License Statistics version 6.0 includes the enhancements and fixes detailed below. Most of these improvements were made in response to customer feedback. For more information on how we incorporate customer feedback into our development process, see Customer-driven development. For information about activating your License Statistics license, see Activating a License Statistics license on Windows or Activating a License Statistics license online.
User Interface
This release is a result of our hard work to improve License Statistics user interface's performance and usability. We achieved these improvements by replacing outdated Ext JS 4 framework with Ext JS 6 and by reducing the number of technologies used (including removing PHP, OpenSSL and Apache HTTP Server for easier maintenance).
Details about the changes introduced in this release are given below. For larger installations, we strongly recommend testing the upgrade procedure before running License Statistics v6.0 in production. If you have any questions or problems, please contact X-Formation Support.
Licensing
License Statistics v6.0 introduced new licensing model (2019) which simplifies the rules a lot. Nevertheless old licensing model (2013) is still available to customers according to restrictions described in License Transition documentation section.
Configuration file
Due to technological stack changes we modified the structure of xflicstat.cfg configuration file. Number of configuration options where removed, some where created. In addition to this, more strict validation of the file was introduced. You may want to check Configuring License Statistics documentation section for details.
We strongly recommend to use new configuration file delivered with License Statistics v6.0 and adjust it to your needs instead of moving old xflicstat.cfg file from previous installations.
Highlight of the changes:
- strict validation of the configuration file structure will block xflicstat.cfg file containing no longer supported options and will fail to start License Statistics
- removed options (related to removed PHP, OpenSSL and Apache HTTP Server):
- CORE_HTTP_PORT
- SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE
- SSL_CERTIFICATE_KEY_FILE
- WEBSERVER_USER
- WEBSERVER_GROUP
- TIMEZONE
- introduced options (related to new licensing model and new SSL configuration):
- LICENSE_TOTAL_USER
- LICENSE_TOTAL_SERVER
- SSL_KEYSTORE
- SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
- SSL_KEYSTORE_KEY_ALIAS
- SSL_PROTOCOLS
- SSL_CIPHERS
- LDAP_SSL_KEYSTORE
- LDAP_SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
- options which where available for troubleshooting, but not documented before:
- CORE_MIN_RAM
- CORE_MAX_RAM
- CORE_JAVA_FLAGS
Enhancements
License Statistics v6.0 includes the following enhancements.
Fixes+ 5.15.6 !!!
License Statistics v6.0 includes the following fixes.
| Issue # | Description |
|---|---|
| Issues related to previous User Interface | |
| LICSTAT-15697 LICSTAT-13875 | Fixed an issue with Cancel button doesn't work properly when adding a new license server. |
| LICSTAT-13553 | Fixed an issue with missing gaps on Usage History Comparison chart. |
| LICSTAT-13038 | Fixed an issue with missing logout warning message on session expired. |
| LICSTAT-12781 | Fixed an issue with not correct column behavior while hiding and resizing Feature sub-columns on grids. |
| LICSTAT-12015 LICSTAT-11628 | Fixed an issue with lack of saving state of form settings on some reports. |
| LICSTAT-8695 | Fixed an issue with not correct behavior of Settings panel after it was collapsed. |
| LICSTAT-6735 | Fixed an issue with not responding User Interface while loading too complex Usage Comparison Chart. |
| Issues related to removed technologies | |
| LICSTAT-15107 | Fixed an issue with obtaining proper timezone for PHP. |
| LICSTAT-12367 | Added API endpoints to configure connection to LDAP server. |