How to Update Sisense Instance After License Changes
Summary: Community_Admin provides a comprehensive guide on updating a Sisense instance after changes to the license, aimed at customers using versions older than 2021.5. The instructions cover both Linux and Windows deployments, explaining how to navigate license issues, such as changes not reflecting, license expiration errors, and role count updates. Steps for troubleshooting and contacting support are also included for users who continue to face challenges after following the provided procedures.
The purpose of this article is to provide the step-by-step actions necessary to allow changes to your license to be reflected in your Sisense instance.
Use Cases
This applies to all customers running Sisense versions older than version 2021.5. On newer version of Sisense, the product has been updated to automatically sync with the license DB in most cases, but you may still need to follow these steps in some edge cases (e.g., when your license has already expired).
Common cases:
- Your CSM updated your license expiration date but the changes are not reflected in the Sisense application
- You reset the password associated with your license user
- Your CSM added new admin/designer/viewer role counts to your license but these are not reflected in the Sisense application
- Your application is throwing an error saying that your license has expired
For the changes to your license to be applied on your Sisense instance, please follow the instructions below on all the servers that use the updated license in question.
Linux Deployment
1. License Update via UI
On each of your Sisense servers please do the following:
Navigate to Admin tab of your Sisense Web site: Admin tab > License Utilization
Click Change License
Re-enter your license credentials and press Save
2. License User Password
If you get "Invalid license credentials" error, please verify the correct password via https://my.sisense.com/ portal. Please use "Forgot Password" to reset the password or reach out to Sisense Support to reset it to a default one.
3. License Update "Behind a Firewall"
If you're behind a firewall and are unable to change the license details in the above way:
Click Behind a Firewall
Enter your Sisense license key.
Click Apply.
If an error is throw OR if after following the above steps the license information is still not updated, please file a support ticket for support to further investigate the issue.
Windows Deployment
On each of your Sisense servers please do the following:
Within the Windows menu, search for Sisense Activation, then right click 'Run as Administrator'
Take note of the email address your account is set up under (you will need the password when you log back in)
Sign out of your Sisense account
Close Sisense Activation
Stop and Restart the Sisense.Oxygen service by doing the following,
Open the Control Panel
Administrative tools
Services
Locate the Sisense.Oxygen service and right click and select Stop to stop it
Then, right click and select Start to start it
Then reopen and log back in to Sisense Activation
Verify that the account page reflects the license update change (if it is a license expiration extension, increase in number of users, etc).
In this example, the license was extended by one year and the number of users was increased from 9 users to 20 users.
You can also check additional license information in the Admin tab of your Sisense Web site: Admin tab > License Utilization
Troubleshooting
If after logging out, then attempting to log back in you run into the error "Your license has exceeded the user limit":
Please take the following steps:
Navigate to https://my.sisense.com/ and log in with the primary package owner email (typically the activation email address for Production).
Locate the license name and click the license you wish to edit
Below the license section, click the "Reset Activation" button to reset the servers you have authorized your license for
Navigate to each server you have this license on and open Sisense Activation as an Admin
Note the user you are logged in with
Click on "Sign Out"
Sign back in with that same user
If you continue to run into issues with this, please create a ticket so our Support team can assist you.
ronenavidor
·4 years agoPlease see above, the first part of the article talks about Linux
nardus
·4 years agoWhat is the link to do the same on Linux?