Doubts about named user license in CMC.

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

I'm kinda new to this issue, our client has a named license for only eight users, while testing we realized that a user can logon several times with the same user name in different computers. My questions are, What would be the potential costs that this may entail?, why can I logon several times with the same user?, Is there a way to logon on a computer ending the same user logged on another computer? I have read different posts but I can't find answers to these questions.

thanks in advance.

[onkarvelhals · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Following is explanation for NUL & CUL (named and concurrent user license):

Named User license:

Typically associated with specific user names.

Allow 'physical users', that are named to access the system based, typically each 'physical users' will have their user name and password.

One named user license is occupied for each physical user accessing the BI Platform, typically this is one user account per 'physical' user.

A named user can have unlimited sessions if not restricted by CUL.

e.g you have 2 named user license. you created two users (say A & B). Once A is logged from a machine. Simultaneously, he can login from other computer as A itself. You would not be able to create more than 2 named users in this case.

Concurrent license:

Specify the number of sessions that can connect to BusinessObjects Enterprise at the same time.

Each physical user can consume more than one session, for example the same user could use both the browser on a PC and a mobile Application on a mobile device. This would create 2 sessions for the same physical user.

Flexible since a small concurrent license can support a large user base (provided all of them don't login simultaneously ).

Read more, from following SAP Notes:

1285639 - What license types are available for Business Objects Enterprise?

1502152 - If Business Objects Enterprise is configured with only 1 Named User License or 1 Concurren...

Hope this information helps.

Regards,

Onkar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much Onkar

Regards,

José Gómez.