Viewing which users are currently consuming a licence (active users)

You use the Active Users tab of the Asta Licence Manager to view details of the users that are currently consuming a licence from a licence server. A user consumes a licence from a licence server when they are using Elecosoft software that is configured to obtain its licence from the licence server.

If you use more than one licence server, you can view details of each licence server by entering the name of the computer on which it is installed in the Server name field and clicking Refresh. Alternatively, click Browse to search the network for the computer on which the licence server is installed.

The following information about each licence that is currently being consumed from the selected licence server is displayed in the Active users grid, with each line in the grid corresponding to a licence that is currently being consumed:

Product - the name of the Elecosoft product to which the licence relates.
Type - if not a standard licence, the type of licence, for example Trial, Read Only or Educational.
Mode - whether the licence is a standalone (local) or network licence.
User - the name of the user that is currently consuming the licence.
Machine - the name of the computer that is currently consuming the licence.
Date/Time Issued - the date and time at which a licence began to be consumed.

Note that the User and Machine columns will be blank if the selected licence server is an older version.

You can sort the information in the Active users grid according to the information in any column by clicking the heading of a column. To switch between sorting the information in ascending and descending order, click a column heading more than once.

The total number of current users and the total number of available licences are displayed at the bottom of the tab. Note that if the selected licence server contains licences for more than one product, the Total available field indicates this by displaying an ellipsis (...).

You can configure Asta Licence Manager to update the information on this tab automatically, using the Automatically refresh displayed data check box on the Options tab. If you choose not to update the information automatically, you can update it manually at any time by clicking Refresh.

Click Copy to copy the information from the Active users grid to the Windows Clipboard, from where you can paste it into another application, for example a word processor or a spreadsheet.