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For more information on accounts management and customisation of Mend and products visibility, see MANUAL: Accessing Mend and visibility levels (note this page is stored in a private space and it can be accessed only by GN4-3 members)

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The dashboard in Mend can be at the organisation (GÉANT), Product or Project level. A detailed explanation of the terms Products, Projects, and Organisations in Mend is here. In a nutshell: your team is working on a Mend 'product' which may consist of several related pieces of software, which are in Mend called 'projects'.

The dashboard at the organisation level is Mend Home Page; at the product level, it is Product Page, and at the project level, Project Page. Regardless of the level, the dashboard contains the following key information:

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The Library table in the header has a link to the Inventory Report. This report is a tabular view of detailed information about open-source libraries. The Inventory Report provides the following columns for each library:

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  • Name - Name of the licence
  • Occurrences - Number of occurrences by libraries
  • Copyright - Copyright Risk Score which is a measurement of the risk related to copyright (in general terms, regardless of the product or project licence)

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  • License - The name of the licence for the library

  • License Type - The type of licence (Open Source, Closed Source, Unknown)

  • Risk - The licence copyright risk score (for details, see Risk Score Attribution)

  • Library - The name of the open-source library (click the library name to be forwarded to its Library Details page)

  • License Reference - Includes an indication as to where the licence was found

  • Copyright - The range of years for the library's copyright

  • Homepage - Link to the homepage of the library

  • Author - The name of the author of the library

  • Project - The project where the library is used

  • Product - The product where the library is used

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Interpreting Risk Report

The Risk Report is a tool that provides a view of all aspects of open-source libraries concerning their licences, security, quality and compliance.

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Interpreting License Compatibility Report

The License Compatibility Report provides information on the compatibility of libraries with different software licences distributed together in the same product or project. 

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