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Essentials of SELECT Server Reporting

Learn about pooled and trust licensing, support for a mobile workforce, and managing multiple sites with one server.

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Software licensing, made simple.

CIOs tell Bentley that they want a simplified approach to software licensing. They want assured compliance and the flexibility to add new licenses easily. Read the SELECT Server white paper to learn more about how SELECT Server will benefit your organization.

Essentials of SELECT Server Reporting

SELECT Server provides organizations with an ability to maximize license utilization and minimize the burden of administration through the use of pooled and trust licensing. Topics you will learn about include pooled and trust licensing, support for a mobile workforce, and managing multiple sites with one server.

Better Business Insight Through SELECT Server Reporting

From SELECT Server, managers can generate reports that provide valuable business intelligence to aid in planning, budgeting, project billing, and job estimating. Reports also provide insight into which applications have been used, who used them and what the peak pooled usage was for a day or any other predefined period. Learn ways to make SELECT Server a helpful tool that supports your business decisions.

Choosing a Hosted or Deployed Licensing Solution

With the launch of SELECT Server comes new choices for every organization—you can now have a hosted or a deployed license management solution. Learn the benefits associated with each.

How to Activate Your XM Product

Activating an XM application just takes a few simple steps. Watch the session and see how.

How to Activate to SELECT Server Online

Activating a product to SELECT Server ONLINE just takes a few simple steps. Watch the session and see how.

How to Change a Site Name on
SELECT Server

Site administrators may change their site's name as it appears in SELECT Server. Learn how here.

How to Create a Temporary Site Activation Key

Temporary site activation keys are designed to accommodate users who require temporary access to an application.

SELECT Server PowerPoint

This presentation begins with a short discussion on Trust Licensing, follows with a closer look at the principles of SELECT Server Edition, including its configuration, reporting tools, and administration, and ends with a review of how to migrate your operations to this exciting new version.

SELECT Server Dashboard

The dashboard monitors SELECT Server activity and serves as a console for the license administrator to manage SELECT Server sites efficiently.

Viewing the License

Each site contains its own specific applications and usages, which are listed in the license file.

Summary Usage Report

The summary report accounts for peak utilization of pooled applications, including the number of machines and the date the peak occurred.

Application Usage Report

The application usage report details what applications ran on which machines. In this case, the report reveals specific versions of MicroStation V8 XM that were run during the reporting period.

Manual Usage Report Transmission

Manual processes for report transmission and license download are available for disconnected SELECT Servers.

General Server Settings

The administrator has control over the activation and operation of a deployed SELECT Server through the server settings.

TechNotes and FAQs

Find your answers to questions regarding application usage reporting, technical requirements for deployment, what's new in the XM Edition of SELECT Server, and more.