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Changing the License for an Instance Before Associating with the Inventory Item

Use this procedure if, in the Show Versions (or Show Instances) list for the current component in the Lookup Component window, you have located the instance for the component version that you want to associate with the inventory item but want to switch the license. (Alternatively, use this same procedure, minus the last step, to simply change the license in an instance but not associate it with the current inventory item.)

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You cannot create a custom license from the Lookup Component window to associate with a component version. However, you can create a custom license for the inventory item from the tab or window from which you care creating or editing the item and from other locations as well. For more information, see Creating and Editing Custom Licenses.

To change the license for the instance you want to associate with the inventory item, do the following:

  1. In the Show Versions (or Show Instances) list, locate the instance for the component version whose license you want to change.

  2. Click within the Selected License column for the instance to display a dropdown listing available licenses by categories.

  3. Select the license you want to associate with the component version.

    If you selected the license from a group of licenses under the System Suggested License category or selected the license from the Other Licenses category, the Update License Mapping window is displayed. This window gives you the option to save the license mapping at the system level for all future system-generated inventory using this component version. Continue with step 4 for further information.

    Otherwise, no other window is displayed, and the new license is mapped to the instance. Continue with step 5.

  4. From the Update License Mapping window, select the appropriate option:

    • Yes —All future inventory system-generated for the component version across projects are automatically mapped to this license.
      Once you select Yes, the instance is updated with the new license and a user-preferred-license icon is displayed next to the license. Any other instances for the same component version in the list are replaced with this single instance that uses the user-preferred license.

    • No —This component-version-license combination will be saved in the database for the inventory items with which it is manually associated. It is also made available in Lookup Component window (as a registered instance) and in the Versions for <component> window. However, any future system-generated inventory for this component version will be mapped to the license associated with this version in Code Insight Data Library.

    For complete information about user-preferred licenses, see Specifying a User-Preferred License Mapping.

  5. Click Use This Instance next to the instance whose license you updated to associate the instance to the current inventory item.

You are returned to the window or tab in which you were editing or creating the inventory item. Details about the component instance that you selected automatically populate this window or tab, as described at the end of the previous Performing a Lookup Component Search section.