Link between licenses

The links defining relationships between individual licenses can be created between the licenses in ALVAO Asset Management.

"Links" tab

You can manage the links in the ALVAO Asset Management Console main window, in the Manage license window, on the Links tab. There are both direct and indirect (transitive) links.

Views

In default settings the "Links" tab displays the following views:

Direct – displays only the direct links, i.e. links with the start or end license directly selected from the tree.
Follows after – displays a list of the licenses which are followed by the selected license.
Precedes before – displays a list of the licenses which are preceded by the selected license.

Columns

Name	Description
Path	Path to the established object.
Object kind	Kind of established object.
Object Name	Name of established object.
Direct	Yes – it is a direct link to the object selected from the tree. No – it is an indirect link to the object selected from the tree (link over another object).
Link type	A link type from the perspective of the object currently selected from the tree.
Modified	Date and time when the last link edit was performed.
Modified by	Person who performed the last link edit.
From object (path)	Path to the object the link is defined onto. For direct links it is the selected object tree.
From object (type)	The object type the link is defined onto.
From object (name)	The object name the link is defined onto.
From object (link type)	The link type from the perspective of the object on which the link is defined.

Link types

Between the individual objects can the following link types be defined:

Link type	Description
Relates to – Relates to	License A relates to license B.
Precedes before – Follows after	License A precedes before license B. Example: MS Office 2003 license precedes before MS Office 2010 license.

Direct and Indirect links

E.g. between the licenses A to E there are the following links:
A -> B -> C -> D -> E

If the license C is selected, the links B -> C and C -> D are direct, because they directly come out of or lead into the license C.

The links A -> C and C -> E are indirect, because the license A is linked to C indirectly via the license B. Similarly the license E is linked to C indirectly via the license D.

Adding a new link

In the AM Console view the Edit license window for the license you want to add the link to.
From the context menu on the Links tab select the Add command.
This will open the Add link window. License in the upper section of the window is pre-filled based on the edited license. This selection cannot be changed.
In the Link type drop-down box select the required link type, for example "(Upper) license follows after (lower) license".
Write the license name part and select the object from the drop-down box.
After filling in the information click OK.

Editing the existing link

On the Links tab in the Edit license select the link you want to edit and from the context menu select the Edit command.
In the Edit link window edit the link type and the end license as needed and click OK.

Removing a link

On the Links tab in the Edit license search for the link you want to remove and from the context menu select the Remove command.
Confirm the link removal.

Example: Links between licenses to register a software license upgrade

We will upgrade 10 Windows 98 licenses to 10 Windows XP Professional licenses.
The List of licenses will include the following records after the upgrade: purchase of 10 Windows 98 licenses, cancellation of 10 Windows 98 licenses, and purchase of 10 Windows XP Professional licenses.
The list of links for the Windows 98 license purchase will include: Windows 98 and Windows XP Pro.
The list of links for the Windows 98 license cancellation will include: Windows 98 and Windows XP Pro.
The list of links for the Windows XP Pro license purchase will include: Windows 98 and Windows 98.

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