topic Re: License utilization in Product Forum

License utilization

gokulrajsaravanan93 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:55:02 GMT

We have 10 license and need to know how many hours each license has been used in a day.
Already We have store procedure which give the details based on session and resource usage.

We need data in below format :

License 1 - 12 hr 22 mins
License 2 - 10 hr 52 mins
License 3 - 7 hr 44 mins
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License 10 - 37 mins

Thanks

Re: License utilization

John__Carter — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:43:03 GMT

Your license governs the number of concurrent sessions you can run in Production. It does not limit the number of published processes or resources you have. Utilization is usually calculated by slicing a timeframe into intervals and then counting the number of sessions that existed in each interval. This then gives you the ability to see the change in utilization levels over the course of the timeframe.
Utilisation SQL Script

Re: License utilization

sumire — Thu, 02 May 2024 01:34:38 GMT

Hello @gokulrajsaravanan93 ,

As @John__Carter said, your license governs the number of concurrent sessions you can run in Production.
Therefore, if you want to know whether you are using licenses efficiently, the information you need to obtain is "the maximum and minimum number of concurrent executions in a specified time period."

Heat maps are one of the useful methods for visualizing congestion levels.
I wrote an article about how to get information from Blue Prism DB and turn it into a heat map using PowerBI:
https://qiita.com/Sumire_Neko/items/218cbb66fa958c4ce1bd
I wrote this article in Japanese. Therefore, I apologize for the inconvenience, but please use machine translation to read it.

Re: License utilization

gokulrajsaravanan93 — Thu, 02 May 2024 06:58:25 GMT

Hi John,

Thank you for your response. Based on your input, I can get the license utilization based on the session and its time frame.
However the ask is I need the exact utilization of the license based on license used time and not with session created.

For example,

I have three license.
License A, License B and License C.

Session 1 : Assuming License A is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:00

Session 2 : Assuming License B is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:05

Session 3 : Assuming License C is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:08

I am starting a session at 13:30 , need to know which license is used for this session ?
License A , B & C is used how many hours in the day

Re: License utilization

John__Carter — Thu, 02 May 2024 08:34:05 GMT

Hi - I think your perception of licensing is slightly off. Don't think of A, B and C - in reality you have one licence that permits up to 3 concurrent sessions. So at 13:30 if your utilization is 2 or less, then you have the capacity to start a new session.

Re: License utilization

gokulrajsaravanan93 — Thu, 02 May 2024 08:55:37 GMT

Hi John - Let me rephrase the statement. License A has one concurrent session , License B has one concurrent session and License C has concurrent one session - then all three session are available at 13:30 , I need to know which license will be used for the 13:30 session.

Re: License utilization

gokulrajsaravanan93 — Thu, 02 May 2024 09:06:01 GMT

In detail scenario

I have three license with two concurrent session each.
License A, License B and License C.

Process 1 : Assuming License A session 1 is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:00

Process 2 : Assuming License A session 2 is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:05

Process 3 : Assuming License B session 1 is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:08

Process 4 : Assuming License B session 2 is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:08

Process 5 : Assuming License C session 1 is used
Start time - 11:00
End time - 13:09

I am starting a bot Process run at 13:30 , need to know whether in database we can check the availability of which license and session will be used for this run?
Also License A,B & C is used how many hours in the day. if license A have two concurrent session then total work hours is 48 hours. I need to know how many hours it has been used.

Thanks

Re: License utilization

John__Carter — Thu, 02 May 2024 10:09:27 GMT

If you have multiple licenses their sizes are pooled into a single capacity for the environment. There is no concept of 'sessions 1-3 ran using license A and sessions 4-10 ran on license B', or 'license A was used for 5 hours yesterday', or 'the next process to start will use license C'. Sessions are not tied to individual licenses. Sessions can start if the current utilization level is less than the total license capacity.