Licensing and Configuration

The Account/Site Administrator can configure or surrender a site belonging to an account. The configuration set can be created for each site by the Account/Site administrator. Further, the Account administrator can allow or restrain the site administrator or user from making any changes to the configuration set locally.

On this page

Provide details for a site and change the status

Button options in Licensing and Configuration screen

General Configuration

TDL Configuration

Provide details for a site and change the status

1. Select License Management in the Control Centre screen under Licensing and Configuration . The Licensing and Configuration screen appears as shown:

The Licensing and Configuration screen displays the information related to each site/license serial number, the date on which the site was created, Date and Time of Last Update, and the product linked.

2. To change the site name, type the required site name in the Site name field in the Site Management screen as shown below:

The current state of a Site is displayed in the Status field.

3. Select the required status from the Status list.

o Active is displayed when the site status is in operational mode.

o Surrender is displayed when the site is surrendered.

o Confirm : select this status to validate the activation of a site.

Note: In case a site is not confirmed within 15 days from the date of activation, it will be treated as rejected.

o Pending for Confirmation : is displayed when the site is awaiting confirmation by the account administrator

o Reject : select this option to decline the validation of an activated site.

In case the Account Administrator rejects or declines the confirmation of a site, you can once again activate the site using the option Activation of an Additional Site for your organisation.

Similarly, the account administrator can provide the site details, change the E-Mail ID of the Site Administrator or change the status for other sites within the account. The completed Licensing and Configuration screen appears as follows:

Button options in Licensing and Configuration screen

F1 : Detailed : Press Alt+F1 for a detailed view of the screen. This will display all details of the user that has been defined in Site Profile screen.

F3: Group By : Press F3 to group information based on the Product (Tally.ERP 9, Tally.Server 9, etc.) or Serial Number .

F6: Show Config : Press F6 to view the General Configuration and TDL Configuration set for the respective Site.

F12: Configuration : The following options can be used to configure Licensing & Configuration screen:

o Serial Number - Select a Serial Number to view the Licensing & Configuration details for that Serial Number.

o Site ID - Select a Site ID to view the Licensing & Configuration details for that Site ID.

o Email ID - Select an Email ID to view the Licensing & Configuration details for that Email ID.

o Site s tatus -  Use this option to view Licensing & Configuration based on the Status of the Sites - Active, Surrendered, etc.

o Product - Select a particular product to view product-wise Licensing & Configuration details.

o Group By - This option servers the same purpose as F3: Group By - the report will display information by categorising them based on the Products or Serial Numbers.

Note:

Only one F12: Configure option can be used at a time to configure the report.

Once the Account administrator confirms the activation of a site, the status Active & Surrender are available.

To reactivate a Site you have to follow the reactivation process discussed in Licensing.

General Configuration

1. Go to the Licensing and Configuration screen.

2. Click on F6: Show Config or press F6

3. The General Config and TDL Config fields appear

4. In the General Config field, press Alt+C to create configuration

5. The General Configuration Management screen appears

6. Enter the required configuration name in Name of Configuration field. The configuration parameters are saved with the configuration name provided in the account.

7. Set Set client/server configuration? to Yes to create a fresh set of configuration.

8. In Tally is Acting as field, select the required behaviour from the list of Client/Server list. Tally.ERP 9 will act as Server/Client/Both based on the parameter selected.

9. Set Enable ODBC Server to Yes , when you want to transfer data from any third party application to Tally.ERP 9 or Vice Versa.

10. Enter the required port number in Port field.

11. Set Can be overridden locally to Yes , when you want the above parameters to changed / modified by the site administrator locally.

12. In the Disallow Request section:

o Specify the required Server Name/ IP Address/URL in From field to deny a request from the Server/IP Address/URL.

o Specify the required Server Name/ IP Address/URL in To field to deny a request to Server/IP Address/URL.

13. In the Allow Request section:

o Specify the required Server Name/ IP Address/URL in From field to allow a request from the Server/IP Address/URL .

o Similarly, specify the required Server Name/ IP Address/URL in To field to allow a request to Server/IP Address/URL .

14. Press Enter to save the General Configuration .

15. Select the specified configuration package in the General Configuration field.

TDL Configuration

In this section

Create a TDL configuration pack

View/Alter General Configuration

View/Alter TDL Configuration

Create a TDL configuration pack

1. Press Alt + C in the TDL Config field to create a TDL configuration pack. The TDL Configuration Management screen appears.

o Specify the required configuration name in the Name of Configuration field.

o Set Allow Local TDLs to Yes , incase you want the user to load and execute local TDL’s.

o In Specify account TDLs for loading, select the required TDL from the List of Account TDLs . The required account TDLs are included by logging to your account from www.tallysolutions.com.

2. Press Ctrl+A to accept the required TDL Configuration Package. The Completed Configuration package for respective serial number is appears as shown:

3. Press Enter to create the configuration package for your Account.

Note: When Tally.ERP 9 is started after including/updating the Accounts TDL under TDL Config , it will prompt with a message during heart beat ' Account TDLs are updated. Please restart your Tally.ERP 9 for the changes to take effect' . Restart Tally.ERP 9 for the effect to take place.

For an immediate effect of Accounts TDL , you may start Tally.ERP 9 and Update license .

View/Alter General Configuration

1. Click F9: General Config or press F9 in the Licensing and Configuration screen. The Select Item screen appears.

2. Select the required configuration from the List of General Configurations .

The General Configuration Management screen appears.

You can make the required changes to the parameters in the General Configuration Management screen and save the changed parameters.

View/Alter TDL Configuration

1. Click F8: TDL Config in the Licensing and Configuration screen. The Select Item screen appears.

2. Select the required configuration from the List of TDL Configurations .

The Configuration Management screen appears.

You can make the required changes to the parameters in the General Configuration Management screen and save the changed parameters.

The Licensing and Configuration screen also displays information on the following:

Total Number of Site(s)

Number of Active Sites

Site Pending for Confirmation

Number of Sites Not User

Number of Sites Surrendered