UpdateLicense Method

Overloads

Updates the service with the current license. This will refresh the license for all the members of the service.

UpdateLicense(LicenseType, Guid)

Updates the service with the current license. This will refresh the license for all the members of the service.

Declaration

      void UpdateLicense(LicenseType licenseType, Guid serviceID)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
LicenseType	licenseType	The type of license to return.
System.Guid	serviceID	The ID if the service.

Remarks

If the licenseType parameter is set to LicenseType.Publisher, the serviceID will be ignored and can be set to Guid.Empty.

security

Requires membership of local groups QlikView Management API and QlikView Administrator.

Examples

This example updates the licenses of the Publisher and QlikViewServer services.

The service key injection is assumed to be handled behind the scenes. For an example of how to inject the service key, see Samples.

    using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using QMSAPI;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        { 
            // create a QMS API client
            IQMS apiClient = new QMSClient();

            //retrieve a time limited service key
            ServiceKeyClientMessageInspector.ServiceKey = apiClient.GetTimeLimitedServiceKey();

            //Update the Publisher license. The ID can be set to an empty GUID.
            apiClient.UpdateLicense( LicenseType.Publisher, Guid.Empty);

            //Find a QlikViewServer service and updates the license.
            ServiceInfo qlikViewServiceInfo = apiClient.GetServices(ServiceTypes.QlikViewServer).FirstOrDefault();
            if (qlikViewServiceInfo != null)
            {
                apiClient.UpdateLicense(LicenseType.QlikViewServer, qlikViewServiceInfo.ID);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred: " + ex.Message);
        }
        // wait for user to press any key
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

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