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title: License Allocations
description: Use license Allocations to track and analyze license usage in your organization.
product: OpenLM Platform
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## Overview

Use **license Allocations**  to track and analyze license usage in your organization. This page logs every license check-out and check-in, helping you understand **who used what license, when, from where, and for how long**.

License Allocations help with:

- Auditing and compliance
- Troubleshooting and user support
- Historical usage tracking

## Navigate the License Allocations interface

### General filters

Use filters to refine data:

- **Server name**: Filter by license server
- **Vendor name**: Filter by software publisher
- **Product name / feature name**: Filter by specific tool or module
- **License type**: Filter by floating, node locked, named user, or single use
- **Include obsolete**: Include inactive features for historical analysis

### Time range filters

Use **Allocations start/end time** filter to select:

- Quick ranges (today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days, last 360 days)
- Custom range for a specific date span using calendar picker

## Understand the allocation table

Each row shows a unique license usage event. Columns include:

- **Server name**: License server used
- **Vendor name**: Software publisher
- **Feature name**: License feature accessed
- **License type**: Type of license used
- **User name**: User who checked out license
- **Allocation start / end**: Timestamps showing session duration

Use **search bar**  to find specific records. Use **pagination controls** to navigate large datasets.