Software Product Inventory and Usage Information Correlated with License Agreement Information

A method, in a data processing system, for correlating inventory and usage information with agreement information, the method comprising:

• importing, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database;
• importing, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database;
• generating a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database;
• establishing, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database;
• and
• displaying product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• import, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database;
• import, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database;
• generate a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database;
• establish, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database;
• and
• display product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• import, by the data processing system, inventory and usage information from an asset database;
• import, by the data processing system, contract and agreement information from a contract and agreement database;
• generate a links table, wherein the links table associates records in the asset database with records in the contract and agreement database;
• establish, by a list associator in the data processing system, associations, each association being between one or more items in the asset database and one or more items in the contract and agreement database;
• and
• display product information based on the inventory and usage information, the contract and agreement information, and the associations.