QIAGEN CLC software licenses are files that are usually downloaded using a license order ID, which you receive from QIAGEN when you purchase your software.

Some tips on how to find out what license order ID is used to download a license for a particular piece of software based on the software.

 
  1. CLC Workbench static and network licenses
  2. CLC Assembly Cell static licenses
  3. CLC Genomics Server licenses
  4. CLC License Server - network licenses
 
 

 

  1. QIAGEN CLC Workbench static and network licenses

    The easiest way to see information on a static license being used by a particular copy of a QIAGEN CLC Workbench is to open up the License Manager by choosing the menu option in the Workbench:

    Help | License Manager

    If you have more than one licensed product, for example, perhaps you also have some licensed plugins, you can choose the product you are interested in at the top of the window, and the license information for that product will appear in the License Information tab. 

    Clicking on the Export License Information button in that tab, will generate a text file, which contains various information about your licenses, including the full license order ID(s). 

 
  • CLC Assembly Cell static licenses

    Static licenses are present as a file within the licenses folder within the installation area of the Assembly Cell software.

    Please open your license file in a text viewer and look in the COMMENT line. You should see text that starts with "id=". The text between that and the pipe symbol "|", is your license order ID.

    If you do not find any files in the folder called licenses within the installation area of your CLC Assembly Cell software, then please check whether you are, in fact, using a network license.
     

     

  • QIAGEN CLC Genomics Server licenses

    The licenses for the QIAGEN CLC Genomics Server are static licenses. That is they are present as a file within the folder called licenses within the installation area of this software.

    If you open your license file in a text viewer and look in the COMMENT line. You should see text that starts with "id=". The text between that and the pipe symbol "|", is your license order ID.

     

  • CLC Network License Manager / License Server - network licenses

    For the CLC Workbenches, you can find out about the license you are using the same method described in the section CLC Workbench static and network licenses. For network licenses for other products, for example, the Assembly Cell or CLC Grid Worker licenses, you can find license files within the folder called licenses within the installation area of this software. If you open your license file in a text viewer and look in the COMMENT line. You should see text that starts with "id=". The text between that and the pipe symbol "|", is your license order ID.