Managed Licensing
Altair Units is a cloud-based managed licensing system that enables greater flexibility with your Altair licenses. Integrated with Altair One, Altair Units allow you to seamlessly access your Altair licenses with just an internet connection.
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Launch your browser and then go to the Altair One Admin Portal at https://admin.altairone.com. Log in with your credentials.
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Once logged in to the portal, navigate to User Profile > Authorized Machines.
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Click Generate Auth Code.
The page refreshes to display the authorization code and a countdown of time left for authorization.
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In the Altair Monarch License Manager, ensure that the Managed Licensing tab is selected in the Altair Units License Configuration screen and then click the Configure button .
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In the Altair Units Configuration screen that displays, enter the Authorization Code you received in Step 3 into the field provided and then click Authorize.
If your machine is properly authorized, the following message displays.
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Click OK and then close the screen when you are finished.
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The license borrowing functionality allows users to check out their licenses for offline use. To configure it for your Monarch application, specify the maximum number of hours the license can be borrowed for in the Advanced > Borrowing Duration field. The default limit is 24 hours.
This applies to license borrowing in Monarch Data Prep Studio (under Application Default Settings > About) and in Monarch Classic (in the File > Help menu).
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Choose an Optimization type (ideally ML or Auto) from the options available.
The Optimization setting reduces the time required by the licensing process to validate your license by instructing the application which target licensing platform to use as a licensing source. This setting is ignored if the “ALM_HHWU” environment variable is defined on your machine.
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Click Connect in the Altair License Server Connection screen.
Monarch is successfully activated.
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