Configuration

• SELECT Server XM Gateway Service provides support for pre-XM applications.
• Product activation no longer requires the use of license (.lic) files for each application.
• XM applications can run for a limited period of time, up to 30 days in most cases, without access to a license.
• Microsoft Active Directory group policies can be used to deploy SELECT Server name and activation key information to a group, allowing for automatic activation.
  

Usage Reports

• Summary Report accounts for peak utilization of pooled applications, including the number of machines and the date the peak occurred.
• Daily Peak Usage counts application utilization each day, including specific versions used.
• Application Usage report details what applications ran on which machines.
• Last application Usage report identifies the last time each application reported usage.
• Machine Usage report confirms which machines used a particular application.
• Daily Client Usage report summarizes daily named user license usage.
• Monthly Client Usage report compiles client usage by month.
• Server Usage report summarizes server right-to-run usage.
• Enterprise License Subscribers (ELS) can incorporate multiple, site-based usage logs into a single, enterprise-wide usage report.
• ProjectWise Named User License (PWNUL) Usage by month report displays PWNUL peak usage per month.
• ProjectWise Named User License (PWNUL) Site Usage by month report displays PWNUL peak usage per month broken out by site.

Report Options

• Report period can be defined at intervals between 30 to 365 days.
• An explicit date range can also be used to define the reporting period.
• Filter reports by Site, Application, and Records per Page.
• Reports can be exported to Adobe PDF (.pdf) format.
• Reports can be exported to Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.
• Reports can be sorted in ascending or descending order for each column heading.

Site Administration

• Multiple sites managed by a single SELECT Server.
• Automatic usage report compilation and transmission
• Manual usage report compilation and transmission
• Automatic license update retrieval
• Manual license update retrieval
• Bulk User Registration
• Archive usage data
• Proxy Server support
• Administrator-defined process scheduling

License Administration

• Administrator can view license files for each Site managed by SELECT Server
• Administrator can Enable or Disable Check-out Licenses
• Administrator-defined maximum check-out interval. Check-out interval can be define from one day to a term equal to the renewal of an account’s SELECT Agreement.
• Applications can be checked out using the License Management Tool from inside an application session.
• Checked-out licenses can be generated by a system administrator and emailed to a remote user for local deployment.
• SELECT Server can be configured to only allow checked out licenses for designated applications and quantities of those applications.
• Configuration is done on a per site basis.
• Check-out License Report
     - View License Details
     - Email License File
     - Save License File locally or to desired location
     - Revoke checked-out license
• Temporary Site Activation Keys can be generated by the Administrator for users such as contractors, who require limited access to applications in the license pool over a time period less than the license end date.

SELECT Server Dashboard and Message Center

• Service Activity Monitor
• Active Site List
• Recent Activity Log
  Last Five Machines Report
• Continuous tabulation of usage records
• Message Center application error reporting
     - Application error log files
• SMTP notification service
     - SELECT Server and Gateway Services
     - Administrator-defined license expiration warning
     - Usage Report transmission status

Hosted Licensing

• Hosted SELECT Server located and operated in Bentley’s state-of-the-art data center.
• Hardware is fully managed
• “Hands off” license and report administration