Entitlement Management Issues Resolved in 2024.08
The following issues were resolved for entitlement management in the 2024.08 release.
| • | Harmonizing the Behavior to Allow Mapping of Expired Line Items |
| • | Updating Start or Expiration Date No Longer Fails When Start Date Option Is Not “Specify Value Now” |
Harmonizing the Behavior to Allow Mapping of Expired Line Items
Previously, the behavior for allowing or denying the mapping of expired line items to a license server was inconsistent.
The following configuration options (under System > Configure > Embedded Devices > Host Options) control whether mapping expired line items using web services or activating expired line items using a FlexNet Embedded client is allowed:
| • | Allow expired line items to be mapped to devices or servers—If selected, expired line items can be mapped to a device or server |
| • | Allow Duration License Decrease AND/OR Allow Duration License Decrease for Producer—If selected, licenses with duration-based features can have their copies reduced by a non-producer user or a producer, respectively. (Normally, licenses using durations only allow increasing the number of copies.) |
The following table specifies whether mapping expired line items using web services or activating expired line items using a FlexNet Embedded client is allowed, depending on the combination of selected configuration options:
|
Allow expired line items to be mapped to devices or servers |
Allow Duration License Decrease AND/OR Allow Duration License Decrease for Producer |
Mapping expired line items to server or device (using web services or FlexNet Embedded client) |
|
Unselected |
OFF |
Not allowed |
|
Selected |
OFF |
Allowed |
|
Unselected |
ON |
Not allowed |
|
Selected |
ON |
Allowed |
Updating Start or Expiration Date No Longer Fails When Start Date Option Is Not “Specify Value Now”
Previously, changing the start date and/or expiration date using the Change Start/Expiration Date button failed if during entitlement creation, a line item’s start date was set to any option other than Specify Value Now. The resulting issue depended on the selection for the expiration date:
| • | If the expiration date is set to Specify Value Now, the start date value on the Configure Line Item panel is not updated accordingly. |
| • | If the expiration date is set to Permanent or Specify Expiration Date, FlexNet Operations returns an application error. |
This issue no longer occurs.