Entitlements

Entitlements give access to different functionality.
Entitlements
  • Give access to different sets of FactoryTalk Design Studio functionality.
  • Currently use two tiers (Basic and Core) to offer user seats.
  • Work on a first-come, first-served user seats per organization.
  • Are a pool of seats that users consume. User seats are not assigned. They are active when they are in use.
  • Managed in FactoryTalk Hub. See View Entitlements for more information about managing entitlements in FactoryTalk Hub.
Manage individual entitlements
  • When you first log into FactoryTalk Design Studio, you get assigned the highest tier seat available.
  • Two places in FactoryTalk Design Studio help you to confirm your entitlement type:
    • on the Welcome page Entitlement type-Welcome page and,
    • on the FactoryTalk Design Studio banner as part of the FactoryTalk Hub organization's name: Entitlement type - Explorer banner
  • Sign Out
    of FactoryTalk Design Studio to free up an entitlement seat for another user.
    TIP: Closing the browser without first logging out will not free up the entitlement. The entitlement remains assigned to you for 15 minutes.
  • When you launch FactoryTalk Design Studio, you are able to see the number of seats available and in use for the organization.
    • When entitlement seats are available:, you see information about the available entitlement seats.
      Entitlement seats available
    • FactoryTalk Design Studio will not launch.:
      • If an entitlement expires. Access to FactoryTalk Design Studio becomes unavailable until the organization obtains an updated entitlement allocation.
      • If there are no entitlement seats available. When you try to launch FactoryTalk Design Studio, you see information on the workspace provisioning window about unavailable entitlement seats:
        No entitlement seats available
  • See the
    Managing individual entitlements
    section above to learn how to free an entitlement seat.
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