The CityEngine Administrator

The CityEngine Administrator Wizard helps you administer your Esri CityEngine and provides valuable information about your installation. With it, you can perform tasks such as

• Borrow and return licenses from a license manager.
• Switch your software product between concurrent-use or single-use products.
• Change the license manager.
• View license availability.
• Launch the CityEngine Authorization Wizard for single-use products.

Note:

Although you can switch the product type for concurrent use, a license for that product must be present and available for the applications to open and function.

The CityEngine 2014 Administrator Wizard is only launched the first time you install Esri CityEngine. After you have completed the CityEngine 2014 Administrator Wizard, you can access the CityEngine 2014 Administrator by clicking Start > Programs > Esri > CityEngine 2014 > CityEngine 2014 Administrator.

Using CityEngine Administrator

When using the CityEngine Administrator, you can do the following.

• Select the CityEngine folder to
  • Switch your software product between concurrent-use or single-use products.
  • Change the License Manager.
  • Launch the Software Authorization Wizard for authorizing CityEngine single-use products.
• Select Availability to view the status and availability of your licenses.
• Select Borrow/Return to borrow and return licenses from a License Manager.
• Select Support Operations to deauthorize CityEngine single-use licenses to Esri Customer Service.

For more information, see Knowledge Base article 23661 and Knowledge Base article 17970.

Note:

If you do not have the proper permissions, the CityEngine 2014 Administrator will not allow you to change product types or the license manager. Create and delete permissions are required for the following registry hives to change seat type and license manager:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI

Refer to Knowledge Base article 17970 for more information.