How can I get an Altair SLC Personal Edition license?
Altair EmployeeAltair SLC has a built-in Personal Edition (PE) license.
To use Altair SLC you also need Altair Analytics Workbench. The Personal Edition is downloaded in the form of a ZIP file containing the two software packages. You will need to unpack the ZIP file and then install both SLC and Analytics Workbench.
The personal edition license is activated by using a command line 'wps -personal' instruction - after that you must use the Altair Analytics Workbench to run SAS language programs.
Personal Edition is available only for single-user operation on a Windows or MacOS workstation (PC or laptop).
To activate the Personal Edition license, after installing Altair SLC, use the command line to run the command "wps -personal". For example, on Windows, start the 'Command Prompt' app and type the command:
"C:\Program Files\Altair\SLC\2024\bin\wps" -personal
As soon as the license is activated you can launch 'Altair Analytics Workbench' and begin using the software.
All features of Altair SLC are enabled in the Personal Edition except for multi-user and client-server capabilities.
Use of the Altair software is governed by the End User License Agreement which you will have to agree to during the installation process:
https://altair.com/data-analytics-software-license-agreement/
The SLC Personal Edition license expires one year after the software release date.
• PE users of SLC 2023 versions will see a license expiry date of 2024-06-30.
• PE users of SLC 2024 versions will see a license expiry date of 2025-06-30.
Personal Edition users must upgrade to the latest version of SLC each year and Yes Please we do wish to receive feedback from our PE users.
If you run the wps command line and you get this "CLI" message then your personal license has been successfully applied. Now you can use Altair Analytics Workbench to run SAS language code.
The CLI product feature must be licensed in order to use the command line interface.
The current license allows use by Altair Analytics Workbench.
If you run the wps command line and you get this "Usage" message then wps has found an existing non-personal license:
Altair SLC Command Line Interface Version 2024 (5.24.2.0.1345-GA-maintenance)
Copyright 2002-2024 World Programming, an Altair Company
Usage:
wps [<program-file-name>] <options>
where:
<options> can be a list of either:
-<optionname> [<optionvalue>]
-config <config-file-name>
-set <env-var-name> <env-var-value>
Any system option can be specified as optionname.
For the list of available options, and their syntax
see the Altair SLC Reference for Language Elements.
If you have been using Altair Units licensing on this machine then you may get an error message like this:
Feature: SLCPersonal2024
Error Code: -40
Error Description:
[LicID -1] (Err: -40) While checking out feature "GlobalZoneEU": Requested feature name was not found in licenses
In this case you can set the environment variable ALM_HHWU=false to prevent SLC from contacting AltairOne to get an Altair Units license.
If you have been using a legacy 'setinit' (wpskey) license that has expired, this can be wiped by removing or renaming the file C:\ProgramData\altair\slc\5\setinit.dat (Windows) or C:\ProgramData\altair\slc\ (macOS).