Change Product Edition

Tally.ERP 9 provides an option to change the product edition from Multi User to Single User and vice versa under the paid rental mode.

To change the Product Edition follow the steps shown:

 Go to Gateway of Tally or Company Info > F12: Configure > Licensing

• The Licensing menu appears as shown:

• Select Change Product Edition

• A screen displaying the terms to interchange between the editions of Tally.ERP 9 appears as shown:

• Press Y or click Yes to continue with changing the product edition

• The Change Product Edition screen appears as shown:

The user may opt to change the product edition under the following scenarios:

Change the product Edition from Gold (Multi User) to Silver (Single User) on a Standalone computer

When present edition of Tally.ERP 9 is Gold under the Paid Rental License Mode, the user can opt to change the product edition Silver in the local machine directly.

• Accept to change the product edition to Silver as shown:

• The Version block of the Information Panel will display the Product Edition as shown:

Do not provide the license server Name/IP Address and Port Number in License Server and Port fields respectively

The Product field displays Silver while changing the edition from Gold to Silver and the product field displays Gold when changing from Silver to Gold.

The validity period of the rental license changes depending on the product edition selected.

2. Changing from Silver (Single User) to Gold (Multi User) on a Standalone computer

When the current edition of Tally.ERP 9 is Silver under Paid Rental License Mode, the user can opt to change it to Gold in the local machine directly, the procedure to change the edition is similar to Changing from Gold to Silver on a standalone computer.

3. Changing from Gold to Silver on a Multi User Client

When the current edition of Tally.ERP 9 is Gold on the client machine under Paid Rental License Mode, the user can opt to change the edition to Silver, the procedure to change edition is similar to Changing from Gold to Silver on a standalone computer

The License file is moved from the License Server to the local machine

4. Changing from Silver to Gold  on a standalone computer to become a Multi User Client

The user can change the edition from Silver to Gold to become a Multi User Client and make the license available on the License Server in order to enable multi user access. In this case the License Server can be in the same or in a different machine.

To change as a Multi User Client from a standalone computer follow the steps shown:

• In the Change Product Edition screen

• Enter the Name/IP Address of the License Server in the License Server field

• Accept to change the product edition

By default, the Tally.ERP 9 License Server uses port 9999, enter the required port in case you had changed it earlier.

The License Server must be installed in a different folder incase it is installed on the same machine.

The License Server and Port are mentioned so as to enable the Multi User Client to connect to the Server.

The License file is moved from the Client machine to the License Server.

Resolutions

Resolve the following situations as they arise while providing the License Server status in case of Scenario 4