Defining Features

If you have prepared a licensing plan, the first stage in its implementation is to use Sentinel LDK-EMS to define all the Features that you listed in the plan.

Before you begin to define Features, ensure that you have the following information available for each new Feature:

> (Mandatory) The Batch Code associated with the Feature

> (Mandatory) A Feature Name that is unique in the selected Batch Code.

>(Mandatory) An ID number for the Feature. You can use the default Feature ID that Sentinel LDK-EMS assigns automatically for each new Feature, or you can assign your own numeric identifier. For example, you may want to maintain consistency with existing Feature data. The Feature ID that you specify must be unique in the selected Batch Code. The same Feature ID may be used in more than one Batch Code.

>(Optional) A free-text description that provides additional information about the Feature, as well as other reference attributes.

After a Feature is included in one or more Products, the Feature Name and Feature ID cannot be changed. Other attributes, such as the description, can still be edited.

NOTE   Although license terms are Feature-specific, they are not defined as part of the Feature. Instead, the license terms for a Feature are specified when the Feature is added to a Product, or when the Product is added to an entitlement. This is because the same Feature may be included in a number of Products, and the license terms for the Feature may vary according to the requirements of the Product or entitlement.

Transferring Feature Definitions for Development Use

After you define the Features for a selected Batch Code, users authorized to perform Development tasks can transfer the Feature data to a file that can be used for development and protection purposes. For more information on transferring Feature definitions, see Exporting Definition Data.