License Statistics runs as a service on Windows and as a daemon on Linux.
For more information, see Running License Statistics.
Imported usage reporting lets you import and review log files from a number of license servers, whereas realtime usage reporting allows you to collect realtime data from the license server at configurable time intervals.
Since imported usage reporting doesn't require a connection to the license server, it can be used for:
For more information, see License Statistics Overview and Features.
License Statistics pricing is based on the number of unique users and license servers you wish to monitor. License Statistics starts at 1000 EUR for monitoring up to 100 users and 10 license servers.
See Determining license usage for more usage-specific information.
For full pricing details, please contact X-Formation.
With License Statistics, you can import existing data from a number of supported log files, including FlexNet (encrypted) report logs. The imported data is 100% accurate and can be used for reliable billing.
License Statistics in real-time mode uses data sampling to gather statistics, which will have small inaccuracies. However, over time, you can easily see a trend, and for most real applications (where users use the application for hours), the results average out. So, while License Statistics' data sampling method is not strictly speaking 100% accurate, it provides real-time reporting and flexibility, and can be run on virtually any license manager.
You can access all License Statistics data for all monitored applications from an online, easy-to-use UI.
You can obtain custom reports of license usage information by running a SQL query on the License Statistics database, using either the License Statistics UI or a command line.
For more information, see Generating custom SQL reports.
This tutorial takes you through the process of enhancing your existing reports with helpful information from other data sources. This is useful when you want to generate more descriptive, user-friendly reports. To do that, you need to be familiar with Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc.
The following steps are designed to extend the Usage Per User report with LDAP information.
SELECT U.Name, CONCAT_WS(" ", FirstName, LastName) as Fullname FROM UserDetails UD INNER JOIN User U ON UD.UserId = U.Id ORDER BY U.Name
Move back to the first sheet, add a new header named "User Details" and paste a VLOOKUP function to every field in this column.
(Note that the syntax of the function may vary depending on whether you're using Excel or LibreOffice Calc.). For example, for Excel 2013 you may use the following syntax:
where:=VLOOKUP($B2;Sheet2!$A$1:$B$7;2)
VLOOKUP is a function that performs a vertical lookup by searching for specific information located in a sorted table.
Column B from Sheet1 contains username and number 2 indicates the number of the current row.
Range of data indicates data that will be used by VLOOKUP, using cells from column B.
Number 2 indicates the column from Sheet2 for which the matching value must be returned (in this case user's first name and last names).
Contact us to upgrade your License Statistics license if you need to monitor more users.
The Min Used column describes the minimum number of used licenses for the feature used in a particular time period.
The value shown by this column depends on the usage data gathered from the license server; therefore, it can be 0 even though the value shown in the Hours Used column is equal or greater than 24 hours. This column can also show a value other than 0 which indicates that the license server was not able to gather proper usage data over 24 hours without interruption; for example, the server was unreachable, disabled, or there were problems with gathering data.
This situation can be illustrated by the following examples:
Note that the Min Used column appears in the Feature Usage History and Usage Per Feature reports.
License Statistics does not require an internet connection to run. However, it is important to note that an internet connection is required to activate a License Statistics license. You can activate a License Statistics license on a machine other than the machine where License Statistics is installed. Also note that a stable network connection is required between the client machine, on which License Statistics runs, and the license server, which delivers the license usage data to the client.
For more information, see Introduction.
There are many important benefits to keeping your X-Formation software maintenance up to date.
All perpetual licenses include 1 year of updates and support (any licenses purchased after the original purchase are added to your current maintenance plan). After the first year, maintenance is available for just 25% of the current, regular (non-discounted) price. This is a significant savings over allowing maintenance to lapse and then repurchasing the software at a later date.
Renewing your software maintenance gives you continued access to the best product support in the industry, which includes:
Most importantly, you’ll continue to have uninterrupted access to new versions of the software as they’re released. We’re constantly improving our products, based directly on feedback from customers like you, so you won’t want to miss out on our upcoming releases. (Note that your maintenance must be up to date to purchase any add-on software product.)
The following informational message appears when the maintenance agreement for License Statistics is close to expiration:"Maintenance expires in (x) days! Please contact your reseller for renewal today!"
For more information, go to "Why should I renew my software maintenance?", above.
For Linux, you can use port 80 for the License Statistics server only if you have root privileges.
See Specifying a web server port for more information.
While monitoring license servers in varying time zones, License Statistics uses the local time zone of the license server for all the statistics it collects, by means of PHP to automatically determine the time zones of the license server machine.
To obtain more information, see Specifying supported time zones.
For a limited number of timezones, such as Indonesia or Mexico, PHP may be unable to automatically determine the timezone, which can result in License Statistics erroneously reporting that a license server is down when the server is still up.
To avoid this problem, you can explicitly specify the timezone as described in Specifying supported time zones.
License Statistics decrypts FLEXlm/FlexNet log files. However, there are limitations for importing data using the trial version of License Statistics.
For more information, see FLEXlm and FlexNet.
You can monitor applications running on any number of servers. However, License Statistics can be installed on only one server, unless you purchase additional licensing to install License Statistics on multiple servers.
Apart from reports based on specified criteria, License Statistics UI offers standard set of information:
See Viewing feature details and Viewing usage reports for more information.
There is no need to contact us regarding your software renewal. When your X-Formation software product is nearing expiration, we'll send you an automatically generated email with a Proforma invoice for license renewal.
If you require your Purchase Order number to be included in the invoice, you can add it using the form at http://www.x-formation.com/sa/set-po-number.html. You will need your activation key and quote/Proforma number to complete this form. For your convenience, your emailed quote includes a personalized link that automatically fills in your activation key and quote/Proforma number on this form.
Please note that X-Formation's invoicing system is completely automated; therefore, if you require a different method of invoicing other than the automatic Proforma invoice or require a printed invoice, a fee of 50 EUR will be charged for administrating the invoice.