VertiGIS Studio Licensing

VertiGIS Studio Mobile is licensed software. If you do not have a full license, applications that you build will show a licensing message when they run.

To obtain a license, contact Customer Service.

VertiGIS Studio Mobile is available as either a:

•Subscription-based license: Allows you to run the software either in our VertiGIS Studio Software as a Service (SaaS) environment or on-premises (or both).

•Perpetual license: Allows you to only run the software on-premises.

VertiGIS Studio Mobile is also available as a free 60-day trial with full functionality for evaluation purposes.

Licensing and Installation Options for Mobile

You can use Mobile with ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS, in the following combinations:

Esri Licensing

Mobile is designed to consume and display content from a variety of Esri software, for example, ArcGIS Online, or Portal for ArcGIS. The Esri licenses that you require to author and publish content are available from your Esri distributor.

Mobile follows the modern ArcGIS pattern and uses ArcGIS Identities to author and access applications. To create content in Mobile, you must have at least a Creator user type (formerly, a Level 2 user) or a GIS Professional user type.

An Esri portal (ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise) and the ArcGIS Identities themselves are also available from your Esri distributor.

For an on-premises installation of Mobile Designer, the free, public ArcGIS Online accounts are not supported, because they do not permit you to create an ArcGIS Online app for Mobile that is essential for it to function. You must have an ArcGIS Online license that is for at least a Developer or Organization account.

Studio Mobile licensing is based on the Maps SDK for .NET license level that corresponds to your Esri user type.

The table below describes the license type required for each access level in Studio Mobile.

 

ArcGIS Licensing Capabilities

To run either Mobile Designer, you need a valid ArcGIS Identity.

For Mobile apps to have full functionality to edit or sync your data while offline, you must have at least Basic licensing capabilities of Esri's Runtime or have an ArcGIS Runtime License code.

An offline-capable Mobile app must still connect to the internet initially to establish licensing and authentication. In some cases, the connection may also need to be re-established to renew tokens.

For more information on the Esri Licensing capabilities, see Licensing Your ArcGIS Runtime App.

If you plan to use Portal for ArcGIS and want to use VertiGIS Studio Go to view your apps, you need to add a Mobile app to your Portal for ArcGIS with specific permissions and tags, or you will get an error message when trying to open VertiGIS Studio Go.
For instructions on creating the app in Portal for ArcGIS, see Create an App in ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS.

ArcGIS Runtime License Options

Mobile apps are usually run under a Named-User ArcGIS Runtime License. An alternative is to use a Runtime License key. The advantage of a Runtime License key, is that the app itself is licensed with a level of capability that then becomes available to all the users of that app. A Runtime License key is particularly useful for field workers who need to remain offline for periods longer than 30 days because there is no need for them to reconnect online in order to refresh their access token. They can continue to work with offline data indefinitely.

A Runtime License key can be acquired through your ArcGIS for Developer account or purchased in ArcGIS Runtime deployment packs. Each installation of an app that is available to a single user, counts as a deployment.

For more information, see License your app in the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET.

Once you have a Runtime License key, you enter it into the app in Mobile Designer under the App service.

Interaction with other Licenses and Permissions

•There are multiple ArcGIS licensing models and scenarios. How does the Runtime License key work with other types of licensing? A possible scenario for the interaction of your Esri licenses would be:

•The Administrator creating the app has an ArcGIS Enterprise portal or ArcGIS Online.

•They use Mobile Designer - either SaaS or on-premises - to create an app, which is a portal item.

•The app refers to a web map and feature data which may be on-premises in some cases.

•That app portal item and the map data is Token, Oauth, or WinAuth secured.

•When the app launches, the user is prompted for credentials to access the data.

•Once they have access to the data, the level of the Runtime License key determines what they can do with that data, for example, EDIT. The edit capabilities come from the Basic Runtime License key.

It is possible that any single app, whether it is a custom app, or opened in VertiGIS Studio Go, would not be exclusively licensed by either an ArcGIS Identity or Runtime License key. The level of capability the user has within any app is determined by the highest level granted by either their ArcGIS Identity or the Runtime License key.
So it is possible to create an app using a Basic named-user Identity and then open the app as a Viewer User (Runtime License key) in VertiGIS Studio Go. The VertiGIS Studio Go listing allows the app to be run. At runtime, the edit capabilities then come from the Basic Runtime License key.

Using Free ArcGIS Online Basemaps with a Runtime Code

If you create an app which uses a web map that makes use of a free Esri base map, and you license that app with a Runtime License key, then your users will receive an error when downloading a custom map area, unless they also have an ArcGIS Identity that is part of your Organization.