We are a large organization with licenses of various levels of ArcGIS and ArcGIS extensions.
No doubt, there are enough licenses to allow all colleagues to access, whenever they need a license. But however, as much licenses we will unlock with ELA, licenses are often blocked because users start always the highest level or don’t uncheck the extensions under Customize.
We would like to have a startup module at which the user every time he starts ArcGIS has to decide the ArcGIS-level which is needed and to check the extensions.
Here are some conceptions we think about:
and if you click the extension button next window should be
(sorry ESRI, I defaced your intro 😉 )
24633 – HowTo: Change the ArcGIS Desktop seat type for Citrix or restricted permissions environments
http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=24633
14424 – HowTo: Add the ESRI_LICENSE_FILE or ARCGIS_LICENSE_FILE system variable
http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=14424
17970 – FAQ: Why doesn’t the ArcGIS Desktop Administrator allow switching of software types or thelicense manager?
http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=17970
Here's the info on 10.0 map templates - it's quite different than 9.3.x
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00qp0000001v000000.htm
ESRI seem to be moving away from license manager towards single seat licenses?
If they will support LM going forwards then yes being able to chose software and extension with total/available would be a useful idea. Could also have a splash screen to indicate what version/product/extensions are used at startup
You must be a registered user to add a comment. If you've already registered, sign in. Otherwise, register and sign in.