Behavior When Mapping Expired Line Items

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

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