Test the FlexNet Manager Suite GetFlexeraIDForApplication API

To determine whether the FlexNet Manager Suite GetFlexeraIDForApplication API is working correctly (which means that a Flexera Identifier will be returned when AdminStudio searches FlexNet Manager Suite’s Application Resource Library), invoke the GetFlexeraIDForApplication API on the FlexNet Manager Suite server.

To test the GetFlexeraIDForApplication API:

1. On the FlexNet Manager Suite server machine, enter the following URL in a web browser:

http://localhost/ManageSoftServices/ComplianceAPIService/ComplianceAPIService.asmx

Tip:When identifying the FlexNet Manager Suite server in this URL, enter localhost.

The ComplianceAPIService page on the FlexNet Manager Suite server opens:

2. Click on GetFlexeraIDForApplication in the list. The GetFlexeraIDForApplication page is displayed:

3. In the productName field, enter Acrobat, and in the companyName field, enter Adobe.
4. Click Invoke. The following Flexera Identifier should be returned:

If a Flexera Identifier is returned, FlexNet Manager Suite is configured properly.
If no Flexera Identifier is returned, FlexNet Manager Suite is not configured properly. One of the following could be causing this problem:
Prevented by Active Directory policy—This type of error usually means that the System Administrator has changed the Active Directory policy so that it prevents the Flexera Software services from working.
User does not have access to IIS—The user who is testing the connections may not have access to IIS if they are in the wrong security groups.