# EXCLUDE

This statement excludes a user or predefined group of users from the list of who is allowed to use the feature. EXCLUDE supersedes INCLUDE; conflicts between the EXCLUDE list and the INCLUDE list are resolved by the EXCLUDE list taking precedence.

Usage

EXCLUDE feature type { name | group_name }

Term | Description
feature | Name of the feature being affected.
type | One of USER, HOST, DISPLAY, INTERNET, GROUP, or HOST_GROUP.
name | Name of an item of type type for which license usage is excluded.
group_name | Name of the group to exclude. Group names are case sensitive.

Example

This is how to exclude user frank from using feature f1:

EXCLUDE f1 USER frank

Important Information:

We recommend not combining EXCLUDE + EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT (or INCLUDE + INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT) in the same options file. Concurrent use licenses should be user-restricted with:

• EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT or INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT if license administrators wish to restrict only borrow.

• EXCLUDE or INCLUDE if license administrators wish only to restrict concurrent licensing, but not borrow.

FlexNet Publisher does not currently support the user restriction of the borrow and concurrent use check-out portions of a concurrent use license separately.