Publisher compliance summarization skill - Triggers and Inputs

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title: Publisher compliance summarization skill - Triggers and Inputs
description: Configure the triggers and inputs to determine how and when a skill is used. An input identifies the data that is used for a skill, such as the table and fields that are used to generate a publisher summary. A trigger initiates an action, such as when the system generates a publisher summary.
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# Publisher compliance summarization skill - Triggers and Inputs

Configure the triggers and inputs to determine how and when a skill is used. An input identifies the data that is used for a skill, such as the table and fields that are used to generate a publisher summary. A trigger initiates an action, such as when the system generates a publisher summary.

## Triggers for the publisher compliance summarization skill

The following table lists the triggers that determine when a publisher compliance summary is generated and how a publisher compliance summary is displayed.

|Trigger|Description|
|-------|-----------|
|User-triggered|Publisher compliance summary that is generated when the agent manually triggers the skill by selecting **Summarize** in the Publisher details page.|

## Inputs for the publisher compliance summarization skill

The following table lists the inputs for the publisher compliance summarization skill.

|Input|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Reconciliation results|Compliance status of the software products with regards to the discovery and entitlements.|
|Software Lifecycle Report \[sam\_sw\_product\_lifecycle\_report\]|Product life-cycle details for all the software products that are installed in your environment.|
|Dashboards|Dashboards include Discovered inventory, Normalization and content, and Health check.|

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