Licenses overview

The installation and activation of the Board license is a part of the software installation process. Two categories of licenses exist,

• the Stand-alone license, which is installed on the client computer where Board Client is installed. This license type enables Board to run on a single computer only, one license per computer is needed. This license is required for stand-alone architectures for example for Board developers that need to work locally on their PC.
• the Master license (or Server license) which is installed on the server where the Board Server is installed, controls the users that connect to the server.

User license profile

Five different levels of licenses exist, regardless of the stand-alone or Master ones, each providing a different set of functionality:

• Developer: this is the highest level license, it allows you to create and edit Board databases a capsules without restrictions. It is intended for Board administrators, developers and power users.
• Power User: this license provides unrestricted access to Capsules both for navigation and for development purposes but does not allow to access any database design feature. This license is for power users that do not need to modify the design of Board databases.
• User: this license provides access to the Capsule environment and all navigation features but does not allow to design or modify a Capsule; access to the Capsule design mode is prohibited. It is intended for users that only need to open existing Capsules, including budgeting and simulation applications, that have been designed for them by a user having a Developer or Power User license.
• Lite: this license provides the same functions as the User license with the exception that data-entry is prohibited. It is essentially a ”read-only” license suitable for users that need to navigate existing Capsules with reports, charts or any other data-presentation object but who can't enter data.
• User 15: this license provides the same functions as the User license but is limited to 15 days of use. Whenever a user with this license logs in Board, a day will be deducted from the totals day of use included in his/her license. No day will be deducted for any subsequent login on the same day. The day ends at 24:00 in the time zone in which the server is located: the first login after this time will result in the deduction of another day of use from the license.

Each of the above user licenses types can be upgraded with the MS-Office Add-in license which allows to use the Board Add-in for Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010.

Master license characteristics

The Master or Server license, has the following characteristics

Licensing mode

The licensing mode determines how the server verifies the licenses of end users.

 A Board Server can adopt one only of the following two licensing modes

• Concurrent Users, meaning that the Board Server counts the number of Board users that are logged on and allows only a given maximum number of users to work simultaneously. For example a 50 concurrent users license allows the definition of more than 50 user accounts but only up to 50 users can work simultaneously. When the limit is reached, if an additional user attempts to log-on, he receives the error message "Too many users logged-on” and must wait until one of the active users logs-off.

• Named users, meaning that the Board Server only allows defining a number of user accounts equal to the number of purchased licenses.

Multidimensional Engine

Three engine types exist,

• R-Engine, allows to manage InfoCubes which are tables residing into an external relational database (refer to RDB InfoCubes or ROLAP InfoCubes).

• M-Engine, allows to manage InfoCubes stored into Board's multidimensional database.

• Dual-Engine, allows to handle both types of InfoCubes, relational and multidimensional. This type of engine provides all capabilities of the prior two.

Engine edition

The engine edition can be either the standard 32-bit edition or the 64-bit edition.

MS-Office

Can be of type

• Office for all : allows to grant/deny the use of the Board Add-ins for MS-Office to any user defined.

• Named : allows to grant the use of the Board Add-ins for MS-Office to a fixed number of users (nominated users).