, Edit Location, Edit Credentials, Edit Tags, Disable Monitoring, and Remove.
  • Or click the gear icon next to one of the selected instances. SQL Elements Inventory Manager opens a dialog window that shows you on how many instances you are performing the changes.

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On the left section of this view you can find options for filtering your instances by Tags, Owner, Location, and Version. Use these filters to quickly access specific instances that you want SQL Elements Inventory Manager to display on this view. For example, you can choose to display the licensing information of instances that have a specific tag in your environment. 

You can enable or disable the option Apply filter as it changes  depending if you want to see the changes as you apply the filter, or if you prefer to select your filters first and see the results when you finish. 

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SQL Elements Inventory Manager displays the filters you select on the top section of your managed instances view under Filtered by.You can remove filters from this section too.

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