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In addition to learning about the changes in this release, we highly recommend reviewing the License Statistics v6.0 Release Notes, License Statistics v5.15 Release Notes and License Statistics v5.14 Release Notes if you are upgrading from an older version.


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titleLicense Statistics Agent

WeWith this release, we're happy to announce the first release introduce a new License Statistics add-on tool, License Statistics Agent. This initial version of License Statistics Agent tool. It's a is the first iteration of our new long-term project that will significantly extending extend License Statistics capabilities. It's License Statistics Agent is a separate service installed independently from License Statistics directly on client/server hosts delivering gathered data to , where it gathers data and delivers it to the License Statistics application.

In the current release it allows for monitoring usage of the Autodesk licenses For this first version, License Statistics Agent supports monitoring of Autodesk license usage, directly on client hosts. You can expect much more in next upcoming releases.


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titleAutodesk

Information delivered by License Statistics Agent are is combined with data gathered from the Autodesk cloud platform to enable License Statistics to deliver details detailed statistics about Autodesk user licenses license usage.

Separate support for The immediate need to support monitoring of Autodesk licenses is motivated was driven by Autodesk's plans to change their licensing model from network licenses (FlexNet License Manager) to user licenses.

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Issue #DescriptionNew licensing model (2019) only
LICSTAT-17463

Introduced new Autodesk license manager type: Autodesk,  consisting of components:which consists of two independent data gathering methods:

  • HTTP monitoring of the Autodesk cloud platform (http monitor of https://manage.autodesk.com/ cloud platform) to gather general license and user data 
  • License Statistics Agent gathering , installed on end-user hosts, to gather license usage statistics from client hosts  statistics  
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LICSTAT-17458

A new tool, License Statistics Agent, has been added to expand License Statistics capabilities:

  • First version supports 1st iteration allows for usage monitoring of Autodesk applications on the client hosts 
  • at the moment Currently available for Windows only
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LICSTAT-5760

Possible to upgrade License When upgrading License Statistics on Windows without uninstalling it when upgrading from v6.6 to newer versions, there is no longer the need to uninstall the previous installation. 

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Upgrading License Statistics on Windows from versions prior to v6.6 to newer versions still requires a one-time manual upgrade, as done for all previous releases, following instruction for embedded the instructions for upgrading License Statistics using an embedded database or external database respectively, as appropriate for your installation.



Enhancements

License Statistics v6.7 includes the following enhancements.

Issue #Description
User interface
LICSTAT-17560

Added new , hidden by default, columns columns to Realtime License Servers grid in Administration:

  • Anonymous Usernames (boolean)
  • Anonymous Hostnames (boolean)
  • Query Interval (integer)

Note: These columns are hidden by default and can be viewed using filter controls.

LICSTAT-17559User account password length limit was extended from 32 to 128 characters.
LICSTAT-17467Added new scope (Agent) to API Tokenstokens, used to authorize data delivered by License Statistics Agent.
LICSTAT-17396Added zoom capability to Users Usage History heat map. 
LICSTAT-17246Application name length limit in Branding section was extended from 32 to 64 characters.

Application architecture

LICSTAT-17653Upgraded Java JDK to v14.0.1.
LICSTAT-17611Upgraded Go to v1.13 on Windows.
Licensing
LICSTAT-17354

Changed rules for the Trial licenselicenses:

  • 80% of the imported data is no longer removed
  • instead it possible to import Only data only newer than the trial start date is imported
  • Data older data than the trial start date is ignored during the import  
Additional enhancements
LICSTAT-17526

Improvements to application uninstallation process on Windows:

  • no more asking No longer asks for confirmation if that the data was backed-up
  • asks if Asks whether the gathered data (including embedded database) should also be removed

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Issue #Description
LICSTAT-17698Fixed an issue with separating username and hostname while parsing FlexNet output.
LICSTAT-17585Fixed an issue with white font color on installer exit dialog.
LICSTAT-17582Fixed an issue with Dassault query failure.
LICSTAT-17574Fixed an issue with broken directory structure in licstat-support.zip support file.
LICSTAT-17573Fixed an issue with not matching current feature and license server usage for EPLAN LM.
LICSTAT-17565Fixed an issue with username parsing issue in Dassault.
LICSTAT-17561Fixed an issue with missing sessions for Features: User History for data imported from HASP.
LICSTAT-17556Fixed an issue with broken cookie expiration check for JetBrains cloud monitoring.
LICSTAT-17542Fixed an issue with not respecting retaining visibility settings when selecting all features on Usage Per User report.
LICSTAT-17541Fixed an issue with required requiring password even when creating user account authorized with LDAP.
LICSTAT-17537Fixed an issue with parsing error: "Content is not allowed in trailing section."