License Statistics version 6.5 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.

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.


New features

License Statistics v6.5 includes the following new features.

Note that some new features are available only when using the new licensing model (2019).


Issue #DescriptionNew licensing model (2019) only

LICSTAT-17023 

LICSTAT-16891

Introduced a new Feature Reservations page, which provides an overview of reservations for selected features.(star)

LICSTAT-17024

LICSTAT-16892

Introduced a new User Reservations page, which provides an overview of reservations for features and license servers for selected users/user groups.(star)
LICSTAT-16899Added heat map chart to the User: Usage History report.(star)
LICSTAT-16815

Added new support for UTF-8 encoding, including:

  • API
  • UI
  • LDAP
  • Importing files
  • Query tools output
  • Database

LICSTAT-16593Ability to set password for DSLS restricted mode.(star)
LICSTAT-16535Ability to import User and Host Groups from FlexNet License Manager *.opt file using UI.
LICSTAT-16471

Introduced a new License Servers Usage page, which allows administrators to monitor statistics about each license server. 

(star)



Enhancements

License Statistics v6.5 includes the following enhancements.

Issue #Description
User interface
LICSTAT-17237Added ability to edit or delete license server that has a status of "Verifying."
LICSTAT-17228Added About page with basic information about the product and used licenses.
LICSTAT-16943The number of users, hosts and license servers is now shown on the License Details page after a trial expiration.
LICSTAT-16878Added "Group by Year" option to all reports that support grouping.
LICSTAT-16877"Group by" options are now shown independently from date range selection.
LICSTAT-16832Improved consistency of information fields and tooltips.
LICSTAT-16736License Details page now states if HPC license add-on is required when moving to new licensing model.
LICSTAT-16721

Merged the Checkout Denials and Grouped Checkout Denials reports into one Feature Denials report.

LICSTAT-16700Hide features without reported usage on License Server Current Usage report.
API
LICSTAT-16835Improved results when filtering usage of features with sharing. 
LICSTAT-16700Hide features without reported usage on "/api/v1/report/license-server/[id]/current-usage" endpoint.
LICSTAT-16577Force strict endpoint parameters for all API requests.
Performance
LICSTAT-16812Improved performance of event log deletion.
LICSTAT-16808Optimized generation of Usage Per User report when aggregated by hostname. 
LICSTAT-16764Use one connection when querying Dassault license server.
LICSTAT-15750Optimized hourly feature aggregates.
LICSTAT-15721Unified query timeouts across different license managers.
Logging
LICSTAT-17039Removed unnecessary error logging.
LICSTAT-16531Improved "Version data expected but not set" log warning.
LICSTAT-16420Improved startup failure error message.
Application architecture
LICSTAT-17188Upgraded Java JDK to v13.0.2.
LICSTAT-16698No longer start the service when the port is already in use.


Fixes

License Statistics v6.5 includes the following fixes.

Issue #Description
LICSTAT-17128Fixed an issue with broken tooltip for license server without configuration.
LICSTAT-17101Fixed an issue with disabled menu items due to old licensing.
LICSTAT-17077Fixed an issue with SQLSyntaxErrorException when filter value was an empty list.
LICSTAT-17073Fixed an issue with broken filter for numeric columns.

LICSTAT-17056

LICSTAT-17045

Fixed an issue with NegativeAggregatedUsageException due to aggregates status being moved forward on a host that was hanging.


LICSTAT-17054Fixed an issue with not updating license details until next restart after data was removed.
LICSTAT-17053Fixed an issue with email subscription settings selectively ignoring visibility settings.
LICSTAT-17048Fixed an issue with unsupported "locale" flag by DSLicSrv.exe v6.421.
LICSTAT-17038Fixed an issue with unsupported UTF-8 characters in user logins.
LICSTAT-17032Fixed an issue with a blank page appearing when accessing License Statistics using non-localhost address on Internet Explorer 11.