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Manage application rules

Learn how to manage your application rules in Snow Management and Configuration Center.

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You can neither edit nor delete application rules provided by the Software Recognition Service (SRS).

Create new application rules​

You can either create entirely new application rules or use unassigned inventoried software as a basis.

  1. On the Software recognition menu, click Application definitions.

  2. In the Applications list, select the application you want to create a rule for.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • To create a new rule, click New rule.

    • To create a new rule based on unassigned inventoried software, do the following:

      1. In the Unassigned Inventoried Software list, select one or several software rows.

      2. Click New Rule From Selected.

  4. In the Rule dialog box , enter a Name for the new rule.

  5. On the Definition tab, do the following:

    1. Enter information on Software, Manufacturer, Version, Language, and Executable Path. If you create a rule based on selected unassigned inventoried software, the fields with common contents are automatically completed.

    2. To only filter on software rows that originate from a registry value, select Collected from registry.

    3. To also filter on software rows that originate from virtual versions of the application, select Include virtual versions of matching applications.

      In the Version column, a virtual version of an application is indicated by the prefix VT-.

  6. Optionally, on the Exceptions tab, create exceptions to exclude unwanted software rows that have no relation to the application:

    1. Click New.

    2. In the Exception dialog box, type the common denominators for the exception. For details, see Step 5.

    3. Click OK to save and close the Exception dialog box.

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    Exceptions can also be created from the Preview tab.

  7. On the Preview tab, you can see the software rows that are filtered out as a result of the new rule. If necessary, go back and change the settings on the Definition and Exceptions tabs until you get the result you want.

    To exclude unwanted software listed on the Preview tab, do the following:

    1. Select the unwanted software row or rows, and then click New Exception From Selected.
      An exception rule is created with the common denominators for the unwanted software.

  8. Click OK to save the new rule and close the Rule dialog box.

Edit application rules​

  1. On the Software recognition menu, click Application definitions.

  2. In the Applications list, select the application you want to edit a rule for.

  3. In the Rules assigned to [application name] list, select the rule you want to edit.

  4. Click Edit Rule.

  5. Make the changes. For information on the different tabs, see Create new application rules.

  6. Click OK to save.

Delete application rules​

  1. On the Software recognition menu, click Application definitions.

  2. In the Applications list, select the application you want to delete a rule for.

  3. In the Rules assigned to [application] list, select the rule you want to delete.

  4. Click Delete Rule.

  5. Click OK to confirm the deletion.