Activate License

Form ID: (SM201510)

You use this form to license your instances of Acumatica ERP and Acumatica Self-Service Portal. You can license your instance either online by using a licensing key or offline by using a license file. After you license the instance, you can activate it.

Acumatica Self-Service Portal instance and standard Acumatica ERP instance use different types of license.

Tip: To manage the licensing of your Self-Service Portal instance, you sign in to Self-Service Portal with a user account that has the Administrator or Portal Admin role, and you open this form in the Configuration suite.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes the buttons described below.

Button	Description
Enter License Key	Opens the Activate New License dialog box, which you can use to license the Acumatica ERP instance online. When prompted, enter the license key you have obtained from your sales representative, and then click OK. The system contacts the licensing server and validates the key. Attention: Before attempting to activate your instance, make sure that the computer running your Acumatica ERP instance has access to the Internet and has port 443 opened (if a firewall is enabled). Once the license key you have entered has been validated and the status of the license is changed to Valid, click Apply License on the form toolbar.
Upload License File	Opens the Upload New License File dialog box, which you can use to license the Acumatica ERP instance offline. You will be prompted to import the license file you have obtained from your sales representative. Once you have imported the license file, click Apply License on the form toolbar; access to the Internet is not required for this action.
Apply License	Activates the current instance. This button appears only after you have entered and validated a license key or uploaded a license file.
Update License	Updates the settings of the current license online. This button is displayed only when a license is active. Attention: Before you attempt to update your license, make sure that the computer running your Acumatica ERP instance has access to the Internet and has port 443 opened (if a firewall is enabled).
Delete License	Deactivates the current license. This button is displayed only when a license is active.

Summary Area

This area displays the status and the general terms of the license.

Element	Description
Status	The current status of your Acumatica ERP license. In this box, the system displays one of the following values: Invalid: The instance is not licensed and is running in trial mode. Valid: The instance is licensed and has been activated. Expires Soon: The license will expire soon. The number of days before expiration, when this status starts to display, depends on your license settings. Expired: The license and the grace period have both expired, and the instance is running in trial mode. Rejected: The activation of the current instance was canceled because the number of activated instances exceeded the maximum number of instances permitted by the license. Grace Period: The license has expired, but during this time, you can use the instance. The grace period depends on your license settings.
Valid From	The date from which the license is valid.
Valid To	The date when the license expires.
Number of Processors	The number of processors allowed by the license. This parameter is displayed if your Acumatica ERP instance is installed on premises or in a private cloud with a license of a legacy type.
Version	The value in this box is used for informational purposes only; no specific functionality is associated with it.
Number of Users	The number of users allowed by the license.
Number of Tenants	The number of tenants allowed by the license.

Table

The table includes the lists of features available in Acumatica ERP, along with check boxes that indicate, if selected, the features that are activated. You can enable or disable the activated features by using the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

The table toolbar has only standard buttons.

Table 1. Table Columns
Column	Description
Activated	A check box indicating whether the feature is covered by the current license.
Feature	The name of the feature. For descriptions of features, see Preparing an Instance: Acumatica ERP Features.