License Manager

A license manager enables the user to view parameters of the current license, determine license search settings or replace a license, get temporary local license from the license server.

To open a license manager

The license manager window appearance depends on the license type in use. See below screenshots of the license manager window for network license and for stand-alone license:

The license manager contains a table displaying license parameters:

Above the list of features, the license source and its current state are specified in case when there is no license server connection or when there is a limited number of days to use temporary local license. The license source can be a license server, license file path.

Activating and Replacing Licenses

To activate, replace or update a stand-alone license:

  1. Click the Activate button.

NOTE. The Activate button is available only for stand-alone licenses.

  1. Select file with activation code using Foresight Analytics Platform activation wizard.

After executing the operations, the desktop application is activated with a stand-alone license, or the current stand-alone license is replaced with the selected stand-alone license.

To replace the current stand-alone license with a network license:

  1. Click the Search Settings button.

  2. Select the Check for Server License Using This Host radio button in license search settings.

After executing the operations and successful license search at the server, the stand-alone license will be replaced with the network license.

To replace the current network license with a stand-alone license:

  1. Click the Search Settings button.

  2. Select the Check for Stand-alone License Only radio button in license search settings.

After executing the operations and successful license search at the workstation, the network license will be replaced with the stand-alone license.

To replace a network license at license server, contact the system administrator.

License Search

Click the Search Settings button to change license search parameter settings. After this the License Search Settings dialog box opens.

Checking Out and Checking In Licenses

A network license can enable the user to get a temporary local license to work with the application without an internet connection up to 30 days. When stand-alone licenses are checked out, the number of simultaneously working users with network license decreases to one. The user can use only one repository connection. When the checked out licenses are checked in, or after 30 days a network license is restored.

If temporary local license is no longer required, it can be checked in before the expiration date. After this the license can be checked out again from the license server. When this time elapses, the application is not available. To continue work, connect to the network, where the license server is located.

To work with a network license offline, click the Check Out from Server button; to check in the checked out license, click the Check In to Server button.

NOTE. If license server is unavailable, change license search settings to automatically search for licenses on order that the previously checked out license works in stand-alone mode.

To successfully check in the license to the server, license search settings must match the settings that are determined during checking out the temporary local license from the license server.

Setting Up Column Display

To set up column display in license manager:

  1. Click the button at the end of the row with column headers.

  2. Select or deselect checkbox next to the column with corresponding information:

The Specify Columns to Display dialog box:

To select or deselect all checkboxes, use the Select All or Deselect button.

Use the and buttons to set the order of columns in the list.

NOTE. It is impossible to deselect checkbox next to the Feature column and change column order. The checkbox next to the Locking column is deselected by default, to display the column, select the checkbox.

See also:

Managing Licenses in Windows OS | Unit Activation