Feature usage history

From the Features page, the Usage History tab shows statistics for license usage during any period that usage was tracked. In addition, you can see monthly percentage of use under the Utilization History tab. The settings you make on this page (for example, filters) are retained for the next time you log into License Statistics.

To choose the feature for which to view statistics, use the License Server and Feature pick lists in the Select License Server and Feature section at the top of the page. You can select either an individual license server or a license server group from the License Servers pick list. After selecting the license server/license server group, the Feature pick list will then contain all features within that license server/license server group for you to choose from. To compare multiple usage history reports, see Usage History Comparison report.

General Information

The General Information area includes identifying information for the feature, including the last update time. You can edit the feature details by clicking the Edit icon on the right end of the General Information title bar.

Advanced Filtering

The Advanced Filtering area lets you filter the information that displays in the Feature Usage History grid and graph by specified intervals. Using the pick lists in the Advanced Filtering area, you can choose to show results in the Feature Usage History grid by the following intervals and selecting the desired dates from the Date range calendar: 

• Yearly (may be grouped by quarter, month, week, day, or hour)
• Quarterly (may be grouped by month, week, day, or hour)
• Monthly (may be grouped by week, day, or hour)
• Weekly (may be grouped by day or hour)
• Daily
• Custom (lets you select the start date and end date for which to view statistic and may be grouped by quarter, month, week, day, or hour)

 For example, if you choose to group results by quarters in a selected year, your results will look similar to the following:

The Advanced Filtering area also lets you choose whether to show used, borrowed and total licenses on the graph. For more information about graphs, see Feature usage graphs.

Average usage calculation

The average usage (Avg Used column value) is computed differently depending on how the usage history data is grouped.

• When data is grouped by Day, the average usage is the weighted average of licenses used in particular day. For example, if you use 1 license for 8 minutes, then use 6 licenses for 2 minutes, the average usage is calculated as (1*8 + 6*2) / (2+8) = 2.
• When data is grouped by Week, the value displayed is the mathematical average of the weighted averages.

Feature Usage History grid

The Feature Usage History grid includes both the number and percentage of minimum, average, and maximum license usage and minimum and maximum borrowed licenses. The grid also includes the total number of licenses for the selected feature. 

The color of the text in the license usage columns helps you quickly recognize the level of utilization:

1. Red: 90% - 100% utilization
2. Yellow: 70% to 89% utilization
3. Green: 0% to 69% utilization

If you filter the grid data using the grid columns, those filters will also be used in the graph and when downloading the data to a file.

Feature Usage History graph

The Feature Usage History graph plots the number of licenses used per day, shown in hourly intervals, throughout the selected month. This graph gives you a quick picture of license usage fluctuation during the selected month.

Note that the graph reflects the filters you apply and the number of rows you select to display in the grid. For example, if you choose to show only 20 rows of data in the grid, only those 20 rows of data will be depicted in the graph.

See Feature usage graphs for additional information about feature use graphs.