Tiers

Autodesk licenses its applications as individual features, and groups those applications into tiers. Each application tier has a set price that can differ from other tiers.

To provide reporting based on tiers rather than features, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications provides functionality that enable you to group features (Autodesk applications) into tiers for aggregation purposes, and to run reports on those tiers.

This functionality is available from the Tiers section, which is under the Reporting tab in the user interface.

The basic process for reporting on tier-based usage is as follows:

Turn on Tiers functionality to display the Tiers tab in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user interface. The Tiers tab is displayed when both of the following conditions are true:

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The Tier-Based Reporting System Configuration option must be selected. (This option is available from the Admin tab, under System Configuration, then Reporting.)

If the Tier-Based Reporting option was not selected, you must log out and log back in to FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications after selecting the option, to be able to see the Tiers tab.

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To work with tier functionality, a user must have a role with the appropriate permission level.

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To manage tiers from the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user interface, a user must have a role that has the View and Manage Investment Planner permission.

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To import tiers from the command line, a user must have a role that has the Import Products and Contracts from Command Line permission.

If the usage data is not already in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, bulk-import the report log data that contains information about tier-based usage.

Create tiers—in one of the following ways:

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Importing Tier Definitions Using XML—This is the recommended way to add tier definitions. You can import tier definitions from the command line or from the Tiers page in the user interface.

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Adding Tiers Using the Add Tier page—You can define tiers using the Add Tier page in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user interface.

Run (or re-run) aggregation. You need to re-run aggregation in the following cases:

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One or more tiers has been deleted.

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You have imported tier definitions, either using the Import Tiers button on the Tiers page or by importing the definition file at the command line.

Run usage reports. See Reporting on Tier-Based Usage for descriptions of the predefined reports that are specific to tier-based usage.

A feature can be part of only one tier.