Entitlement Management Enhancements in 2023.07
The following enhancements to entitlement management were added in the 2023.07 release:
Entitlement Line Item State and Partner Available as Substitution Variables for Vendor String
The following new substitution variables are available for the vendor string:
| • | EntitlementLineItem.status—The status of the entitlement line item |
| • | ChannelPartner.name—The channel partner account ID |
| • | ChannelPartner.displayName—The channel partner account name. |
Note:The variables ChannelPartner.name and ChannelPartner.displayName refer to a channel partner of type Distributor.
This enhancement enables producers to include entitlement information in their licenses and thus reduce the number of API calls to retrieve such information from FlexNet Operations.
A new configuration option Allow feature override changes to be published to a License Server has been added, which enables publishers to control whether changes to feature overrides are reflected on the relevant instance of the FlexNet Cloud Licensing Service.
The configuration option is located under System > Configure > FlexNet Operations > Embedded Device Settings. By default, the option is not selected.
Feature override changes made to the following parameters on the Package Products - Create A Feature page are updated to the Cloud Licensing Service instance:
| • | Vendor String |
| • | Notice |
| • | Serial Number |
| • | Counted |
| • | Reusable |
Important:If you are changing the feature override parameter Counted from Yes to No, you also need to unmap and remap the add-on licenses for the existing Cloud Licensing Service instances.
The Client Uniqueness parameter is not used in FlexNet Embedded licensing, therefore any updates to this field do not impact the Cloud Licensing Service.