Counterintuitive as it is the Recently Used Applications is part of the Hardware Inventory, if activated as per below it should start recording data in v_GS_CCM_RECENTLY_USED_APPS
Here is the list of fields our SCCM connector reads from.
v_GS_CCM_RECENTLY_USED_APPS
v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM
v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM
v_GS_PHYSICAL_MEMORY
v_GS_PROCESSOR
v_RA_System_SMSAssignedSites
v_R_System
v_GS_PC_BIOS
v_GS_WORKSTATION_STATUS
v_AgentDiscoveries
v_GS_LastSoftwareScan
How to enable Recently Used Applications in Hardware Inventory in SCCM
Administration -> Overview -> Client Settings
Right click on ‘Default Client Settings’ and click properties
Then navigate to Software Metering and ensure it too is enabled.