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License Generation Resolution Rules
License Generation and Resolution Rules
When a single user is entitled to licenses belonging to multiple generations of licenses, the effective license is the one that belongs to the latest generation of licenses. For example, a user is assigned to a Base License from the Enterprise generation of licenses as well as the Windchill Standard Author license from ePLM. Here the effective license is Windchill Standard Author license from ePLM generation of licenses. The count of licenses is reduced for those licenses that are not counted as effective licenses. This rule is valid for any combination of different generations of licenses. Few examples of the licenses that belongs to various license generations are:
• The Module and the ePLM generation of licenses.
• The Module and the Enterprise generation of licenses.
• The Enterprise and the ePLM generation of licenses.
Misconfiguration Rules
The following table describes the license misconfiguration categories and respective license usage and overage reporting.
Misconfiguration Category
Scenario
Usage and Overage Report
Direct Entitlements Rule
Over Entitled Base Licenses
A user is entitled with multiple internal base licenses
• Usage of higher license is recorded.
• Overage for the higher license is considered.
• Login is allowed.
• Actions are available for each base license.
Enforce quantities for Named licenses.
Do not enforced quantities for ADU licenses
Over Entitled Base Licenses
A user is entitled with multiple external base licenses
• Usage of higher license is recorded.
• Overage for the higher license is considered.
• Login is allowed.
• Actions are available for each base license.
Enforce quantities for Named licenses.
Do not enforced quantities for ADU licenses
Over Entitled Base Licenses
A user is entitled with an internal base license and an external base license. For example, a user has Supplier Collaboration license and Standard Author license, or, a user has Enterprise Collaboration license and Supplier license.
• Usage of higher license is recorded.
• Overage for the higher license is considered.
• Login is allowed.
• Actions are available for each base license.
Enforce quantities for Named licenses.
Do not enforced quantities for ADU licenses
Over Entitled Base Licenses
A user is entitled with two equivalent internal and external base licenses. For example, a user has both Standard Author license and Supplier Author license.
• Usage of higher license is recorded.
• Overage for the higher license is considered.
• Login is allowed.
• Actions are available for each base license.
Enforce quantities for Named licenses.
Do not enforced quantities for ADU licenses
Missing Prerequisite Licenses
An incorrect base license is available. For example, user has Enterprise Collaboration and Design Engineering. Standard Author is missing
• Report on usage of only entitled licenses
• Consider overage for entitled licenses
• Login is allowed
• Show actions for all licenses a user has been entitled with
Enforce quantities for Named licenses
Do not enforce quantities for ADU licenses
Missing Prerequisite Licenses
All base prerequisite licenses are missing. For example, only Design Engineering is made available for a user and no base licenses - View and Print, Enterprise Collaboration, Supplier Collaboration, Standard Author, or Supplier Author - are made available
• Report does not include usage for this
• Report does not include overage for this
• Login is not allowed
Not applicable
Missing Prerequisite Licenses
A non-base prerequisite license is missing. For example, one of Design Engineering Lite, Design Engineering, or Product Engineering is missing but Advanced Product Design is made available for a user
• Report on usage of only entitled licenses
• Consider overage for entitled licenses
• Login is allowed
• Show actions for all licenses a user has been entitled with
Enforce quantities for Named licenses
Do not enforce quantities for ADU licenses
Mis-entitlement of Named and Concurrent Licenses
A user is entitled with multiple licenses ePLM and legacy generations (irrespective on whether the entitlement is being made via User Groups or License Groups). For example, a user is entitled with Base and Enterprise Collaboration licenses
• Report on usage of Named license
• Consider overage for Named license
• Login is allowed
• Show actions from the common profile for Named and ADU users
Enforce quantities for Named licenses
Do not enforce quantities for ADU licenses
Mis-entitlement of Licenses from Two Generations
A user is entitled with multiple licenses ePLM and legacy generations (irrespective on whether the entitlement is being made via User Groups or License Groups). For example, a user is entitled with Base and Enterprise Collaboration licenses
• Report on usage of ePLM licenses
• Consider overage of ePLM licenses
• Show actions from the ePLM profiles
Enforce quantities for Named licenses
Do not enforce quantities for ADU licenses
Mis-entitlement of Licenses from Two Generations
An user is entitled with licenses from only first generation. For example a user is entitled with PJL Link and PDMLink Heavy licenses
Keep existing behaviour
Keep existing behaviour
Assignment to an ADU base license followed by assignment to higher ranked Named licence on the same day (and vice-versa)
A user is effectively assigned to an ADU base license and then effectively to a higher Named base license within the same day and vice-versa.
The latest effective Named base license as well as the latest effective ADU base licenses are recorded as consumed for the day.
Not applicable
Over‑Assignment of Named Licenses After License Renewal
Users are actively assigned to the Named licenses. The Named license entitlement reaches its expiration date. A new entitlement is procured for the same Named license type with a lower license count.
Negative effective available count for the Named license is reported.
The licenses that are effective for each user at the time the report is generated, are considered.
The User login overage section includes overage details only for ADU licenses where isEnforced = false. The system does not calculate or display overage details for Named licenses under any circumstances.
Not applicable
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