Set License Priority

Licenses are checked out every time you access an application.

Licenses are available in multiple suites. Each one of them provides access to a defined set of applications. The application which is available in multiple suites can consume license from any one of the suites, which may not always be the most economical way to use it. If your account has multiple licenses, the default order of consumption is based on the order of creation, the oldest license first.

However, by adjusting the priority order:
  • The default priority of the license order depends on its issue date.
  • Depending on your requirements, set the order in which an application can search for a license.
  • The recommendation is to set the license priority to use only the software features first and the next priority to the cloud features (which include hardware and software licenses). This will ensure the single-purpose license utilization before the multipurpose licenses.

License Behavior - Non group user access license: Administrators can configure the license behavior for company users as non-group user access. This setting enables all non group users within the company to utilize any license without any license priority restrictions. Additionally, there are no limitations on the consumption of Altair license units.

  • Turn on the Non-group users can access license toggle button to set this license behaviour for your company users.

Follow the steps to set license priorities for the purchased license suites:

  1. Click License Priority.
    A list of licenses with the license ID is displayed.

    License Priority
    Figure 1. License Priority
  2. Hold and move the row level up or down to change the license priority.
  3. Optional: Select License ID from the drop-down list to add custom description for the licenses.
  4. In License Description, add custom description for the license.
  5. Click Update.
    The license description is updated.