Metering for AgileApps
What is Metering?
Metering collects information related to the usage of Software AG products which in turn is later used for billing purposes. Every metering-enabled product has a product formula associated with it. This product formula is listed as a configuration in the metering application. Metering uses a license file for authentication and client information gathering.
Metering in AgileApps
In AgileApps, metering is available for both on-premise and cloud customers. A new customer is onboarded as follows:
Customer using Metering-enabled On-premise Product
When a new customer subscribes to use metering for an on-premise Software AG product, they get a dedicated metering license. The customer has to upload this license to the metering application using the link metering. This should be done before using any Software AG metering-enabled products and reporting any usage data. In most scenarios, customer onboarding is done only once, even if the customer has more than one metering-enabled on-premise products. However, if the customer needs more than one metering license, then all applicable licenses should be added to the metering application.
Customer using Metering-enabled Cloud Product
Cloud customers do not need a specific license. You use an internal license for all the customers. You have to add this license to the metering application only once. We recommend that you add this license as part of the metering application installation in the production server.