Administration Guide

This complete reference guide covers team licensing for Astah Professional and Astah UML.

Contents:

License management

Install

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How to Register

If you have an annual license, follow the steps below to register:

  1. Log into the CV Members and click [Register License].
    If you don’t have an account yet, create one first.
    Register License Menu

  2. Enter your license number and validation code, then click [Next].
    Registering Astah Organizational License

  3. Select your license start date, then click [Next].
    Setting Start Date of Astah Professional License

  4. On the next page, verify that your email address is correct, then click [OK].

  5. A confirmation email will be sent to you.
    – Access the URL in the email to download the license file, or
    – Download it directly from the website
  6. Distribute the license file to designated users.

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Renewing a License

If you have an annual license, please follow the step below.
If you have a perpetual license, please contact us for renewal instructions.

  1. Purchase an Astah Organizational Annual License from online-store or through resellers.
  2. Log into the CV Members and click [My Licenses].
    My Licenses in CV Members

  3. Select the license you want to renew, then choose [Add/Renew License] from the [Actions] menu.
    Add More Organizational License


  4. Enter the new license number and validation code, then click [Next].
    Renewing Astah Team License


  5. For Adding Method, select [Renew], then choose the validity period from the dropdown list and click [Next].
    Renewing Astah Team License


  6. Review the license information, then click [OK] to confirm.

    If the user’s machine is connected to the network, the license will be updated automatically when launching Astah.

    If Astah is used offline, users must connect to the network to detect the update, or manually set the updated license key file. In this case, please access the updated license file and distribute to the users.
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Adding Seats

  1. Please purchase an additional Astah Organizational License from the online-store or through the distributors.
  2. Log into the CV Members and click [My Licenses].
    My Licenses in CV Members

  3. Select the license you want to renew, then choose [Add/Renew License] from the [Actions] menu.
    Add More Organizational License


  4. Enter the new license number and validation code, then click [Next].
    Renewing Astah Team License


  5. For Adding Method, select [Add Licenses], then choose the validity period from the dropdown list or specify if the validity period you’d like isn’t in the drop-down list, then click [Next].
    Add More Team Licenses


  6. Review the updated license information, then click [OK] to confirm.

    If the user’s machine is connected to the network, the license will be updated automatically when launching Astah.

    If Astah is used offline, users must connect to the network to detect the update, or manually set the updated license key file. In this case, please access the updated license file and distribute to the users.
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Monitor current users

A license administrator can see a list of active users.

  1. Log into the CV Members and click [My Licenses].
    My Licenses in CV Members

  2. Select the license you want to renew, then choose [View Activation Status] from the [Actions] menu.
    View License Usage

  3. A list of active users appears.
    Astah Organizational License Activation List


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Release License

A license administrator can see a list of active users and their usage log. When you find some licenses are not used for a long time, you can release the assigned user and let something else use the seat.

  1. Show a list of active users by following the instruction here.
  2. Check the person you’d like to release the license of, and click [Deactivate].
    License Admin deactivates licenses