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Obtain and Activate a License

To obtain a license contact erwin Customer Care by telephone or the web licensing form, or contact your license administrator. Provide the required information to submit a license request. Once the request is verified, you will receive a license code. Ensure that you keep a note of the license code. To use erwin Data Modeler (DM) using this license code, you first need to activate the license code.

When you first open erwin Data Modeler, the erwin Data Modeler Licensing dialog box appears.

If you have the license information, on the erwin Data Modeler Licensing dialog box, do the following:

1. Under Licensing, enter the License Code that you received from erwin Support or your license administrator.
2. Under Customer Information, enter your email address and other information.
3. Activate the license. You can activate the license in two ways:

   Online

   This method is the default and connects to the licensing service over the Internet. The licensing service then validates the license code that you entered. To activate a license online, perform steps 1 and 2 mentioned above and click OK.

   Offline

   This method requires you to perform multiple steps before you can start using the product. To activate a license offline:

   1. On the erwin Data Modeler Licensing dialog box, select the Do Offline Activation check box and click OK. The Offline Activation dialog box appears.

   

   1. Under Activation Certificate, click Generate. An activation certificate is generated and displayed.
   2. Click Copy to Clipboard and save the contents to a text file. Send this activation certificate file to your license administrator. Based on this file, the license administrator will send you the License Certificate.
   3. Under License Certificate, copy and paste the license certificate that you receive from the license administrator.
   4. Click Import.