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WMS Licensing

Dave Gutman
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This article explains Produmex WMS Professional and Terminal licenses 

 

Produmex WMS Professional license

  • Definition
    • The Produmex WMS Professional license enables access to the WMS screens that are available within SAP
    • The Produmex WMS Professional license also enables access to WMS buttons added to standard SAP B1 forms, such as the ‘Get Free Stock' button on the Sales Order screen.
    • Examples of screens accessible with this license include: Picklist, Inventory Report, Move Order, Inventory Locking In Advance, and most other screens under Produmex on the SAP Main Menu.
    • This license is referred to as an ‘AddOnUser’ license in the WMS License Configurator screen
  • License model
    • Existing SAP Users must be added to the License Configurator screen’s Assignments list before they can be considered for access to the SAP-based WMS screens. This is done on the WMS License Configurator screen (outside of SAP).
      • Any number of SAP Users can be added to the Assignments list without regard to the number of WMS Professional licenses purchased.
      • To improve performance, the WMS Add-On should be configured as Disabled in the SAP Add-On Administrator for users who are not in the WMS Assignments list.
    • The system checks the count of the Assigned users who are concurrently logged into an SAP database and are running the WMS add-on. Access to the SAP-based WMS screens is denied when a user with an Assignment logs into SAP and the current number of users logged into an SAP database running the WMS add-on already equals the number of purchased WMS Professional licenses.
    • A license is used each time a user logs into a different database, even if the same user is logged into more than one database.
  • Example
    • An SAP system has the following SAP Users: Tom, Dick, Harry, and John.
      • Each of these users has either an SAP Professional User license or an SAP Limited User license
    • The installation purchased 2 WMS Professional licenses (AddOnUser licenses)
    • SAP users Tom, Dick, and Harry are granted ‘Assignments’ of the WMS Professional license
    • The user John logs into SAP, but he is not able to access SAP-based WMS screens because he is not in the Assignments list.
    • Users Tom and Dick log into SAP and can access SAP-based WMS screens (based on their SAP Authorizations).
    • User Harry logs into SAP, but he is denied access to the SAP-based WMS screens because his session would cause the number of concurrent WMS Professional license users to exceed the 2 purchased licenses. An SAP message indicates that all WMS are in use and the attempted access to WMS is not permitted.
    • User Tom logs out of SAP (and his Produmex WMS add-on task ends normally). At this point Harry again logs into SAP and this time has full access to WMS.
    • While Harry stays logged into his first session, he then also logs into a second SAP company/database. Harry’s second login causes the number of concurrent WMS Professional license users to exceed the 2 purchased licenses and Harry is denied access to the SAP-based WMS screens on the second company. He can still work without interruption on the first company.

 

 

Produmex WMS Terminal license

  • Definition
    • The Produmex WMS Terminal license enables access to the WMS functions on handheld devices and touchscreens (referred to as Mobile Clients)
    • Examples of Mobile Client functions include: Picking, Packing station operations, Shipping, Reception, Cycle Counting, Production, and more.
    • This license is referred to as an ‘DeviceClient’ license in the WMS License Configurator screen
  • License model
    • Handheld and touchscreen devices are configured in the WMS Organizational Structure Elements (OSE) as a ‘Thin Client’. (Right-click, select 'New OSE' -- > 'Thin Client')
    • Optionally, SAP users can be assigned to specific devices in the OSE’s Thin Client configuration. If specific users are not assigned to a device in the OSE, then the mobile device has is no user-level access restriction (concurrent license control always applies).
    • The system counts the number of devices concurrently logged into Mobile Clients (handhelds and touch screens). Access to the application is denied if a device attempts to log in and the current number of logged-in devices already equals the number of purchased WMS Terminal licenses.
    • Users logged into a mobile client must also have an SAP license (i.e. SAP Business One Indirect Access User, SAP Business One Limited User, SAP Business One Professional User)
  • Example
    • An SAP system has the following SAP Users: Tom, Dick, Harry, and John.
    • This system has 2 SAP Business One Indirect Access User licenses which are allocated to Tom and Dick; Harry and John have no SAP license
    • The installation purchased 3 WMS Terminal (DeviceClient) licenses
    • The system’s WMS Organizational Structure contains 4 devices: Handheld01, Handheld02, Touchscreen01, and Touchscreen02
    • Handheld01 and Handheld02 are configured in the OSE to allow only Tom and Dick to use those devices.
    • Touchscreen01 and Touchscreen02 have no user restrictions.
    • Harry is not able to log into Handheld01 and Handheld02 because those devices are configured in the OSE to only give access to Tom and Dick
    • Tom, Dick, and Harry log into the devices configured as Handheld01, Handheld02, and Touchscreen01 respectively. They are all able to log into their devices.
    • Tom and Dick can perform functions that create SAP transactions (such as Shipping and PO Reception)
    • Harry can access his device but is not able to complete functions that create SAP transactions because his SAP User has not been assigned an SAP license.
    • John’s access to his device is restricted because the 3 other users are concurrently using all of the Terminal licenses. (He will be able to log into his device when one of the other users logs out.)
    • When Tom logs out of his mobile device then a Terminal license becomes available and John can access his device.

 

Notes

  • A user who has a WMS Professional license must also have a Terminal license in order to use both SAP screens and mobile devices.

 

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