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title: Analysis Server – Administration – Contract Management – License Cost
description: "This document provides information on how to navigate and use the **License Cost** page of **Contract Management** under the Open iT Analysis Server **Administration** tab. ## **Introduction** The **License Cost** page contains various functionalities to manage the list of applications…"
url: "https://openit.com/knowledge-base/interface-guides/license-cost-management-analysis-server/"
updated: "2026-07-17"
category: Interface Guides
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# Analysis Server – Administration – Contract Management – License Cost

This document provides information on how to navigate and use the **License Cost** page of **Contract Management** under the Open iT Analysis Server **Administration** tab.

## **Introduction**

The **License Cost** page contains various functionalities to manage the list of applications with cost under a specific contract for contract management. The page is only visible to users with Administrative rights to Open iT Analysis Server.

Follow these instructions to navigate to the page:

1. Open the Open iT Analysis Server web interface using a web browser.
2. Hover the cursor over **Administration** tab. Wait till the sub-tabs appear.
3. Click the **Contract Management** tab to display all the sub-tabs.
4. Click the **License Cost** sub-tab.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-1.webp)
   **Figure 1. Analysis Server Administration: Contract Management - License Cost - Navigation**

The **License Cost** page should be displayed.

![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-2.webp)
**Figure 2. Analysis Server Administration: Contract Management - License Cost Page**

Use the following descriptions of the columns for proper configuration:

- **Vendor Agreement** - the specific Contract the application cost belongs. The list is available when there are entries on the **Contracts** page
- **Type** - the specific type of application
- **Vendor License** - the vendor name of the application
- **Name** - the specific name of the application
- **Version** - the specific version of the application
- **Filter Rule** - the specific criteria used to filter the included data
- **Geo Limitation** - the geological scope of the application cost
- **License Term** - the criteria used as basis for license inclusion
- **License Metric** - the criteria used as a basis for computing license usage consumption. The following values are accepted:
  - **DU-1H** - Distinct User per Hour
  - **DU-1D** - Distinct User per Day
  - **DU-1M** - Distinct User per Month
  - **DU-1Q** - Distinct User per Quarter
  - **DU-1Y** - Distinct User per Year
  - **DH-1H** - Distinct Host per Hour
  - **DH-1D** - Distinct Host per Day
  - **DH-1M** - Distinct Host per Month
  - **DH-1Q** - Distinct Host per Quarter
  - **DH-1Y** - Distinct Host per Year
- **License Limit Count** - the number of licenses allowed for the application
- **Total Cost**- the total cost of the application computed as the product of total usage and unit cost
- **Unit Cost** - the cost of the specific application
- **Valid From** - the start date of validity of the allotment
- **Expired On** - the end date of validity of the allotment

## **Requirements**

The following are the required things to consider to properly utilize the **License Cost** page in Open IT Analysis Server.

1. SQL database is successfully created.
2. Enable **Contract Management** using the the **Configuration** page.
3. Added **Contracts** using the **Contracts** page.
4. List of license applications with cost details.
5. Prepared file containing all license applications with cost when using the **Text Area Editor**.
6. Administrative rights of the current web user.

## **Adding Record**

Follow these instructions to add a license cost entry:

1. In the License Cost table, choose among the available **Vendor Agreement**.
2. Click the **Type** column. This should transform into a textbox. Provide the specific application type.
3. Repeat the steps with the other columns - **Vendor License**, **Name**, **Version**, **Filter Rule**, **Geo Limitation**, **License Term**, **License Metric**, **License Limit Count**, **Total Count,** and **Unit Cost**.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-3.webp)

   **Figure 3. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost- Adding Record**
4. Choose the date range for the validity of the application cost.
5. Click the add symbol **(+)** located at the first column of the row.

![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-4.webp)
**Figure 4. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Adding Record**

The list of license cost should include the newly added item.

## **Adding a New Field**

Follow these instructions to add a new column for License Cost details:

1. At the bottom of the License Cost table, click the **Add New Field** button.

   The **Add Vendor License Field** dialog should appear.
2. Provide the following details.
   - **Field Name** - a descriptive name of the field
   - **Description** - a brief description to describe the field
   - **Datatype** - the type of data the field accepts
3. Click **Save** to continue.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-5.webp)
   **Figure 5. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Adding New Field**

The License Cost table should include the newly added column.

![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-6.webp)
**Figure 6. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Added New Field**

## **Updating a Record**

Follow these instructions to update a specific record:

1. In the License Cost table, click the value of the column to update. This should transform to a textbox.
2. Click the **Update License Cost** button at the bottom of the License Cost table.
3. A notification message should appear at the top of the page showing the status of the update.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-7.webp)
   **Figure 7. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Updating Record**

## **Deleting Record**

Follow these instructions to delete record(s) from the License Cost table:

1. Click the corresponding checkbox of the record to be deleted.
2. Click the **Delete selected** button at the bottom of the table.
3. A confirmation message should appear.
4. Click **Save** to continue.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-8.webp)
   **Figure 8. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Deleting Record**

The License Cost table should automatically be updated.

## **Text Area Editor**

![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-9.webp)
**Figure 9. Analysis Server Administration Text Area Editor Details**

## **Text Area Editor Details**

The text area editor is another way to add, edit and delete records in the list. The editor has the following components:

1. **Toggle link** - toggles the display of the text area editor.
2. **Text Area** - area where to paste and manipulate the records.
3. **Delimiter** - the character to use as separator for each item in a record.
4. **Format** - the format to use for dates.
5. **Quote** - quotation marks to use to separate each item in a record.
6. **Commands:**
   - **Commit** - save the changes made in the text area.
   - **Populate Text Area** - retrieve all the records from the table and display it in the text area.

     ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-10.webp)
     **Figure 10. Analysis Server Administration Using Text Area Editor**

## **Using Text Area Editor**

Follow these instructions to use the text area editor:

1. Click the toggle link **Show/Hide Text Area Editor**.
   The **Text Area Editor** should be displayed.
2. Click the **Populate Text Area** button. The text area editor should be populated.
3. Modify the records as desired. Use the components for **Delimiter**, **Format** and **Quote**.
   To add a record, simply add a new line.
   To delete a record, simply delete the entire row of the record.
4. Click **Populate Text Area** to apply the selected formats. Notice that the selected delimiter, format and quote should be applied in the text area editor.
5. Click the **Commit** button.

   A warning message should be prompted to confirm the application of the changes.
6. Click **OK** to continue.

   The list should automatically be updated.

## **Uploading a Source File**

Follow these instructions to upload a prepared source file of License Cost details:

1. Click the **Toggle Link** of the **Text Area Editor**.
2. At the bottom of the page, click the **Upload File** button.
3. The **Upload Source File** dialog should appear.
4. Provide the valid path of the source file. The **UNC** path (\\\\path_to_file) is accepted.
5. Click the **Upload** button to continue.
6. A confirmation message of the upload process should appear.
7. Click **OK** to continue.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-11.webp)
   **Figure 11. Analysis Server Administration: License Cost - Upload File**
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## **Troubleshooting**

This part provides the possible work around for a known issue in the **License Cost** page.

### **Error page displayed when accessing not in localhost**

There will be times when accessing the **License Cost** page remotely or via hostname, it displays an error page.

![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-12.webp)
**Figure 12. Analysis Server License Cost Page Troubleshooting: Error page displayed**

Use the following suggestions to troubleshoot this issue:

### **Check for Web Browser Console Errors**

Follow these instructions to check for errors in the web browser console:

1. In the **License Cost** page, right click anywhere inside the page and choose **Inspect**.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-13.webp)
   **Figure 13. Analysis Server License Cost Page Troubleshooting: Error page displayed - Inspect**
   The **Developer Tools** should appear.
2. Choose **Console** from the available tabs of the tool.

   The console lists web browser transactions including errors.

   ![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/as-14.webp)
   **Figure 14. Analysis Server License Cost Page Troubleshooting: Error page displayed - Console**
3. Errors in the console may sometimes be too technical, for immediate response, send the error detail to **[support@openit.com](mailto:support@openit.com)**.

### **Access the website through localhost**

To see the server's real error message, go to the machine hosting the Open iT Analysis Server, then access **http://localhost** on a browser. The real error message should be displayed.