How can I generate a License Report?

I am aware that I can use the license center to administer my licenses. I would like to see detailed information regarding license usage, is it possible to view this information in a comprehensive report?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

To generate a license report, you will need to log in to your MathWorks Account and access the License Center. Note that you must be an Administrator on the License to run a report.

You can export license data at either the License Level or Master License Level. Depending on the licenses you manage, you can download various License Reports in Comma Separated Value (.csv) and Excel (.xlsx) format by selecting the appropriate option. The report types are:

• Active End Users 
  • This report may not be an available option depending on License type
• Product Summary
• Product Details
• Product Summary with End Users
• Product Details with End Users
• Unallocated Product
• Activation Details
• Un-Activated Licenses
• Licenses Without Users
• Licensed Users and Administrators

To export a report at the Master License level:

1. Go to MathWorks Master Licenses
2. Select the Master License for which you want to generate the report
3. Click "Export Master License Data"
4. Choose the data type and format you wish to export which should prompt for the data to be downloaded

To export a report at the License level:

1. Go to MathWorks Licenses
2. Select the License for which you want to generate the report
3. Click "Export License Data"
4. Choose the data type and format you wish to export which should prompt for the data to be downloaded

If you encounter issues with License Reports or need more information, please contact MathWorks Customer Service.

[Walter Roberson]

Betty https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/profile/authors/12778784 comments

The requester is asking about a usage report. I am interested in that as well, but your response does not address this.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

It is possible to create a license usage report by analyzing the output of lmstat https://www.mathworks.com/help/install/ug/network-license-manager-tools.html -- possibly needing to invoke it regularly (such as a cron job.)

To be honest: analyzing lmstat output is a bit of a pain, especially the error handling. If, for example, the license server restarts, then you will get a restart notice in the logs, but you will typically not get any kind of clean "license was returned" notice for the licenses that were in use, so you need to read the restart record and infer that there must have been a license release for all of the licenses that were previously active. Furthermore, I seem to recall that in cases of sudden license shutdown, that there was typically no shutdown record, just a restart record, so you would typically end up inferring that the licenses were in active use between the last recorded activity time and the restart... which can end up attributing several hours use that did not in fact exist.

For these reasons, if you need to analyze license usage for cost center purposes (instead of just to get approximate ideas of who is using the software), then I recommend considering using one of the commecial third-party flexlm license analysis tools.