Managing Products

A product is a collection of one or more licensed features. Each product can be sold independently. Products are often associated with a part number (P/N or SKU). Sentinel EMS supports the following product types:

>Sentinel LDK Product

>Cloud Product

You can have a common pool of Features in a Batch Code in both Sentinel LDK and Cloud Products.

Products can differ from each other, both in the Features that they contain, and also in the license terms specified for each Feature. You can control the specific Products you define, the Features they include, and the license terms assigned to each Feature in each Product.

Typically, this function is performed by the product manager, and implemented by the software engineer. The implementation scenario can be one of the following:

>You create a common product with all the related Features bundled. The order taker can switch on/off products while producing the order. The Features in the product can be controlled without changing its code by different license models.

>You can define a number of products with combination of different Features by understanding the market requirements and keep them ready for order.

This topic includes:

>Products Tab

>Tasks for Managing Products

>Filtering and Searching the Products List

>Viewing the Details of a Product

Products Tab

You manage products on the Products tab.

To open the Products tab:

Select Catalog > Products. The left pane displays a list of all products and provides the following information about each product:

Product Type

The following LDK product types are available:

	Base product. Used as the basis for creating all other types of products.
	Modification product. A modified version of another product.
	Unlocked product. A product with an unlocked license.
	Cancellation product. A product that is used to cancel the license of another product.
	Cloud Product. A product that is licensed using cloud enforcement technology.

Product

Name of the product.

Product ID

A unique integer value that identifies the product.

NOTE The Product ID on the GUI maps to the value in the PRDIdentifier column in the T_PRD database table. To extract product details by providing a Product ID using a web service, fetch the PRDId corresponding to the PRDIdentifier for a specific record in the T_PRD database table.

Ref ID 1

Information that identifies the product in a different system, for example, a product code in your company's ERP system.

Status

Indicates the current status of the product:

	Orange icon indicates that the product is in the Draft state.
	Green icon indicates that the product is in the Complete state.
	Null icon indicates that the product reached the End of Life state.

Type

Indicates whether the product is meant for Sentinel LDK or Cloud entitlements.

Tasks for Managing Products

Before performing any of the following tasks, you need to specify the Batch Code for the products that you want to view or manage.

In the Products tab, select the required batch code from the Batch Code list. The products for the selected batch code are displayed.

New Product	Define a new Product. You can create either a new Sentinel LDK Product or a Cloud Product by selecting the relevant Product Type. >For a Sentinel LDK Base Product, you can specify Features and their licensing details, and you can define the layout and contents of memory data. >For a Cloud Product, you can specify Features and their licensing details. For details, see Creating a Product.
> Unlocked	(Relevant only for Sentinel LDK Products) Define a new Unlocked Product, which is built on a Base Product. An Unlocked Product can be distributed as trialware or for use during a grace period. For details, see Defining an Unlocked Product.
> Copy	Define a new Product using the properties of an existing Product. For details, see Duplicating a Product.
> Modification	(Relevant only for Sentinel LDK Products) Define a new Modification Product that is a modified version of a Base Product or another Modification Product. NOTE Modification Products cannot be defined from an Unlocked Product. For details, see Defining a Modification Product.
> Cancellation	(Relevant only for Sentinel LDK Products) Define a new Cancellation Product from a Base Product or Modification Product, to cancel the selected Product. For details, see Defining a Cancellation Product.
Edit Product	View the properties of a selected Product, and change them if the Product is not currently included in an Entitlement. For details, see Updating Product Details.
> End of Life	Mark the selected Product as End of Life (EOL). An EOL Product can no longer be included in an Entitlement. This task is listed only if the status of the Product is Complete.
> Complete	This task is listed if the Product has the status Draft or End of Life. Changes the status of the Product to Complete, so that it can be included in Entitlements.
> Delete	Delete the selected Product. This task is listed only if the Product and any derived Products are not currently included in an Entitlement (the status of the Product is Draft).

Filtering and Searching the Products List

1.In the Products tab, select the required batch code from the Batch Code list. The products for the selected batch code are displayed.

If only one Batch Code is available, the Batch Code is displayed instead of the list.

If the selected Batch Code is Cloud-enabled, the Products list contains both Cloud and Sentinel LDK products. Otherwise, only the Sentinel LDK products are displayed.

2.Specify a search criterion, such as, Product Name, Ref ID 1, Ref ID 2, or Protection Type.

NOTE The Enforcement search criterion is available only for cloud-enabled batch codes.

3. Enter a complete or partial search string in the search box. For details on the types of searches available, see Wild Card Search.

NOTE Wild card searches are not supported for the E-mail Contains criterion.

4.Click Search . The relevant search results are displayed.

Viewing the Details of a Product

To view the details of a Product, select a Product from the left pane. The details are displayed in the right pane.