The "License Monitor | License Tracking" page allows you to track who, when, from where, how often uses server licenses of CodeMeter-protected applications.
For Windows operating systems you find the profiling entries stored in the registry, for other operating systems entries are set in the file server.ini. The following table shows you the respective locations.
There exist two relevant profiling entries for License Tracking.
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On the basis of selectable Firm Codes, log files and licenses, accesses are displayed graphically and in detail. The created report may serve to use information on license requests and denials for saving license costs and create forecasts or prognoses.
Using a separate navigation the number and origin of allocated, rejected or released licenses can be tracked according to specified view modes (month, day, hour). Clicking on the displayed bars shows more details on the use of licenses.
For using license tracking, please proceed as follows:
1.Select the desired Firm Code using the field "Select Firm Code".
Click the "Reload" button to update the displayed Firm Codes.
2.Select the log file using the field "Select logging period".
Click the "Reload" button to update the logging period entries.
3.Select the license to be tracked using the field "Select license".
4.Click the button "Create report".
The separate area Navigation:
•informs on the view mode (Month, Day, Hour),
•shows the tracked period (From - To),
•allows to browse back and forward in time periods and switch back to the previous view mode.
Below the selection area a bar chart displays showing the maximum number of allocated licenses and rejected requests over time.
The default is set to the view mode month.
5.Move over a colored bar to open an over-layered dialog for information display.
6.Click left to change to view mode Day.
For switching back to the view mode Month you may use the arrow symbol in the Navigation area.
7.Move over a bar again tom switch to the view mode Hour.
8.Move over a bar again and left click to open the separate Details area.
Detailed information and separate tables for single bars list details on Active Users, Rejected Requests and All Events.
Active Users (ID, Client, User)
Rejected Requests (Second, Event Type, Client, User)
All Events (Second, Event Type, ID, Client, User)
The detail view uses the following elements:
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Description |
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ID |
uniquely discerns requesting / accessing processes. |
Client |
identifies the IP address of the requesting / accessing machine. |
User |
identifies the user requesting / accessing the license. |
Second |
informs on the second time value. |
Event Type |
Denial describes that a user requested a license but did not get one because no more licenses could be allocated. It will not show license requests of licenses that do not exist on this server. |
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Access describes that a license on a server is allocated to a user. |
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Release describes that a user has released a formerly accessed license on a server. |