Accounts : The Child Accounts Module : Apply a License Type to a Child Account
  
Apply a License Type to a Child Account
When your Rev root account is initially configured, a User based or Hours based license type is selected and applied depending upon your organizational needs. When adding child accounts, you must also choose a license type for the child account. Keep in mind that the license type that is selected for a child account is inherited from the root or parent account hierarchy. For example, if the parent account is an Hours based license account, the child account may only be an Hours based account as well.
Keep in mind:
●User based license: Internal Rev viewing and recording is dictated by the number of user accounts purchased with the User license. All guest/external viewing (non-Rev accounts) is dictated by the number of add-on hours purchased for guest viewing.
●Hours based license: Both internal Rev viewing and recording and external viewing is dictated solely by the number of hours purchased.
The table below further illustrates the feature differences between a User based license and an Hours based license.
License By Users
License By Hours
Features Included:
Features Included:
Included Live/IPTV
●Named - Unlimited, included in user license*
●Anonymous - Counts against annual hour allotment
Included Live/IPTV
●Named/Anonymous
●Both count against per hour consumed
Webcast
●Named - Unlimited, included in user license*
●Anonymous - Counts against annual hour allotment
Webcast
●Named/Anonymous
●Both count against per hour consumed
Video Conference Recording
●Counts against annual hour allotment
Video Conference Recording
●Counts against hour recorded
Hours Included (Annual Expiration):
●2500 hours included per 1,000 named users. Add hours by selling an hourly bucket PID.
Buckets (Annual Expiration):
●5k Hours (VBrick Only)
●10k Hours
●50k Hours
●100k Hours
* Acceptable usage policy to govern “unlimited” when delivered by Akamai
 
*To enable a User or Hours based license:
1. Navigate to Admin > Home > Add Account button. To edit a previously existing account, click the Edit button in the Actions column.
2. Complete Account Information as your normally would. See: Add or Edit a Child Account
3. Select the Users or Hours tab for the License Type in the License Information section and complete the associated fields.
Field
Required
Notes
License Type
Yes
Specifies the type of license applied to your child account; Users or Hours. Based on your root or parent account settings and licenses hierarchy.
Further, the licenses allotted to the child account are subtracted from the root account license total.
Only the parent/root user Account Admins may modify license settings or allocations.
Licensed User Count
 
If your child account has a User license applied, the number of user accounts that may be created on the child account is set here.
Rev internal user accounts have unlimited viewing and recording options on this license type but are limited by the number of user accounts that may be created by the number in this field. For guest/public viewing options on a user based license type, additional hourly buckets must be purchased and allocated.
Hourly based license types have unlimited user account creation.
To track user licenses used, view the Users module page by navigating to the Admin > Users menu. The total number of user licenses allotted, used, and remaining is always displayed for the current account.
Licensed Hours
 
If your child account has an Hours license applied, the number of hours allotted, used, and expiration dates by bucket. User based accounts may also use this field to allocate public viewing hours for guests/external viewing as well.
When allocated viewing hours are empty or expired, hourly based accounts must be re-purchased for all viewers no matter if the account is internal or external. User based accounts must re-purchase hours for guest/public viewing only; internal Rev accounts will still be able to view VOD videos when hours allocations are empty or expired.
Note: You must save the Rev account first before you may allocate viewing hours into buckets.
Keep in mind:
●The Admin Dashboard will keep track of hours and users allotted and used.
●VOD viewing hours are rounded to the nearest hour. Each viewing session is tracked from internal and public users so that totals for both can be tracked.
●When no more VOD viewing hours are available on a User based account, external users will be displayed a message that the video is temporarily unavailable. Internal users will still be able to view the video.
●When no more VOD viewing hours are available on an Hours based account, no video will be able to be played for either internal or external users.
●Webcast viewing is only calculated once the event is concluded; therefore, if your account has one hour left, you may still start your Webcast with no issues if you plan you have external viewers attend.
●Email notifications will be sent to account admins when an account has reached 75% and 100% usage of its allotted viewing hours for both User and Hours based accounts.
●When an account is switched from Hours based to User based, Rev will switch all users in Active status to Unlicensed status.
 
Role(s):
●Parent Account Admin to modify and apply license.
●Child Account Admin to view user account and hours remaining.