Well, the idea is that every QlikView user should only be assigned a license once to use those parts of QlikView to which he/she is entitled. In the old days, you had an AccessPoint license and a Designer (or something alike) license and you needed both to develop a document and use it in the AccessPoint.
Not anymore. However, since the server manages stuff like Named CALs and Document CALs, how do you license a QV Desktop when the license is parked on the QlikView Server? Do I need to be in contact with this server all the time when using QV Desktop? And what happens when I wander off with my laptop to develop QlikView documents and the connection is interrupted? The answer is: Lease a license.
A license lease means that you get the right to use a Client license off-line in QV Desktop for a maximum period of 4 weeks. There are various peculiar things and restrictions to this mechanism:
- Works only with Named CALs, not with Documents CALs
- Leases for the same license are limited to a maximum of 2 MAC addresses. If you want to lease your license again on a third PC, bad luck - that 3rd QV Desktop will remain in PE mode.
- If you have leases left on your license, you obtain the lease by letting QV Desktop contact the correct QV Server using File->Open in Server. You do not need to really open a document for the lease to be transferred anymore!
- The lease will be checked again whenever you open QV Desktop and the program is able to talk to the QV Server. This happens silently.
- During this silent check, if the Client license appears to have been revoked by a QV Administrator, your QV Desktop will also immediately lose the lease and fall back to PE mode.
- If the license is still assigned to you, the lease period will be extended by another 4 weeks of off-line use.
In short, a license lease is a temporary permit to use a licensed QlikView Desktop off-line.
Best,
Peter
