Creating a License Generator Configuration Attribute

FlexNet Operations 2014

Administer Operations | Create a License Generator Attribute

Administer Operations | Manage Custom Attributes | [Add a License Generator Attribute]

License Generator Configuration Attributes

Field

Description

Name

Name of the custom attribute.

Type

Type of value the custom attribute accepts: Boolean, Date, Text (free form or single select), Multi-valued text.

Belongs To

Whether the attribute is associated with a license model or a license generator configuration.

License Technology

Name of the license technology of which the attribute is a part.

Note: When creating a license technology, if you implement your license generator class so that it references the license generator executable, you may skip this step.
In the flow of the Create a License Technology wizard, this step precedes creating the license technology configuration itself.

You can create a license generator configuration attribute for custom license technologies in the draft state. You cannot create a license generator configuration attribute for FlexNet Publisher Licensing Toolkit.

1. Navigate to the Create Custom Attribute page.
2. Specify the following information for your custom generator attribute:

Field

Description

Name

Name to uniquely identify this custom license generator configuration attribute: this name must be unique within a given license technology.

License Technology

License technology that includes the license generator configuration for this attribute. Choose from the drop-down list. This value cannot be changed once set.

Is Required?

Will this be a required or optional attribute for license generation?

Type

Type of value the custom attribute accepts. This cannot be changed once set.

• Number: A numeral, for example, “33452”. (Value must be integral.)
• Text: An alphanumeric string.
• Max Length: Maximum number of characters the text field will accept
• Text Type: this cannot be changed once set.

-Free Form: If you select this option, your custom attribute will take a typed-in alphanumeric string.

-Single Select: If you select this option, your custom attribute will take the value of an item from a drop-down list.

-Multi Valued Text: If you select this option, your custom attribute will take the value of several checked boxes next to items in a specified list.

-Valid Values: Use to specify a list from which Single Select or Multi Valued Text items can be chosen.

-Long Text: A text value that can be up to 16384 characters. The value can be typed or pasted into the text box. (The Display Type setting controls how a long text value will be displayed.)

• Boolean: A pair of radio buttons for mutually exclusive choices, that is, “Yes” or “No”.
• Date: A date that can be selected from a calendar tool.

Note: Consult the FlexNet Operations Implementation Guide for details on how configure the resource bundle.

3. Click Save to save your changes, Next to move to the next page without saving, Reset to clear all fields, and Add New to specify another attribute.
• If you need to, create an attribute for the name of your license generator executable.
4. Click Next to create a license generator configuration.

See Also

Creating a License Technology

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June 2015

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