Ansys offers a QA Services application control feature to permit access only to software covered by Ansys QA Services. This control is enabled through the definition of an environment variable. For customers with QA Services Agreements, information about which applications are included under the scope is provided to the contact designated on the QA Services Agreement.

The Linux installer for Ansys Products does not offer an activation option. The environment variable should be set using linux commands appropriate to the shell. For example, C shell would use:

setenv ENABLE_ANSYS_QA_SERVICES211 1

The command to set the environment variable can be added to the user's .cshrc, .profile, or .login file.

Once activated, applications will notify you at launch that the QA Services option has been enabled. The flag is read at the startup of an application and will either enable or disable the entire application. Features within the application will not be selectively enabled or disabled. Applications that are within the scope of Ansys’ QA Services will have a pop up dialog box, a note in the Help About menu, and details written to the header of the output file where applicable. Applications that are not within the scope of Ansys’ QA Services will be blocked from launching with a dialog notifying the user that the QA Services option is active. Various utilities may not be blocked by the QA Services application control (Viewer, etc).

There is an option in the pop up dialog to not show the notification in the future.

For more information on Ansys Quality Services, visit the Ansys website and go to Products & Services > Services & Support > Quality Assurance > Quality Assurance Services.