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.
- 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).
- 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.
- An SAP system has the following SAP Users: Tom, Dick, Harry, and John.
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.