Floating Licenses

PG Apps has introduced floating licenses to selected product versions. It is called a ‘Floating‘ license because it allows a single purchased license to float between different users when it is needed.

When a user runs a PG App, a product license is “Checked out” from your account store. When the user completes their work, the licenses becomes “Checked in” to the account store and is available to another user.

This gives businesses and users some flexible options:

• PG Apps are specialized tools and are likely used intermittently within a company. A single floating license can be used to support the activities of several users.
• As more users need simultaneous access to a PG App, additional licenses can be purchased and added to the floating license pool.
• The floating license portal provides insights into the usage frequency of a PG App so a business can make informed purchasing decisions and expand capacity.

Installing a Floating License

Setting up a floating license is easy and is similar to prior purchasing and installation methods for PG Apps.

1. Purchase a Floating License for a PG App product (eg. Tracer). New versions of PG Apps will be “Floating” by default.
2. Install the product using the provided installer. Enter your Floating License key and the E-mail of the purchasing account during installation.
   • Each machine that needs access to the Floating License pool must run the product installer once with a valid Key and purchasing account E-Mail. This registers the machine’s computer name, for use with the portal.
   • Your Floating License capability is tied to the purchasing account e-mail.
   • You can install a Floating License (with account e-mail) to as many devices as you want.
3. Run the product. When you run the product, it will look for an available license to check out. When you are finished using the product, the license will become checked back in.

Using the Floating License Portal

Administrators can access and manage their Floating License activity with the online portal at license.provingground.io.

1. Your License Portal account becomes available after the product is installed on at least once machine with.
2. Log in with your purchasing account e-mail.
   • NOTE: These are the same credentials as accessing your apps.provingground.io account
3. Review metrics on your license usage with the Dashboard.
4. Check your available License Inventory. This is a listing of all available Floating Licenses in your account.
5. Review who is currently using a license by checking the Active Leases.
6. Check the history of license usage under Activity.

FAQ

Question: How can I upgrade my current License to a Floating License?

• Answer: Floating Licenses are the default for new product versions. You can upgrade your current license by upgrading to a new product version that uses a Floating License.

Question: How can I prevent a user from holding onto a license when it is not being user?

• Answer 1: Floating License ‘check outs’ occur when a PG App is performing an activity for a user. They become checked back in when an operation is completed. If a user has a period of inactivity, a License will become automatically checked back in.
• Answer 2: If necessary, an administrator can use the License Portal to ‘Force Checkin’ a license.

Question: How can I add more licenses to my License Inventory?

• Answer: To add more licenses, simply purchase another Floating License to the PG Apps product with the same account as your other licenses. A newly purchased License needs to be installed on at least one machine for it to be added to the Inventory.