License Server Usage and Denials Report
The License Server Usage and Denials report provides insights into the usage of licenses on Cloud License Server (CLS) instances, Dynamic Monetization instances, and local license servers (pushing usage data from a local license server to the Data Warehouse requires certain configurations to be set, see the note, below). The report shows how many licenses are being used, how many are available, and the most active accounts, as well as information about denied license requests. By providing detailed insights into how licenses are used, organizations can optimize their license purchases, ensure compliance, plan for future needs, and make informed strategic decisions.
Note:For usage data from a local license server to be available in the Data Warehouse, the following policy settings must be configured:
| • | usageService.sync.enabled—Must be set to true. |
| • | usageService.sync.url—Must point to the usage service URL, which is |
https://<siteId>.compliance.flexnetoperations.com/usage/api/1.0/sync
where <siteId> is replaced with the specific site ID supplied by Revenera, for example:
https://flex1234.compliance.flexnetoperations.com/usage/api/1.0/sync
| • | licensing.trackDeniedRequests—Must be set to true if the usage data should also include denied request information. To disable tracking of denied requests, licensing.trackDeniedRequests set to false. |
For more information, see the topic “Pushing Usage Data to the Data Warehouse” in the FlexNet Embedded License Server Producer Guide (available from the Product and License Center).
On its main page, the License Server Usage and Denials report presents the following charts, giving an overview of the license usage data based on the license type and an overview of denied requests:
| • | Concurrent - Most Active Account Identifiers (Total Number of Events)—For more information about the charts of this report, see License Server Usage: Concurrent. |
| • | Metered - Most Active Account Identifiers (Total Number of Events)—For more information about the charts of this report, see License Server Usage: Metered. |
| • | Denials Distribution—For more information about the charts of this report, see Denials Distribution. |
The top two charts present the accounts with the highest number of licensing events. A licensing event is any activity that involves the interaction between a license server and a client, such as requesting, granting, or denying a license.
Click a bar in either of the two charts to open a view with additional charts regarding the usage of concurrent or metered licenses.
In the Denials Distribution chart, click an area of the pie chart to open a view with additional charts about denied license requests.
The License Server Usage and Denials report draws data from the Usage dataset that is used by the FlexNet Operations Data Access API. For more information, see FlexNet Operations Data Access APIs.
Main Entities in the License Server Usage and Denials Report
The following diagram shows the most relevant entities—publisher, CLS instance, end user and devices—for the License Server Usage and Denials report.
Main entities in the License Server Usage and Denials report