About

Choose “Totalview HR” in the settings menu to see the About Totalview HR page.

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The About section provides technical details about the Totalview HR Client/Server, the current user, and the application’s licensed areas.

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Technical fields

Sensitive fields are hidden by default based on configurable roles in the Roles setting.

User information

NOTE: To be able to see the User field, the Employee Right called “Can see Windows login” is required from the Rights.

Field

Description

Right required

Name

Name of the currently logged in user

Type

Role of the currently logged in user

User

Windows login of the currently logged in user

Client/Server information

NOTE: To be able to see the Server Information fields, the General Right called “Can see server information” is required from the Rights.

Field

Description

Right required

Version

Current version of the HR Client

Server version

Current version of the HR Server

Database name

Name of the HR Database

Server start time

Server start date and time

Server uptime

Uptime since server start

License information

NOTE: To be able to see the license field, the General Right called “Can see license information” is required from the Rights.

Field

Description

Right required

Valid from

License activation date

Valid to

License deactivation date

Inserted

Date when the license was added or updated

Number of active employees

Maximum amount of active employees

Number of deactivated employees

Maximum amount of deactivated employees

Licensed areas

Totalview features included in the license agreement

Updating the license

It is possible to update the license via the button in the top right corner. This button is hidden if the user does not have the General Right “Can see license information” from Rights.

NOTE: Updating the license will remove the old one. If an invalid license is added, the old one will be lost. Keep a backup to avoid issues.

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If the license expires, the application will prompt for a new one and close if not provided whenever the application starts.

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