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About

JTB FlexReport is a report tool for applications using the FLEXnet / FLEXlm (flexlm license manager), IBM LUM or 12D software licensing . Do you want to optimize your software purchases tomorrow? JTB FlexReport is an inexpensive solution that will help you. By the tracking JTB FlexReport does and the graphic reports that can be produced JTB FlexReport will helps you to manage and forecast license usage at your company.

 Is SAMsuite, SAMreport or FLEXnet Manager a too expensive product or SAMreport-Lite not enough? Do you want better license statistics? Then take a good look at JTB FlexReport.

Contact us to get a time limited fully functional version for free.

JTB FlexReport will help you to see the license usage over the time and help to justify new purchases. This will help you to decide when and how many licenses you will need to purchase next time. Instead of guessing and purchasing more licenses than you really need you can save your money using JTB FlexReport.

JTB FlexReport can also produce HTML reports showing who uses the licenses right now. Sample 1. Sample 2.

Data is also logged to a database so you can track the usage per user as well as work with groups of users. Great if you need help to split license costs.

Email notifications when usage is exceeding a specified level.

Lets say you have 10 licenses of your software that costs $3,000 each. Now you have 20 users that shares these licenses. Do you know if you really need these 10 licenses or if you need more now when 2 more users are coming in? If you have JTB FlexReport it will be easier to make a correct decision. If you just need to purchase 1 less license imagine your benefit of using JTB FlexReport.

Applications and companies that uses FLEXnet / FLEXlm from Macrovision (formerly Globetrotter Software), IBM LUM and applications like 12d Model from 12D Solutions are many. Over 2500 independent software vendors have used the FLEXnet / FLEXlm family of products. Among them are companies and/or applications from Abaqus, Autodesk, AVEVA (PDMS), Borland, Cadence, CADopia (IntelliCAD), Cognos, EDS, I-Deas, Macromedia, Mathsoft (MathCAD), Mathworks (Matlab), Mentor, Pixar, Platform, Progman/Cadcom, PTC (Pro-Engineer), Rasterx (RxView), Rational, Softimage, Solidworks, Sybase, Synopsys, Unigraphics, WindRiver, etc. IBM LUM is used by Dassault Systemes with applications like Catia and Enovia.

Look at the PowerPoint presentation about JTB FlexReport or this Flash Player recording.

Make sure you view the show as it's animated. Press F5 in PowerPoint.
(Download Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Viewer if you don't have PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewer)

This is an example of a detailed report created with JTB FlexReport. Every user is mapped to a group. The group can be a location, division, cost center, it's up to you.

This report is showing how many hours each user has used applications each month sorted with the highest usage first.

If you have cascading licenses or multiple versions of the same application, you can combine the various separate reports to get a total usage. This way it can help you to comply with that your company are not using more licenses than allowed as can be the case if you for example have AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2008, etc on subscription from Autodesk.

Look at data for example of 20 months where max usage per day is showed. Notice that the available number of licenses has been adjusted up and down as in this case the licenses are rented on a monthly basis.

20 months usage

Or 10 months.

10 months usage

Or just 5 days.

5 days usage

Download

This is the download for the latest version 4.2.0.

     http://www.jtbworld.com/jtbflexreport/JTBFlexReportSetup.zip (About 2.6MB) Works in limited trial mode if you don't have any license file.

The free limited trial without license file is restricted to only create HTML reports using JTBFlexReport.ini. The report will be named JTB FlexReport Sample.html and placed in the same folder as the executable file. JTBFlexReport.ini can be customized to work in your environment finding your FLEXnet / FLEXlm licenses.

Contact us to get a time limited fully functional version for free. You can try it in your environment with your real data for a few weeks.

For a free trial of the reports using sample data look at this blog post for details.

Download of JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports for Access 2007 RunTime if you don't have Access or have an older version.

Upgrade

To upgrade uninstall the existing version first. If you want to be on the safe side make a backup of the database or the setup folder but that should not be needed.

A good practice is to after a while make sure everything works after the upgrade.

Now it's time to remember to compact the JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb database using the Database Administration tool.

System requirements

MDAC 2.8 or later - http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ref/mdac/downloads/ (Only required for Windows 2000 and older)

.NET Framework 2.0 or later - Download at Microsoft.com

Operating system - Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows NT (SP 6A), Windows 2000 (SP2), Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server . If you have the license server installed on other operating systems it will probably work anyway as long as JTB FlexReport is installed on a Windows machine.

For the graphical reports Excel 2000 or later (up to Excel 2007) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports.
For detailed reports Access (up to Access 2007) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports. If you don't have Access there is a version available that includes the free Access runtime. Details here.

Older versions of Access might have limited functionality. If that is the case for you try the runtime.

Purchase

You can always try the product first to make sure it fills your needs.

Contact us for a price quote by sending an email to info@jtbworld.com. Include what applications you have and the number of licenses each or at least the total number of licenses/modules/features/components/bundles you want to report on. The price is ranging from around 55 EUR and up depending on the amount of network licenses it should handle (typically not more than 1000-2000 EUR for up to 500 licenses) and depending how much customization that needs to be done, if any. Price is also geography-based to make the price attractive and reasonable in some countries like China and India. Token based licenses are priced in relation to the number of tokens and how much they are worth. Autodesk subscription customers only pay for the license count they have on subscription even if they have multiple versions.

The price includes installation support, support, most upgrades, bug fixes, minor customizations during the first year. The price also includes that you can increase the number of licenses to report on with around 10-20%.

Maintenance (15% of the purchase price) including upgrades and support is available on a yearly basis after the first year. Maintenance is entirely optional.

PayPal, Mastercard/Eurocard, Visa, American Express, and Diner's Club online are accepted as purchase options. There is also support for bank transfer/wire transfer, or Checks and Money Orders through postal mail.

If you decide to purchase we will send you a hyperlink to a secure e-commerce web site that will handle the purchasing. Or we will send you details so you can make a bank transfer or send a check using share-it online services.

You will also receive a license file to unlock and register JTB FlexReport after the purchase is done. The license file is perpetual even if you don't need or want to pay maintenance.

If you need to purchase through a reseller see this link.

Documentation

Read the documentation first for instructions on how to install and run JTB FlexReport.

Download documentation.pdf

Support

JTB World regards customer support high and if you consider purchasing our software we will support and guide you for free to be able to run and try it fully.

For any support questions, feature request or feedback  feel free to contact us.

Support is most often provided via email. Skype, Messenger, phone, web-meeting are also available if needed.

Support is included with the purchase during the first year. After that support is provided if you have a maintenance agreement with us.

License agreement

The license agreement is found here.

Revision History

  • 2008-06-25 - JTB FlexReport 4.2.0 download
    • Support for IBM LUM license usage reporting.
    • Fixes date problems with some locale formats that have the month and day on different locations. Like 23/5/2008 and 5/23/2008.
    • The HTML2 report uses cookies to remember the states of show/hide as well as show available number of licenses in the summary.
    • Update to improve reporting on Matlab license usage.
    • Updates to the graphic reports so they work better with Excel 2007.
    • Some other miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.
  • 2008-04-27 - JTB FlexReport 4.1.2
    • If you have a 4.1.* version installed you should upgrade as soon as possible as there are several regression problems fixed.
    • Some usage in some cases in previous 4.1.* versions were not logged and is now fixed.
    • If a snapshot takes longer time than the specified interval you will be notified by email if you have set up the notification settings.
    • The debug and error log can be saved to a custom folder.
    • User and Computer groups functionality was broken in previous version and is fixed.
    • The installation add file versions to the name of JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb and JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls so you can be sure to get the new version.
    • There are three reports for denied usage added to JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb.
    • JTB FlexReport Config>Properties>Advanced has a new setting: NoTest that can affect performance and database size.
    • Denied notifications works better.
    • JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls now works with Excel 2000 again.
  • 2008-03-19 - JTB FlexReport 4.1.1
    • A fix of a problem with reading the license file. If you have this problem in a previous version you will not be able to use the program so you know if you are affected.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb version is 3.4.14 fixes an issue with users having names including the quote ' character. Users with this problem with this problem will have most reports not working at all.
      Make sure to rename or delete JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb before installing or download it separately.
    • If you have 4.1 and don't see the above issues there is no need to upgrade.
  • 2008-03-09 - JTB FlexReport 4.1.0
    • Performance improvements with up to 3 times less strain on the server and each snapshot is quicker than before.
    • Uncounted, node-locked license usage is saved to the log table so graphs can be generated on them.
    • Nodelocked licenses locked to different IDs or increment lines can now be reported separately. Matlab has this for example.
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition and Windows Server 2008 are supported.
    • Developed with Visual Studio 2008.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb version is 3.4.13 now includes Concurrent usage reports with user name groups Max Min Avg per day or per specified interval between 1 minute and 60 minutes.
    • JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls version is 2.6.1 and works better with Excel 2007.
    • Some bug fixes like groups in the Access report were still for some not saved correctly between sessions.
    • It probably is needed to uninstall the old version before installing this one. To be sure the latest version of the reports are installed rename or delete JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb and JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls.
  • 2007-11-26 - JTB FlexReport 4.0.0
    • Support for applications like 12d Model from 12D Solutions from Australia.
    • FLEXnet license denial notifications. See the tab FLEXnet debug log in JTB FlexReport Config>Properties.
    • User names with the ' character are now supported.
    • Existing customers needs a new license file. The license file should be located in the installation folder.
    • Groups defined in the detailed report are now correctly saved to the JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb again. For help to migrate the groups contact us.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb version is 3.4.10. Download here if you are upgrading your installation or you can rename JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb before installing.
    • JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls version is 2.6.0
    • Automatic finding of FLEXnet license servers with the Find button on the FLEXnet tab in JTB FlexReport Config>Properties.
    • Several other bug fixes.
  • 2007-10-11 - JTB FlexReport 3.4.3
    • The installation package is not updated.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb (file ver. 3.4.9) updated with reports that includes User, Host and Server. Host Group Report per year added. Max Min Avg Concurrent Usage reports should work in older versions of Access now.
    • Version that does not require Access is available. It uses Access Runtime 2007. Details here.
  • 2007-07-18 - JTB FlexReport 3.4.2
    • JTB FlexReport Config.exe updated to support other ways to configure SMTP.
    • JTBFlexReport.exe updated to solve a bug that was introduced in 3.4.0 that can make borrowed licenses not to be logged for the detailed reports.
    • Spaces in display names are better handled in some specific cases.
      A less normal display name could look like this: Z>IIZ]G k0,p-s
  • 2007-07-07 - JTB FlexReport 3.4.1
    • JTB FlexReport Config.exe updated to solve a regression problem when run on Windows Server 2003 as well as a minor bug if you change the database and then try to edit the application list without closing the program in between.
  • 2007-07-03 - JTB FlexReport 3.4.0
    • Logging to tblUserDetailedLog is now optimized further so the size increase of the database is minimized.
    • A new column is added to tblUserDetailedLog to take into account for multiple license checkouts that are common for features that are using tokens.
    • JTB FlexReport Config>Properties>Notifications. Select an minimum interval how often you will be notified per email. If the server is not reachable using PING an urgent email can also be sent with a separate interval.
    • JTB FlexReport Config>Applications is used to set the thresholds for email notifications.
    • Two new columns in tblAppName. EmailNotificationPercentageLevel. Use this column to set a threshold in percentage. For example if you want to be notified when more than 90% of the licenses are used. EmailNotificationLicensesLeft. Use this column to set a threshold in licenses left available. For example if you want to be notified when 2 or less licenses are available.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb updated to work with token based licenses as well as some new reports.
    • Report for Concurrent Usage Per Day or Month with Max usage, Min usage, Avg usage and Standard deviation.
  • 2007-06-08 - JTB FlexReport 3.3.3
    • Fixed some small regression bugs in 3.3.0 and 3.3.1.
  • 2007-06-07 - JTB FlexReport 3.3.1
    • JTB FlexReport Database Administration updated to solve a bug.
  • 2007-06-07 - JTB FlexReport 3.3.0
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb updated. Some bugs fixed. Settings, filters are retained between sessions as well as after future upgrades. Performance increase. Time is showed as both decimal as well as hours and minutes. Compare 5.50 with 5:30 for example. You can see between what dates you have data available. Crashes in some cases in older versions of Access have been fixed.
    • JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls updated.  A fuzz factor is added to not show gaps if there are temporary dips in the line for the number of licenses. You can see between what dates you have data available.
    • JTB FlexReport Database Administration is a new application that let you compact, move and delete data from the main database.
    • If you have created your own reports based on the tables Log or tblUserDetailedLog in JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb notice that the Compact in JTB FlexReport Database Administration will delete the obsolete table tblUserLog.
    • A bug is fixed that in some rare cases made the logging of detailed data to stop working.
  • 2007-05-16 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.10
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb includes a new report for Max Min Avg Concurrent Usage Per Day. It even respects the filters a "second time". That means when you reload the data the filters are used and if you then want to filter further on that data you can do so (only showing less information though), just reopen the report or press Shift+F9.
  • 2007-05-11 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.9
    • Some minor documentation updates.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb is updated so that the information for the groups and host groups are saved in JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb. This way there is no need to transfer that data when JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb is updated.
  • 2007-05-09 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.8
    • JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls can automatically have the data refreshed when opened using the Auto refresh option set to -1.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb has fixed an issue with the end date not being included on the reports.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb reports includes a column for user and host groups.
  • 2007-04-26 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.7
    • Some minor bugfixes for problems that some customers found in 3.2.6.
  • 2007-04-22 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.6
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb updated to support international date formats.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb includes reports per server for borrowed licenses.
    • A new type of HTML report is available. See Sample 2.
    • More and better support for Windows Vista and the UAC.
  • 2007-02-06 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.5
    • OPT files import is supporting extended rows as well as both GROUPS and HOST_GROUPS.
    • JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb with reports for usage grouped on Host Groups.
  • 2007-01-18 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.4
    • Minor bug fixed that can affect some customers due to the syntax of the lmutil status file.
  • 2006-12-24 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.3
    •  JTBFlexReportDetailed3.mdb renamed to JTB FlexReport Detailed Reports.mdb and updated with some new reports as well as easy access to compact the main database.
    • support for timeout and retry of snapshots to solve if the license server temporary cannot be reached
    • JTB FlexReport Config>Properties updated
    • JTBFlexReport.NET.xls renamed to JTB FlexReport Graphic Reports.xls
  • 2006-12-20 - JTB FlexReport 3.2.0
    • JTBFlexReportDetailed3.mdb updated. Filter on weekday, time and date interval added.
    • JTBFlexReport.NET.xls updated to handle other intervals than 10 minutes. This must match the settings in JTB FlexReport Config.
  • 2006-10-12 - JTB FlexReport 3.1.8
    • Minor fix
  • 2006-10-01 - JTB FlexReport 3.1.5
    • There is not a 64 bit version of 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'. Forced the application to use 32 bit and target cpu to x86. Fixes the error message: The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine.
  • 2006-09-30 - JTB FlexReport 3.1.4
    • Support for more types of FLEXlm/FLEXnet type of status logs.
    • Bug fixes.
    • Recommended upgrade for all users.
  • 2006-08-17 - JTB FlexReport 3.0.5
    • Stabilized some processes that in rare cases could halt the program if the debug log is activated.
    • Added 90-days detailed reports.
    • JTBFlexReportDetailed3.mdb updated.
  • 2006-08-08 - JTB FlexReport 3.0
    • Now based on .Net Framework 2.0.
    • Minor additions and updates.
  • 2006-05-25 - JTB FlexReport 2.3
    • Support for groups defined in the FLEXnet/FLEXlm options files (OPT).
    • JTBFlexReportDetailed3.mdb has several detailed reports.
    • Reserved license groups or hosts are reported correctly. Users using reservations should upgrade.
  • 2006-03-27 - JTB FlexReport 2.2
    • More granular and better detailed reports
  • 2005-05-14 - JTB FlexReport 2.1
    • The time on the file name on the HTML backup files is more correct now. It was off 10 minutes before.
    • Some special cases of the FLEXnet/FLEXlm status file syntax that generated an error are fixed upon users notification.
    • Spaces in the user name are now handled correctly.
    • There is a undocumented registry fix so the temporary files can be saved in another folder than %temp%. Contact us if needed.
    • There is a separate Access database (JTBFlexReportDetailed.NET.mdb) that helps you with detailed reports on user usage.
    • Some issues with grouping of users in the graphic report have been addressed.
  • 2005-04-11 - JTB FlexReport 2.0
    • Built using .Net Framework 1.1.
    • Advanced grouping of features, users or servers.
    • Separate usage per server.
    • Detailed user usage logging.
    • Borrow usage is logged.
    • Ability to run as a service.
  • 2004-08-01 - JTB FlexReport 1.4
    • Minor improvements and bugfixes related to different date formats.
    • Some improvements on the Excel reports to make it easier to navigate between the sheets.
  • 2004-07-17 - JTB FlexReport 1.3
    • The logs are saved in an Access Database instead of CSV to improve the reporting functionality.
    • Improved reports with better flexibility.
  • 2003-12-28 - JTB FlexReport 1.2
    • Launched at the internet.
  • 2003-11-10 - JTB FlexReport 1.1
    • Report tool added
  • 2003-08-20 - JTB FlexReport 1
    • CSV reporting added
  • 2002-03-10 - JTB FlexReport Beta
    • HTML reporting

Support

The support of JTB FlexReport is included in the price. Most often you can receive support within 24 hours even though we cannot guarantee it.

JTB FlexReport on the www:

Some JTB FlexReport reference customers:

"I am very happy with LUM support. It is very good tool. I would recommend to anyone to use this tool." - Jorma at Metso

"JTB FlexReport is a must have utility for anyone with more than a handful of licenses if they truly want to understand where they stand with their software license inventory and usage. In addition to license inventory and usage, JTB Flex Report allows us to troubleshoot issues with our license server that would otherwise have likely went unnoticed."

 
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