Fields on the View Certificate page

Page toolbar

The page toolbar includes options to:

• Close the page and return to the previous page
• Display a printable version of the certificate information

• Email the certificate information. See Emailing the certificate information.

• Perform upgrades, if there are upgrades available for any of the activated items. See Upgrading activated items.

There is also an Options list with options to:

• Move activated items to a different machine. See Moving activated items to a different machine. This option is only available for machine certificates, not for registration certificates.
• Regenerate the keys on the machine. See Regenerating the keys on a machine.
• Return activated items for later activation. See Returning activated items.

Overview tab

Machine Summary

The Machine Summary section provides general information about the machine or registration certificate, including:

• Any notices concerning unauthorized, pending, or out-of-sync keys on the machine or registration certificate
• The name of the machine or registration certificate
• The target tags associated with the machine or registration certificate
• The locking IDs associated with the machine
• A list of survey questions configured in the activation rule set for the product

If this is an empty machine or registration certificate that has out-of-sync keys that need to be updated, then the Machine Summary section includes an Update Keys button. To update the keys, click the button.

How the Activation Details are organized

The activated items on the machine or registraton certificate are grouped by product line and activation type (permanent vs. evaluation). For each grouping, there is an associated list of family/version combinations on the machine or registration certificate for that product line and activation type. There are also notices to indicate whether any of the activated items have unauthorized, pending, or out-of-sync keys.

Summary and options for each product line and activation type

Each product line includes a summary of information for the activated items in that product line/activation type. The summary includes:

• The target tags associated with the product line
• For machine certificates, the lowest available move count for the activated items. If you can edit the move count for the activated items, an Edit link displays next to the count.See Adjusting the move count for activated items.
• For machine certificates, the next expiration date associated with the activated items

If there are any upgradeable activated items for the product line/activation type, then there is a link to perform the upgrade. See Upgrading activated items.

There is also an Options list with options to:

• Regenerate missing keys for that product line/activation type. See Regenerating missing keys.
• Authorize activation for unauthorized keys

Family list for each product line and activation type

For each product line and activation type, there is a list of families. This list includes:

• Family name
• License version
• Total quantity installed for the combination of family and version. The total quantity only includes quantities for activated items that have not expired.

Downloading files

In the list of product families/versions, if there are downloads available, then a Download link displays in the last column. Clicking the link displays the Search by Download tab of the Downloads page. See Finding available downloads for the selected company.

Displaying the details for a selected family and version

The last column of the product family/version list contains a View Detail link to display additional details. Clicking the link displays the Certificate Details tab with the activation details for the product family/version, including:

• A summary of the entitlement and product. This list includes both expired and non-expired activated items.
• The activated quantity
• The start date for the activation
• The expiration date for the activation
• The last date for upgrading the activated item
• For items on machine certificates, the number of times the activated item can be moved to a different machine

Ownership tab

Registered company

At the top of the tab is the registered company for this machine or registration certificate.

Groups

Below the registered company are the groups assigned to the activated items on this machine or registration certificate.

To manage the coordinators for a group, click the View Coordinators link. See Managing a company’s coordinators for details on the coordinator management functions.

Next to each group is the list of activated items associated with the group, including the product line, family, and total quantity.

Registered users

At the bottom of the tab is the list of registered users associated with this machine or registration certificate.

Keys tab

Information displayed for each key

The Keys tab contains list of the current keys for the machine or registration certificate. Each key includes:

• The date the key was generated
• The product line, if it was used to generate the key
• The label associated with the key
• The actual key, if the key is not a binary value. If the key is binary, then instead of the key text, an icon displays. Click the icon to download the key.

Options for managing keys

Each key includes a link to save the key to a file. See Saving a key to a file.

Each key also has an Options list with options to:

• View the activation details for the key

• View the installation instructions for the key

• View the legal disclaimer for the key

• Display historical keys associated with the key

• Edit the key

You may also be able to:

• Display all of the previous incremental keys for a machine

• Display the historical keys for the machine or registration certificate

Activation Serial Number tab

The Activation Serial Number tab only displays if the product line is configured on the Product Line Maintenance page to show Activation Serial Numbers in the Poetic UI. It contains:

• The Save to File hyperlink that lets you download a file with Activation Serial Number
  information.

• The product line associated with this ASN.

• The Activation Serial Number associated with the product line.

Components tab

The Components tab lists, by activation date and product line, the activation components and component quantities associated with this machine or registration certificate.

If the same component was used for both permanent and evaluation activation, then there are two entries, one with the evaluation quantity and another with the permanent quantity.

Depending on your security privileges, you may be able to add new components, edit components, or remove a component.

See Managing activated components for details.

Usage tab

The Usage tab will appear on the View Certificate page when there is a usage-based license on the machine/certificate. It displays the usage details that have occurred for the current machine; the most recent transactions appear at the top of the list.

The first level of data shown is the usage history. The second level of data called detailed description will display the usage data. Each row of Usage data received will have a link to show details of the associated usage data. Clicking on the [Show] link will display the usage data in different formats depending on the screen size of the web browser.

• User logs into Poetic, clicks Activation menu and then Certificate to display the Search Activation Certificates page.
• User does a certificate search for machine XYZ from the Search Activation Certificates page.
• User sees a row on the search results for machine XYZ and clicks on the View link.
• User sees a tab for Usage and clicks on it.

• User sees the list of usage transactions details in a table with the following fields.

• Date: Displays the usage history timestamp.
• Action: The usage history type.

• Details: Has a link [Show] that when clicked it will expand to show the row and show the usage data information associated with this row of the usage history.

• User clicks on the [Show] link to display the most recent usage data received and sees the second level of data corresponding usage information.

• On the second level the user can see:

• A View Usage XML link. When clicked on the link, Poetic displays the Usage XML raised form with the actual XML message for that usage data.

• Also on the second level the user sees a table with usage data.

• Date: The usage data usage time value for this record in the appropriate localized format.
• Usage: The usage data usage value for this record with the appropriate description for the usage data’s usage type code.
• Product: The usage data feature title value for this record.

• Feature: The usage data product title value for this record.

Transactions tab

About the Transactions tab

The Transactions tab lists the transactions performed against the machine or registration certificate and its activated items. The tab can have two different views:

• Summary view, which lists higher-level transactions
• Detailed view, which contains detailed transactions

Depending on your security privileges, you may not be able to see the Transactions tab or may only be able to see the detailed transactions.

About the summary view

The summary view contains the summary transactions for the machine or registration certificate. For each transaction:

• If there are any notes for the transaction, then a View Notes link displays in the Options column. Click the View Notes link to display the notes below the transaction.
• A View Details link displays in the Options column. Click the View Details link to display a form listing the detailed transactions associated with the summary transaction.

To change to the detailed view, click Detailed View.

About the detailed view

The detailed view contains all of the detailed transactions for the machine or registration certificate. For each transaction, if there are any notes, a View Notes link displays in the Notes column. Click the View Notes link to display the notes below the transaction.

To change to the summary view, click Summary View.