SELECT Server

Configuration

• SELECT Server 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.
• Time Zone settings by site allow the administrator set the time zone for each site. Once set, recorded usage for those site(s) appear in their local time, thus improving the readability of reports.
  

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.
• Application Usage by Hour report shows the administrator the in/out time stamp of an application on a user’s machine along with the time duration the application was in use.
• Daily Application Usage report quantifies the unique usages recorded per application, across identified sites.
• Inventory by Machine report provides a breakdown of applications and their respective version numbers, reported by machines across sites.
• Daily Machine Usage report provides the administrator with a daily overview by application of machines and how long the application was in use that day.
• Monthly Machine Usage report provides a monthly breakdown by application of machines that reported usage along with an aggregate total of time used.
• Daily User Usage report provides a breakdown by application of users who reported usage.
• Monthly User Usage report provides a monthly breakdown by application of users that reported 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.
• Custom Activation Groups Reports leverage the SELECT Server reporting tools and display recorded usage data in reports by Custom Activation Groups.
  

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 exported to Microsoft Word (.doc) format.
• Reports can be exported to comma separated variable (.csv) 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
• Custom Activation Groups allow the administrator to subdivide licenses into smaller pools. Also allows for departmental, project, and other license management schemas to best fit your company's licensing needs.
  

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. The tool allows multiple applications to be checked out to the same machine.
• ProjectWise Passports may be checked out.
• Checked-out licenses may be generated by a system administrator and E-mailed 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