Using the Licenses Menu

In this section:

How to:

The Licenses Menu links you to information about your current WebFOCUS license, to an audit of User and Group licenses and roles, and to information about licenses for all third-party software products included in the installation. Using Licenses menu commands you can:

Reviewing Client License Information

The TIBCO WebFOCUS Client menu option opens the License Information dialog box. This dialog box identifies the current license key and the individual product components made available by that key. If you are operating under a Legacy license, you can also use this dialog box to replace the current license key with a new license key when your current license expires or changes.

Available Functionality

License Information

The License Information section provides the following information:

  • Product Edition. The name of the current product edition.
  • License Key. The license key currently in use. Contains one of the following values.
    • Golden_Key. This is the default value, indicating you are operating under a Golden Key license.
    • Legacy License Key Number. The number of the internally-managed license key assigned to you when you installed the product. Displayed when operating under a Legacy license.
  • License Key Expiration Date. The expiration date of the current license. Contains one of the following values.
    • No Expiration. This value indicates that the license has no expiration date. This value appears when you are operating under a Golden Key license.
    • Expiration Date. The date the license key will expire. This value appears when you are operating under a Legacy license.
      • Note: If you are operating under a Legacy license, a warning message for the client license key expiration date begins to appear fourteen (14) days before the actual expiration date, by default. This message displays the expiration date and the number of days remaining until that date. The License Expiration Warning message appears only to Administrators during sign in, and it is written to the event.log file located in the logs directory of the Client installation.
 
  • User Licenses. The total number of available user licenses and the number of licenses used for each user category. Contains one of the following values.
    • Unlimited. This value indicates that there is no limit on the maximum number of users. It appears when you are operating under a Golden Key license, and is the default value under that license.
    • Number. This value identifies the total number of available user licenses and the number of licenses used for each user category. It appears when you are operating under a Legacy license, and can include the following user categories:
      • Total Users
      • Portal Users
      • Designer/InfoAssist Users
  • Product Components. The product components your license entitles you to use. If the check box to the right of an entry is visible and selected, you are entitled to use that product component.
    • TIBCO WebFOCUS Client Self Service
    • TIBCO WebFOCUS Portal
    • Designer/InfoAssist
    • InfoAssist Basic
    • TIBCO WebFOCUS Mobile
    • Magnify
    • Quick Data
    • ReportCaster
    • Web Services
    • Open Portal Services
    • Data Visualization
    • Enterprise Usage Monitor
 

*Performance Management Framework - Configured by Performance Management Framework (PMF) Installation.

Because the License Information dialog box only displays those products made available by your license key if you are operating under a Legacy license, one or more of the product components in this list may not appear in your installation.

If you are operating under a Golden Key license, all product components are selected, by default.

  • New License Key. This button opens the Update License dialog box, where you can add a new license key and site code. It appears only if you are operating under a Legacy license.

Reference: Managing Client Licenses

Access to product features and the number of licensed users is based on your license key and site code.

If you are operating under a Golden Key license, the number of licensed users is unlimited and all product components are available to all users.

If you are operating under a Legacy license, when the number of users exceeds the number of licensed users, the User Licenses Used count displays, in red, a message that the user license count has been exceeded, which is written to the event.log trace file. Users that are authorized to access the Administration Console will receive a message upon signing in.

There are three user license categories:

  • Total Users. The total number of named users in the WebFOCUS Repository.
  • Portal Users. The number of users with Portal Privileges.

    Notes:

    In the TIBCO WebFOCUS 8.2 Enterprise Edition, users with only ReportCaster schedule or Library-only privileges are unlimited. They are not included in the Portal User (PU) count.

    In the TIBCO WebFOCUS 8.2 Application Edition, which was discontinued in release WebFOCUS, users with only ReportCaster privileges are included in the Portal User (PU) count.

    Release 8.0 and 8.1 counts ReportCaster schedule-only and Library-only users in WF Portal user count. Contact support if a customer needs a temporary license key to allow additional WF Portal users. Release 8.2 corrects counting Library-only users. Users with Run within the WebFOCUS Repository Workspaces (/WFC) folder path are counted as Portal users because the Run privilege is used for all item types.

  • Designer/InfoAssist Users. The number of users with portal privileges and Designer/InfoAssist privileges.

Procedure: How to Configure License Codes

If you are operating under a Golden Key license, which is the default configuration, access to product features and the number of Managed Reporting users is unlimited. The New License Key button is not available in the License Management dialog box, and this procedure is irrelevant.

If you are operating under a Legacy license, access to product features and the number of Managed Reporting users is based on your license key and site code. You can change these values from the License Management dialog box.

  1. In the Administration Console menu bar, select Licenses, and then select TIBCO WebFOCUS Client.

    The License Management window opens, displaying features available under the current license.

  2. Select New License Key.
  3. Enter your new license key and site code.
  4. Select Validate.

    The License Management page displays the current license key, the new license key, and the features that the new license key provides.

  5. Select Save to implement the new license.

You must reload your web application in order for your changes to take effect. In addition, users must sign out and sign back in to obtain access to any new features.