JTB FlexReport is a report tool for applications using the FlexNet / FLEXlm (flexlm license manager), IBM LUM (IBM License Use Management), SPLM (Intergraph SmartPlant License Manager), Solidworks SNL License Manager, Primavera from Oracle or 12D software licensing as well as any Windows application like Acrobat, Visio, single licensed AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. Do you want to optimize your software purchases tomorrow? JTB FlexReport is an inexpensive solution that will help you. By the license tracking JTB FlexReport does and the graphic reports that can be produced JTB FlexReport will helps you to manage and forecast future license usage and license usage trends at your company.

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Is SAMsuite, SAMreport or FlexNet Manager a too expensive product or SAMreport-Lite not enough? Do you want better license statistics or searching for an alternative to FlexNet Manager? Need help with your software asset management? Then take a good look at JTB FlexReport.

JTB FlexReport will help you to see the license usage over the time and help to justify new purchases. This will help you to decide when and how many licenses you will need to purchase next time. Instead of guessing and purchasing more licenses than you really need you can save your money using JTB FlexReport.

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Minimize software and maintenance spending.

JTB FlexReport can also produce HTML reports showing who uses the licenses right now. Basic report Sample 1. Advanced report Sample 2.

Data is also logged to a database so you can track the usage per user as well as work with groups of users. Great if you need help to split license costs.

Histogram chart below can help to determine if you need more or less licenses. Notice how there are 25 licenses but probably ut could be enough with 20 or even 15 licenses because there is very small percentage when there are more than 15 licenses used concurrently.

Email notifications when usage is exceeding a specified level.

Data is also logged to a database so you can track the usage per user or host (computer) as well as work with groups of users or hosts. Great if you need help to split license costs.

Lets say you have 10 licenses of your software that costs $3,000 each. Now you have 20 users that shares these licenses. Do you know if you really need these 10 licenses or if you need more now when 2 more users are coming in? If you have JTB FlexReport it will be easier to make a correct decision. If you just need to purchase 1 less license imagine your benefit of using JTB FlexReport.

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Applications and companies that uses FlexNet / FLEXlm from Acresso (formerly Globetrotter Software and Macrovision), IBM LUM and applications like 12d Model from 12D Solutions are many. Over 2500 independent software vendors have used the FlexNet / FLEXlm family of products. Among them are companies and/or applications from Abaqus, Autodesk, AVEVA (PDMS), Borland, Cadence, Cognos, EDS, I-Deas, Macromedia, Mathsoft (MathCAD), Mathworks (Matlab), Mentor, Pixar, Platform, Progman/Cadcom, PTC (Pro/ENGINEER), Rasterx (RxView), Rational, Softimage, Solidworks, Sybase, Synopsys, Unigraphics, WindRiver, etc. IBM LUM is used by Dassault Systemes with applications like CATIA and ENOVIA.

Click here, for the PowerPoint presentation about JTB FlexReport.

If you have cascading licenses or multiple versions of the same application, you can combine the various separate reports to get a total usage. This way it can help you to comply with that your company are not using more licenses than allowed as can be the case if you for example have AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2008, etc on subscription from Autodesk.

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This is the Detailed Report that is an Access front end application. There is a multitude of reports that have been created based on users needs. Data can be filtered on weekdays, time of the day and between two dates.

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JTB Process Monitor

This is a module that expands the functionality of JTB FlexReport to be able to record and monitor usage of processes and applications.

This opens the door to monitor usage of standalone applications like Word, Excel, Outlook and AutoCAD LT.

There is a service part and a client part of the application and two separate installers. The data is saved into the main JTB FlexReport database JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb and reports on the usage can be done in the normal way. This means that JTB FlexReport also needs to be installed. The client computer does not need to be connected to the network all the time. It still can monitor the usage and when connected again it will send back the data to the server.

JTB Process Monitor is useful while preparing to covert standalone licenses to network licenses as it will help to know how much the applications are used and by what users.

Another usage scenario is to identify users that might not need a full license.

There are also applications that even though they use FlexNet or LUM they are used only a few seconds or minutes and their usage recorded with JTB FlexReport is limited because of the snapshot intervals. With JTB Process Monitor also these applications can be more correctly monitored.

If you have a need to split costs of software based on usage JTB Process Monitor will be a big help.

System Requirements

MDAC 2.8 or later - (Only required for Windows 2000 as it is included in newer Windows versions)

.NET Framework 3.5 or later - Download at Microsoft.com A limited version is available that only require .NET Framework 2.0 so Windows 2000 and older can be supported. The chart client-server solutions requires a minimum of .NET Framework 3.0 on both the client and the server side.

Operating system - Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 (SP2), Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Server 2008 R2. 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported. FLEXlm or FlexNet can be installed and run on other operating systems like UNIX or Linux and is possible to report usage from but JTB FlexReport must run on a Windows OS.

For the graphical reports Excel 2000 or later (up to Excel 2007) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports.

For detailed reports Access (up to Access 2007) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports. If you don't have Access you can download for the Access 2007 Runtime: http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidAccessRuntime

Older versions of Access might have limited functionality. If that is the case for you try the runtime or install the l

JTB FlexReport is a report tool for applications using the FlexNet / FLEXlm (flexlm license manager), IBM LUM (IBM License Use Management), SPLM (Intergraph SmartPlant License Manager), Solidworks SNL License Manager, Primavera from Oracle or 12D software licensing as well as any Windows application like Acrobat, Visio, single licensed AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. Do you want to optimize your software purchases tomorrow? JTB FlexReport is an inexpensive solution that will help you. By the license tracking JTB FlexReport does and the graphic reports that can be produced JTB FlexReport will helps you to manage and forecast future license usage and license usage trends at your company.

(click to enlarge)

Is SAMsuite, SAMreport or FlexNet Manager a too expensive product or SAMreport-Lite not enough? Do you want better license statistics or searching for an alternative to FlexNet Manager? Need help with your software asset management? Then take a good look at JTB FlexReport.

JTB FlexReport will help you to see the license usage over the time and help to justify new purchases. This will help you to decide when and how many licenses you will need to purchase next time. Instead of guessing and purchasing more licenses than you really need you can save your money using JTB FlexReport.

Minimize software and maintenance spending.

JTB FlexReport can also produce HTML reports showing who uses the licenses right now. Basic report Sample 1. Advanced report Sample 2.

Data is also logged to a database so you can track the usage per user as well as work with groups of users. Great if you need help to split license costs.

Email notifications when usage is exceeding a specified level.

Lets say you have 10 licenses of your software that costs $3,000 each. Now you have 20 users that shares these licenses. Do you know if you really need these 10 licenses or if you need more now when 2 more users are coming in? If you have JTB FlexReport it will be easier to make a correct decision. If you just need to purchase 1 less license imagine your benefit of using JTB FlexReport.

Applications and companies that uses FlexNet / FLEXlm from Acresso (formerly Globetrotter Software and Macrovision), IBM LUM and applications like 12d Model from 12D Solutions are many. Over 2500 independent software vendors have used the FlexNet / FLEXlm family of products. Among them are companies and/or applications from Abaqus, Autodesk, AVEVA (PDMS), Borland, Cadence, CADopia (IntelliCAD), Cognos, EDS, I-Deas, Macromedia, Mathsoft (MathCAD), Mathworks (Matlab), Mentor, Pixar, Platform, Progman/Cadcom, PTC (Pro-Engineer), Rasterx (RxView), Rational, Softimage, Solidworks, Sybase, Synopsys, Unigraphics, WindRiver, etc. IBM LUM is used by Dassault Systemes with applications like Catia and Enovia.

Click here, for the PowerPoint presentation about JTB FlexReport.

If you have cascading licenses or multiple versions of the same application, you can combine the various separate reports to get a total usage. This way it can help you to comply with that your company are not using more licenses than allowed as can be the case if you for example have AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2008, etc on subscription from Autodesk.

This is the Detailed Report that is an Access front end application. There is a multitude of reports that have been created based on users needs. Data can be filtered on weekdays, time of the day and between two dates.

(click to enlarge)

Back to Top

JTB Process Monitor

This is a module that expands the functionality of JTB FlexReport to be able to record and monitor usage of processes and applications.

This opens the door to monitor usage of standalone applications like Word, Excel, Outlook and AutoCAD LT.

There is a service part and a client part of the application and two separate installers. The data is saved into the main JTB FlexReport database JTBFlexReport.NET.mdb and reports on the usage can be done in the normal way. This means that JTB FlexReport also needs to be installed. The client computer does not need to be connected to the network all the time. It still can monitor the usage and when connected again it will send back the data to the server.

JTB Process Monitor is useful while preparing to covert standalone licenses to network licenses as it will help to know how much the applications are used and by what users.

Another usage scenario is to identify users that might not need a full license.

There are also applications that even though they use FlexNet or LUM they are used only a few seconds or minutes and their usage recorded with JTB FlexReport is limited because of the snapshot intervals. With JTB Process Monitor also these applications can be more correctly monitored.

If you have a need to split costs of software based on usage JTB Process Monitor will be a big help.

System Requirements

MDAC 2.8 or later - (Only required for Windows 2000 as it is included in newer Windows versions)

.NET Framework 3.5 or later - Download at Microsoft.com A limited version is available that only require .NET Framework 2.0 so Windows 2000 and older can be supported. The chart client-server solutions requires a minimum of .NET Framework 3.0 on both the client and the server side.

Operating system - Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 (SP2), Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Server 2008 R2. 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported. FLEXlm or FlexNet can be installed and run on other operating systems like UNIX or Linux and is possible to report usage from but JTB FlexReport must run on a Windows OS.

For the graphical reports Excel 2000 or later (up to Excel 2010) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports.

For detailed reports Access (up to Access 2010) is required either on the server or on a PC where you want to view the reports. If you don't have Access you can download for the Access 2010 Runtime: http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidAccessRuntime

Older versions of Access might have limited functionality. If that is the case for you try the runtime or install the latest available version of Access.