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Bentley Systems Metric

Pooled Usage

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Unit
Device per Site per interval
Aliases
Pooled licensing; license pool
Definition
SELECT Program Terms §4.1: Bentley shall establish time intervals and measure the number of unique Devices on which Subscriber Uses each Product per Site per interval ("Pooled Usage").
Counting rules
Coverage entitles the subscriber to Pooled Usage in each interval at each Site up to the number of licensed copies at that Site. Measured through SES. Use above the owned count in any interval is Excess Use, invoiced as Term Licenses for the peak. The Term License Fact Sheet sets the interval at 10 minutes (UTC) for SES and hosted SELECTserver, calendar hour for locally deployed SELECTserver.
Floors / minimums
Owned perpetual licences at the Site set the entitlement.
Applies to products
  • Eligible Products with Pooled Licensing = Yes on the Licensing Program Eligibility list
Product category
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