Licensing
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ER Studio Data Architect requires one or more licenses in order to run. A baseline license provides basic feature support for the product. In addition, incremental licenses may be required to support specific DBMS platforms, product add-ons or other functions.
ER Studio Data Architect supports three types of licenses:
- Trial licenses : A license for a 14-day, full-featured trial version of the product. The trial license must be registered before you can use the product. For more information, see Registering a Trial or Workstation License at Application Startup.
- Workstation licenses : A license or set of licenses that is tied to a particular workstation. If Licensee has purchased a Single Seat License (also called a Workstation License), Licensee may install the Product on one computer for use by one end user within the Licensed Country. For more information, see Registering a Workstation License after Application Startup.
- Networked licenses : Networked licenses are administered and distributed by a central License Server (Embarcadero License Center or Acresso FLEXnet Publisher). There are two types of networked licenses:
- Concurrent licensing : Users on different machines take turns using licenses from a shared pool.
- Networked Named User licensing : Licenses are pre-assigned to specific users that are setup on the license server's user list. Those users are guaranteed to have licenses available any time.
For more information, see Registering a Networked License.
If you have problems registering, see Registering by Phone.
Registering a Trial or Workstation License at Application Startup
Shortly after downloading a trial version of an Embarcadero product, you should receive an e-mail from Embarcadero with a serial number, which must be registered as follows. These instructions also apply if you have purchased a product and received a serial number prior to running the application for the first time, or if the trial period has expired.
Start the application
The Embarcadero License Registration dialog appears.
- Copy the serial number from the e-mail, and then paste it into the Serial Number field.
- Enter your Embarcadero Developer Network (EDN) account credentials in the Login or Email and Password fields.
If you have not previously created an EDN account, or have forgotten your password, click I need to create ... or I’ve lost my password.
- Click Register .
The activation file should be downloaded and installed automatically. If this does not happen, click the Trouble Connecting? Try Web Registration link in the license registration dialog and follow the prompts. If you still have problems, see Registering by Phone.
Registering a Workstation License after Application Startup
The following instructions assume that you have received a workstation license by e-mail and that you currently have a valid trial license. If you did not install a trial version or if the trial period has expired, follow the instructions in Registering a Trial or Workstation License at Application Startup instead.
Choose Help > Launch License Manager.
- In the License Manager dialog, select the version of ER Studio Data Architect the license applies to: Standard , Developer , or Enterprise .
- Choose Serial > Add.
- Copy the serial number from the e-mail, paste it into the Add Serial Number dialog, and then click OK .
- Expand Unregistered Serial Numbers , right-click the serial number just added, and then click Register .
A registration dialog appears.
- The Registration Code box shows a machine-specific identifier required with other registration methods.
- Ensure that Register using Online Registration is selected.
- Provide Developer Network credentials in the Login name or Email and Password fields.
- Click Register .
The activation file should download and install automatically. If this does not happen, click the Trouble Connecting? Try Web Registration link and follow the prompts. If you still have problems, see Registering by Phone.
Registering by Phone
If you have problems with either of the above procedures, you can register licenses by phone. You must provide the following information:
- Developer Network credentials
- The registration code displayed in the Embarcadero License Registration dialog that appears when you start an unlicensed application
- The product base license serial number
- The license serial numbers for any additional features you have purchased.
For North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific
- Call (415) 834-3131 option 2, and then follow the prompts. The hours are Monday to Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific time.
For Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
- Call +44 (0)1628-684 494. The hours are Monday to Friday, 9 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. U.K. time.
Shortly after phoning in, you will receive an e-mail containing an activation file. Then do the following:
- Save the activation file to the desktop or to a scratch directory such as c:\temp.
- From within the application, choose Help > Launch License Manager.
- Choose License > Import.
- Navigate to the directory where you saved the activation file, and then double-click the activation file.
- Click the Import button to import the activation file, and then click Finish .
Registering a Networked License
If your organization uses networked licensing, an administrator, department head, or someone providing a similar function, will provide you with a .slip activation file. Point to that license file in the Product Registration Window that appears when you launch the product.
If you are upgrading your license, or purchased a license after using a trial license, you can import your license through the License Manager. Click Help > License Manager and then select License > Import and point to the .slip activation file.