Anonymous Devices

Devices must be registered in FlexNet Operations in order to view information about update activity. When registering the device, assigning it to an account is an optional step. For some devices, particularly those sold to a single end user, or those running software that is not licensed, assigning to an account is not necessary or possible. Devices not assigned to an account are known as "anonymous devices".

It is possible to use Updates and Insights features for anonymous devices. However, the way such devices use the registration and update APIs, and are subject to entitlement checks, differs from devices assigned to an account.

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When registering the device using the /registrations REST API, an activationID will not be available, and so should be left blank.

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When requesting updates, the fields id and idType (which identify the device) and the field publisherName should be left blank.

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Only updates with entitlement check set to None are returned to such devices.

The rest of this documentation includes further information about how to carry out registration and updates for anonymous devices.