Defining Organizational Structures

You can define user–, project– or license server host–based organizational structures using the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications interface or you can define the organizational structures in an XML file and import the file. In an organizational structure, the leaf nodes (users, projects, or license server hosts) can be grouped into organizational unit nodes (OrgNodes) which in turn can be grouped under other OrgNodes or directly under the root organizational structure (OrgStructure). Each organizational structure has a unique name—for example, All-Employees or all-hosts-by-geographical-location. The organizational structure is associated with a start date. You can run reports for leaf nodes, organizational unit nodes, or entire organizational structures.

All the users, projects, and license server hosts that do not belong to any organizational structure (for example, new users, projects, or license server hosts) are of UNDEFINED type. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications provides a default organizational structure called All Users. When you run data aggregation, all of the users that have usage will be grouped under UNDEFINED node which is a child of the All Users organizational structure. You can use this organizational structure to organize the users into the appropriate hierarchy.

Note:Aggregation performance is highly dependent on the number of organizational structures defined in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications system.