Updating Bold BI License - Online and Offline Methods

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This section provides instructions on how to update the license of Bold BI On-Premises Server using both online and offline license files.

Updating the License in Bold BI

Access your UMS application URL - {domain}/ums/administration and log in using the UMS Administrator account. The first created user will be the UMS administrator. To give UMS admin access to other users refer here.
Navigate to the Manage License section in the Administration Settings.
Under Embedded BI tab click on the Refresh License button to proceed with updating the license. The license can be refreshed in either online or offline mode and that is explained in the below sections.

Updating the License Online

To update the license online, click on the sign in button in the online section.
A login pop-up will appear. Sign in using your Bold ID account that is associated with your Bold BI subscription.
Upon successful login, the license will be automatically refreshed. If you have multiple licenses, you can select the desired license from the pop-up window, and it will be updated in the Bold BI Server.

Get and Update Offline License Key

The Bold BI application which are running in an air-gapped environment i.e. no internet connection we may need to update license in offline mode. The following section will guide you through the process of obtaining and using an offline license key for your Bold BI application.

Please check your account to see if the offline licensing key is enabled. To do this, log in to the Bold BI Account, expand the subscription, and verify the availability of the unlock key. For guidance, please refer to the image below.
If you haven’t already, please contact Bold BI support to enable this feature for your account.

Get Offline License Key

Please refer to this documentation for how to get the offline license key from your account.

Note: Offline license key is valid for 1 year from the downloaded date. We recommend you update the key every year by purchasing them.

Updating the License offline

Click the Upload button. Upload dialog box will open then browse and upload the above downloaded license key file.
Then, click the Update License button to complete the license update process.

Check expiry date of current license

You can view the current license expiry date in below two ways

In Bold BI application,
- Go to the UMS setting page: {your domain}/ums/administration
- Now click on Manage License settings, and you can view the current license expiry date of Bold BI application under Embedded BI tab as shown below,
You can also view the license expiry date in your Bold BI Account page, as highlighted in below image,