# Autodesk

Open iT supports Autodesk usage reporting by collecting data from the Autodesk Admin Portal and user workstations. These will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:

• (49) Host User License Use
• (93) OLAP Raw Hourly
• (94) OLAP User Concurrency
• (137) License Token Individual Usage
• (138) License Token Total Usage
• (139) License Subscription Inventory v2
• (140) License Product Assignment v2

The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.

• An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
• Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and Autodesk workstation collectors
• Administrative rights
• At least Secondary Admin access to the Autodesk Admin Portal

1. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

2. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

   Command Syntax

    cd $BIN_DIR

   Example

    cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin

3. Run the command:

   Command Syntax

    openit_collectautodeskcloud -c "{autodesk_admin_email}" "{autodesk_admin_password}" -s

   Open iT saves the hashed Autodesk credential file in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\var\collectautodeskcloud.

These are the required steps to activate collection of Autodesk Cloud data.

1. Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\scheduler, and open collect_license_autodesk-cloud.oconf.

2. Locate and set root.scheduler.jobs.collect_autodesk_cloud.general.active to true to activate the collection of usage data.

   collect_license_autodesk-cloud.oconf

    13|	}
    14|		general
    15|		{
    16|			active
    17|			{
    18|				type=bool
    19|				value=true

3. Save the changes.

The include-exclude-autodesk.conf file contains the list of Autodesk executables used in filtering Autodesk WinApp data. It filters which Autodesk executables will or will not be read by Open iT. This configuration file is also distributed from the server to the clients.

To update the file:

1. Go to the Configuration directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration.

2. Open include-exclude-autodesk.conf.

   You can refer to the instructions in the file.

3. Add new lines for new entries.

   Specify general (wide-spanning) elements first, then special (narrow) elements.

   include-exclude-autodesk.conf

    34|	# Include
    35|
    36|	# The following will include everything
    37|	include all=*autodesk*
    38|
    39|
    40|	# Exclude
    41|	exclude all=*acwebbrowser*
    42|	exclude all=*adsklicensing*
    43|	exclude all=*openit*
    44|	exclude all=*accefsubprocess*
    45|	exclude all=*service*
    46|	exclude all=*recapphoto*
    47|	exclude all=*desktop app*
    48|	exclude all=*component*

   Elements are listed as one-liners with include or exclude as the first word, followed by a whitespace, then by one or more key=value pairs.

   <use_key> <key>=<key_value>

   • <use_key> - either include or exclude
   • <key> - any of the following:
     • all - must be this value (globbing allowed)
     • exe - must be this executable (globbing allowed)
     • app - must be this application name (globbing allowed)
     • path - must be this application directory (globbing allowed)

   Empty lines are allowed — any line beginning with # as the first non-white character is considered a comment.

   Use globbing (*) to match any substring (i.e., 0 or more characters).

4. Save the changes.

The autodesk-product-order file contains the list of Autodesk collections that determines the order in which the licenses are consumed. This list serves as a reference if a user is assigned to both named user subscription and Flex. The usage in that setup should be for the named user subscription.

Here's the Autodesk collections listed:

1|	ACDIST
2|	MECOLL
3|	PDCOLL
4|	AECCOL
5|	FLEXACCESS

This means AutoCAD - including specialized toolsets, Media & Entertainment Collection, Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection, and Token Flex Licensing, respectively.

To change or update the list:

1. Go to the Configuration directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration.

2. Open autodesk-product-order.

3. Modify the arrangement of Autodesk collections.

   Empty lines are allowed — any line beginning with # as the first non-white character is considered a comment.

4. Save the changes.

Files from the server automatically reflect on the client after restarting the client service or every 6 hours, which is the default schedule for file distribution. However, you can manually trigger the file distribution:

   Manual File Distribution to a Client

   Mapping Autodesk Product Key to Product Code    Mapping Autodesk Email Address to Username    Mapping Autodesk Username to Email Address

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