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Private Application Catalogue

Use the Private Application Catalogue in Snow Atlas to manage your in-house applications and bespoke third-party software.

Applications​

In SAM Core on Snow Atlas, an application is defined as software installed or run on a computer or other device. Each application is associated with one or several recognition rules, which are then used to recognize any programs on computers and devices inventoried by Snow Atlas. As an example, a rule for a Windows operating system can be based on an executable file or a registry value.

The Data Intelligence Service (DIS) provides global definitions for software recognition and distributes them to all subscribers of the DIS.

In principle, the DIS covers all of the commercially available applications. However, in-house applications and bespoke third-party software unique to your environment are not covered and need to be managed locally in your Snow Atlas system.

You manage your local applications in your Private Application Catalogue on Snow Atlas. For more information, see Manage applications.

Filters​

Snow Atlas inventories millions of software rows from the computers in your environment. To find the software rows relevant for your in-house or bespoke applications, you can use collection filters. A collection filter narrows down the number of software rows by only collecting and storing a subset of them. One filter can collect and store about 10.000 software rows. If you want to collect more rows, you need to use several filters in combination.

When you have the filters in place, you can review the software rows the filters collect and then create the software recognition rules needed to recognize your local applications. For more information, see Manage filters.

Before you create a collection filter, you need to know what information you receive from your Snow Inventory Agents and Integration Connectors, and what information you want to collect. The filters collect generic information, for example, data from a specific manufacturer throughout your organization.

EXAMPLE

Users in your environment use an application that the manufacturer "The Best Software Provider Inc." has developed for your organization, only. It is not a commercial application. To collect the software rows related to that application and to any other applications from that same manufacturer, you can create a filter where the criterion Manufacturer name is set to "The Best Software Provider%".

Manufacturers​

The manufacturers of commercially available applications are provided by the Data Intelligence Service (DIS). However, for the applications in the Private application catalogue you must define the application manufacturers yourself. For more information, see Manage manufacturers.

Application families​

All versions and editions of an application are together called an application family. Application families are used for managing upgrade and downgrade rights. In SAM Core on Snow Atlas, the application families of commercially available applications are defined and provided by the Data Intelligence Service (DIS).

For the applications in the Private application catalogue you must define the application families yourself. For more information, see Manage application families.