topic Release of SA license automatically in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/release-of-sa-license-automatically/m-p/282962#M3992 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to have Arc Map automatically release the SA license when it is closed?</P><P></P><P>We have a situation where someone does not release Spatial Analyst it when they close ArcMap, and when they open ArcMap again, SA automatically selected w/o the user knowing. A better practice of releasing it before closing ArcMap would be best, but to err is human.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:37:08 GMT MarkBoucher 2014-09-11T20:37:08Z Release of SA license automatically https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/release-of-sa-license-automatically/m-p/282962#M3992 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to have Arc Map automatically release the SA license when it is closed?</P><P></P><P>We have a situation where someone does not release Spatial Analyst it when they close ArcMap, and when they open ArcMap again, SA automatically selected w/o the user knowing. A better practice of releasing it before closing ArcMap would be best, but to err is human.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:37:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/release-of-sa-license-automatically/m-p/282962#M3992 MarkBoucher 2014-09-11T20:37:08Z Re: Release of SA license automatically https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/release-of-sa-license-automatically/m-p/282963#M3993 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's the way ArcGIS is designed, unfortunately. I had written an <A href="http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=15786">extension</A> for 9.x that would remind users that they have extensions turned on when they start ArcMap (or ArcCatalog, etc). However, since our organization moved over to using <A href="https://www.openlm.com/?page_id=1444">OpenLM</A>‌, I didn't update this for ArcGIS 10.x</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:47:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/release-of-sa-license-automatically/m-p/282963#M3993 KenBuja 2014-09-11T20:47:21Z