Instance Deployment: To Enable Features and Activate the License

In the following activity, you will learn how to enable features in MYOB Acumatica, activate the license, and review the license information.

Story

Suppose that the SweetLife Fruits & Jams company has purchased an MYOB Acumatica subscription in MYOB Acumatica Business Cloud. The instance has been installed by SaaS engineers.

As a system administrator, you have received the instance URL and the credentials to the admin user. Now you need to prepare the instance for implementation. You will be the first one to sign in to the instance, and you will activate and license it with the product key you have obtained from the sales representative.

The company has purchased the S1 license tier with three concurrent users and five tenants. In addition to the default set of features, your company has purchased the basic functionality associated with the Inventory and Order Management group of features.

Process Overview

To begin using the system after the installation, you will use the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form to enable the standard set of features, which gives you the ability to access the Activate License (SM201510) form.

When you enable the features, you will still be in trial mode. To remove the restrictions of the trial mode, you will activate the license and enable the features that you bought in addition to the standard set.

System Preparation

Before you begin enabling features on an MYOB Acumatica application instance, make sure that you have performed the following prerequisite activity: Instance Deployment: To Deploy an Out-of-the-Box Instance.

Step 1: Enabling Features for the First Time

To enable features in MYOB Acumatica for the first time, do the following:

1. Launch the MYOB Acumatica application instance with an out-of-the-box tenant and sign in with the following credentials:
   • Username: admin
   • Password: setup (or the one provided to you by the person who performed the installation)
   Attention:

   When you sign in for the first time, the system requires you to change the password.
2. Open the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

   Notice that a number of features are selected by default and the activation status is Pending Activation, as shown in the following screenshot.

   
   
   

3. On the toolbar, click Enable to activate the selected features.

   The activation status of the currently selected feature set is now Validated, as the screenshot below shows. On the main menu, notice that new menu items (Time and Expenses, Finance, Banking, Payables, and Receivables) have appeared (also shown in the screenshot) that correspond to the features you have enabled. You can now click any of these menu items to go to the corresponding workspace and go to the forms within it.

   
   
   

Step 2: Activating the License

To activate the license, do the following:

1. Open the Activate License (SM201510) form and do the following:
   1. On the form toolbar, click Enter License Key.
   2. In the Activate New License dialog box, enter the 918B-A728-0569-7FC6-D058 license key, as shown in the following screenshot.

      
      
      

   3. Click OK at the bottom of the dialog box.

   The system contacts the licensing server and validates the license online.

   Attention:

   The license key used in this activity is for training purposes only. The license will be deactivated in 24 hours and the instance will return to the trial mode. The license can be applied to an instance only once.
2. In the Agree to Proceed dialog box, which opens, click the link to read the software license agreement. If you agree to the terms, click Agree to proceed with activation. The dialog box closes.
3. In the Summary area of the form, review the status of the license (Valid), its validity period, and the number of users and tenants, as shown in the following screenshot.

   
   
   

4. In the table, review the features that this license supports.
   Tip:

   You can use the filter for the Activated column to filter the activated features.
5. On the form toolbar, click Apply License to activate your license, and the system will restart the instance.

Step 3: Enabling Additional Features

To enable additional features in MYOB Acumatica, do the following:

1. Open the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

   Notice that the list of features is narrowed to the features allowed by the applied license.

2. On the form toolbar, click Modify.
3. In the list of features, select the Inventory and Order Management check box.
4. On the toolbar, click Enable to activate the selected features.

   The status of the currently selected feature set is now Validated. On the main menu, notice that new workspace menu items (Sales Orders, Purchases, and Inventory) have appeared that correspond to the feature you have enabled. You can now open the forms in these workspaces.

Step 4: Reviewing the License Information

To review the license information—which includes the license status and limitations, warnings about any exceeded limits, and statistics about commercial transactions and constraints—do the following:

1. Open the License Monitoring Console (SM604000) form.
2. On the License tab, which is shown in the screenshot below, review the information about your license as follows:
   • In the License Status read-only box, verify that the license status is Valid, which means that the instance is licensed and has been activated.
   • In the License Details section, review the instance limitations.
   • In the Recommended Maximums section, notice that Concurrent Users is set to 3. This means that three users can work in the system at the same time.