Monitor monitors tools with licenses using live sampling and debug logs for denials, and it monitors tools with no licenses
using wrapper scrips and a monitoring agent.
This section explains how to use Monitor to answer common questions. In most cases, there isn’t one answer to a question. Some investigation is required.
The Current tab shows a summary of features with active checkouts the moment the page is loaded. By hiding the features
that have no usage, this page shows the location of the license activity.
The Usage tab displays the Feature Daily Statistics table. This page serves as a high-level overview of availability
and utilization statistics for a given time frame.
The Feature Efficiency Histogram page displays how well each of the licenses that are available are used over the total amount of time, or over the
amount of time during which there are active checkouts of the license.
The Feature Detailed Plots page is an aggregation of several graphical depictions of availability and utilization statistics. These graphs show
usage at any given point over a year and provide visual cues for determining license usage.
The Usage Trends page provides the ability to report on one or more features over a specified time frame while breaking the time frame
into smaller segments, each with their own average and peak usage statistics.
Batch reporting is available through the ftlm_batch_report command. Batch reporting is useful when the report period is long or there is a desire to have more than
one report shown on the web page.
The Views functionality of Altair Monitor allows an authenticated user to create a high-level table-based status report that shows only the items desired
by the user.
Altair Monitor is a software license tracking tool that reports current and historical license utilization. The license managers
that Monitor supports includes FlexNet Publisher, Reprise, LUM, and unlicensed tools. The primary user interface for accessing Monitor is a web interface.
This graph shows the distribution of checkouts based on duration. The various
durations are calculated and divided into equal-length buckets, which are
represented as vertical bars. You may hover over to a specific vertical bar to view
further explanation. Figure 1. Duration Histogram