--- schema_version: "1" id: 31badf097f4283550bd3af42766b2b5f251e50eb2d15042b95fa7688607c1a57 title: Login-based Licence Usage collection: tableau version: current locale: en-gb portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/current/en-gb/server/adminview_login_based_license_usage.md canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/adminview_login_based_license_usage.htm source_site: help.tableau.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 140338aeb57adbc8bcba5e5cb197165bb87fc1b23286d17caa11be08bbf95f3a description: Use the Login-based License Usage view to monitor Creator seat activation when LBLM is enabled. --- [Skip to main content](#main-content) # Login-based Licence Usage **Note:** This view is only available to site administrators and server administrators when login-based licence management is enabled on Tableau Server. For information about how to navigate to administrative views, see [Administrative Views](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/adminview.htm) . The Login-based Licence Usage view lets server administrators view login-based licence activation usage for Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server. The Login-based Licence Usage view can help you manage licences efficiently and determine if you need more or fewer licences. This view can help you answer the following questions: - Who is using a Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder licence in my enterprise? - Has a Creator role been shared or transferred? - Has any activation activity occurred on a computer where it should not be? - On which host is the activation being used? - Which role is assigned to the user? - On which Tableau product is the licence in use? - On which Tableau version is the licence in use? - Did the Creator role activate through Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder? - Has the Creator seat been activated? - How many Creator seats are in use? - How many Creator seats are not in use? - When was a Creator seat was last used? ![Example of a login-based licence management usage report.](/tableau/current/en-gb/server/en-gb/Img/lblm_usage_report.png) In addition to using the login-based licence usage administrative view, you can also access login-based licence usage data ([`identity_ based_activation_reporting`](https://tableau.github.io/tableau-data-dictionary/2020.1/data_dictionary.htm#identity_based_activation_reporting_anchor), [`identity_based_activation_user_role_change`](https://tableau.github.io/tableau-data-dictionary/2020.1/data_dictionary.htm#identity_based_activation_user_role_change_anchor) and [`identity_based_activation_admin_view`](https://tableau.github.io/tableau-data-dictionary/2020.1/data_dictionary.htm#identity_based_activation_admin_view_anchor)) in the "workgroup" PostgreSQL database of the Tableau Server repository. Before you can access this data, you must [enable access to the Tableau Server repository](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/perf_collect_server_repo.htm#enable-access-to-the-tableau-server-repository). ### Filters On the report screen, you can change the time window to show when seats were last used, filter on actions, filter on user name and sort by columns. - **Time Window in Days**. Enter the number of days for which to view login-based licence management activated client usage data. You can view data for the past 30 days up to a maximum of 183 days. - **(All)**. Apply all filters to the view. - **Activated**. Show Creator users that have activated using login-based licence management. - **in use**. Show Creator users who activated using login-based licence management whose seats are in use. - **last used**. Show when the login-based licence management client was last used. - **unassigned**. Show which login-based licence management activated Creator seats are currently unassigned. - **user name**. Show login-based licence management activations in use by the specified user. When you hover over the filter card, a drop-down icon appears. Click the icon to specify whether the view should include data that matches the filter (the default) or exclude data that matches the filter: ![A dropdown menu with two options: Include values and Exclude values.](/tableau/current/en-gb/server/en-gb/Img/filter_include_exclude.png) ## **Which creator seats are in use in the last  days?** This area of the dashboard shows a list of three types licences (activated, in use and unassigned). Hovering over an activated, in use or unassigned mark gives you information including the registered user of the copy of Tableau. Click a column head to sort the list. ## **Which creator seats have not been used in the last days** This area of the dashboard shows a list of licences that have not been used during the specified time period. A timeline shows the last use date. Hovering over a last use mark gives you information including the registered user of the copy of Tableau.