Licenses Tab

From the Global Component & License Lookup > Licenses tab, users can search the Code Insight Data Library for a specific OSS or third-party license.

Additionally, if you discover a license missing from the Data Library, you can create a custom license for the missing license from the Licenses tab. The custom license is added to the Code Insight database from the Licenses tab on the Global Component & License Lookup tab.

For more information about this tab, see the following:

• For instructions on how to access the Licenses tab, see Exploring Components and Licenses in the Data Library.
• For more information on how to use the Licenses tab, see Exploring Licenses Globally.
• For a description of how to use the Licenses tab to create a custom license from scratch, see Creating a Custom License.

The following table describes the search mechanism used to look up a license from the Licenses tab and provides a description of the attributes displayed for the license found.

Licenses Tab

Field

Field/Column

Description

Search By

Select one of the following criterion by which to search licenses (including custom licenses) in the Code Insight Data Library. Then click the Search button.

Short Name

Search for licenses by a string of at least three characters found in the license’s short name.

Enter a string containing minimum three or more characters—found in the license(s) short name for which you are searching—in the associated Short Name field. The search will filter to only those licenses whose short name contains the string entered in the Short Name field.

Note:Consider the following informations while using the Short Name field:

• The search is case-insensitive, so it filters to all such licenses, no matter the upper or lower case used in the characters string in the Short Name field or in the actual license name.
• A minimum of three characters string is required in the Short Name field to enable the Search button.

License ID

Search for licenses by the license ID of the desired license.

To search by the license ID, enter the numeric string, represents the license ID of the desired license, in the associated License ID field, such as 777.

Note:Only numeric string must be entered in the License ID field.

External ID

Search for licenses by the external ID of the desired license.

To search by the external ID, enter a numeric, character, or alphanumeric string—found in the external ID of the desired license—in the associated External ID field.

Show only custom licenses

Filter the search results (displayed using the Short Name, License ID, or External ID option in the Search By section) for the custom licenses.

To filter these results for the custom licenses, select the Show only custom licenses checkbox that ensures the search results include only custom licenses.

By default, the Show only custom licenses checkbox is cleared.

Search

Click this button to search the Code Insight Data Library based on the selected option provided via the Search By section.

Create New License

Click this button to open the Create Custom License window. Using this window, you can create a required custom license.

For complete instructions, see Creating a Custom License.

Search results grid

The results of the license search are displayed in a grid list below the search criterion. The list contains the following columns to describe the attributes of each license. Certain attributes provide mechanisms that enable you to examine more information about the license.

Priority

The priority of the license in the respective codebase.

Name

The name of the license.

URL

The URL pertaining to the license web page. When you click the hyperlinked text, the external web page of the license is opened in a separate browser tab.

External ID

The ID that corresponds to the license in an external system (such as your site’s license-tracking system). This mapping enables you to easily locate the license in the external system.

If the license is not mapped to an external ID, this column is blank.

Custom License

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether this license was manually created in Code Insight.

Created By

The login details of the user who created the license.

Note:For a PDL license, this column displays N/A

Created On

The date of the license creation.

If the license does not have an associated creation date, this column is blank.

Updated By

The login details of the user who updated the license.

Note:For a PDL license, this column displays N/A

Updated On

The date of the license update.

If the license does not have an associated update date, this column is blank.

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Actions

Click the 'View License Info' icon:

 

to open the License Details window that includes the General Information and License Text tabs. For a more details, see License Details Window.

Only for custom licenses, the ‘Edit License’ icon:

 

is displayed along with the ‘View License Info' icon. The ‘Edit License’ icon allows you to edit them. For more details on editing the custom license, see Editing a Custom License While Searching Licenses with the Global Component & License Lookup Feature.

Grid Control

You can do the following to manage the grid:

• From the dropdown list in any column header, select the columns you want to display or hide in the grid.
• Use the navigation icons at the bottom of the grid to move between next or previous pages or to a specific page number in the search results.
• Click the ‘Refresh’ icon to keep the data in the results current.