Using your Site License or Internet Dongle as an Administrator

If a license that uses our internet dongle licensing option is purchased, the registered end-user is automatically made an Administrator on that license.

Once the purchase has been completed, the Administrator can use the Standalone Installation instructions to download, install and configure FCS Express.

If the Administrator would prefer to manage the license online, they can do so through the My Account section of our website, under the Manage Site License and Internet Dongles section. Instructions for this can be found below in the Administering License Users section.

This page serves as a resource to the Administrators of FCS Express licensing that utilizes our internet dongle licensing option to help share and manage usage on their license.

Installation Instructions for Administrators or Standard Users

The registered end-user can use these instructions to download, install and configure FCS Express.

1. Download the FCS Express software package that's right for your computer:

2 Install FCS Express according to the instructions found here.

3. Launch FCS Express.

4. Configure FCS Express according to the instructions found here.

Once an Administrator has successfully added a user's De Novo Software account to a license, these same instructions can be sent to them to help them download, install and configure FCS Express.

Please note that if a user is trying to convert from an active or expired trial version of FCS Express, they do not need to uninstall/reinstall FCS Express and can use the instructions found below to complete the conversion.

Please consider using our latest release if the user has not updated in some time.

User Administration of FCS Express can be done directly in FCS Express or from the My Account section of our website.

Please refer to the following sections for more information regarding this.

If there are any questions or issues, please contact us at support@denovosoftware.com.

Logging In

1. Start FCS Express. A login screen will appear.

2. Enter your De Novo Software account username and password.

If you are the registered end-user (in other words, the license was purchased under your account), you should be able to enter your De Novo Software account information to log in.
The registered end-user (the person under which a license was purchased) is automatically made an Administrator.

Administering License Users

As the license administrator, you can add, edit and delete users.

There are 2 places, where this can be done:

directly in FCS Express, or,
from My Account, under the Manage Site License and Internet Dongles section.

All users will need a De Novo Software account to be added to an internet dongle license.

Users can create their account at https://denovosoftware.com/register/.

After a user creates and confirms their account, there are 3 ways that an Administrator can add new users to a license:

Manually in FCS Express, by following the instructions found here.
Online through the registered end-user's account at denovosoftware.com, following the instructions found here.
Through Online Registration. Instructions to set up Online Registration can be found here.
- Online Registration can be useful if you have a large number of prospective users that need to be added to a license.
- Online Registration will allow you to create a web link through which users can register for a seat on your license through their De Novo Software account.
- For security, the online registration can be set up so that each user needs to be approved by a license administrator before they can start using the license.

Removing Users from a License

From File > Security, select User Administration.

Select the User from the User Administration screen and click the Remove button.

Note: if you do not wish to delete the user, but want to prevent them from logging in, edit the user and uncheck the Allow Log In option.

Users that are not allowed to log in do not count against your user limit.

This can also be done online from My Account, under the Manage Site License and Internet Dongles section, by:

Selecting your license,
Selecting the Get Users Automatically check box or the Get Users button to refresh your user list,
Selecting a specific user,
Clicking the Edit button,
De-selecting the option for Allow Log In.

Usage Reporting

FCS Express offers several types of Reports that can be created to help manage user activity.

The types of reports offered are:

All Events Report - Lists history of all logging events.
Failed Logins Report - Reports a list of failed logins and the reason for failure.
Full Sessions Report - Reports a list of all full sessions in FCS Express.
.All Remote Logouts Report - Reports a list of all logouts from a remote location
All System Level Audit -Reports of the history of events that occur at the system level.
- This report is typically used to further improve compliance with regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11.
- For system-level history to be recorded, the Enable System Level Audits option in the Security Configuration needs to be enabled.
Billing Report - Reports a list of Unique Users that accessed the software and the corresponding Quarters Billed. Users are grouped based on the Lab to which they belong, provided that the information has been defined for that user.
User Billing Report - Reports a list of Unique Users that accessed the software and the corresponding Quarters Billed. Users are listed independently.

These reports can only be created directly within FCS Express from File > Security > Reports.

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