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Licensing: Adaptiva Licensing Alerter

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Adaptiva Licensing Alerter consists of a workflow and form that you can configure to provide email alerting for license expiry or if the license count is exceeded.

Create a Schedule for Adaptiva Licensing Alerter

Specify a schedule, the mail server, and email details using the following steps:

  1. Expand Platform Features on the left-side panel, and then click Workflows > Designer.  
  2. Click Workflows, and then click Show All.
  3. Search for “licensing”, and then select Adaptiva Licensing Alerter. KB-Licensing-Alerter-GotoWorkflows.png
  4. Click More, and then click Manage Business Workflow from the dropdown menu.
  5. Click + New Launch On Schedule Settings.
  6. Enter a useful name and description, and then click + Browse next to Schedules.
  7. Select the appropriate schedule, such as Every Day, and then click OK. KB-Licensing-Alerter-SelectaSchedule.png
  8. Scroll down to Launch Form Settings and enter the following mail server and email details:
    1. Under Mail Server, enter the FQDN of the mail server and the username and password for that server.
    2. Under E-Mail Settings, complete the fields according to what you want the recipient to see in the From and Subject lines.
    3. Under Alerting, toggle on or off the settings according to the following definitions. Note that the alerts will be combined into one email:
      • Alert on License Expiry: receive an email when the license is due to expire within the number of days you set for the alerting period.
      • Alert on License Count: receive an email when you exceed the device count associated with your license.
      • Always Alert: receive an email with the current status, regardless of pending expiry dates or license count issues.
      • Expiry Alerting Period: enter the number of days warning you want that a license is set to expire (default is 60 days).
      • Default Input: This setting is for backwards compatibility. Leave it set to 2.

  9. Click Save. KB-Licensing-Alerter-EnterEmailDetails.png

     

Edit Settings for Licensing Alerter

If you need to make any changes to the Licensing Alerter that you’ve created, you can find it again using the following steps:

  1. Expand Platform Features on the left-side panel, and then click Workflows > Designer.
  2. Select Adaptiva Licensing Alerter
  3. Click More, and then click Manage Business Workflow from the dropdown menu. Your Licensing Alerter will be listed in the table.

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