Add applications to the Private Application Catalogue: Reference
Refer to the tables below for field descriptions when you want to add new applications to your Private Application Catalogue in Snow Atlas.
Application details
The Application details tab lets you, for example, add the version, edition, and metric of the application.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Application name | The name of the application as it appears in SAM Core. (Required) |
| Manufacturer | The name of the application manufacturer. (Required) If you cannot find the manufacturer in the list, you have the possibility to add the manufacturer as a new one in your Private Application Catalogue. |
| Application family | The family that the application belongs to. The application family name does not include a version or edition name. Example: "Microsoft Excel" or "iTunes". Application families are used for managing license upgrades and downgrades. If you cannot find the family in the list, you have the possibility to add the family as a new one in your Private Application Catalogue. |
| Edition name | The edition name of the application. Example: "Standard" or "Professional". |
| Edition index | The edition index of the application drives categorization of the editions, such as Enterprise and Standard, for cross edition rights as well as license upgrades and downgrades. |
| Version name | The version name of the application. Example: "10" , "v11" , or "2.4". |
| Version index | The version index of the application determines the paths of the upgrade and downgrade rights for the application. It is a licensing construct and does not reflect real versions. Version indexes should follow the same order as the released versions: a more recent version should have a higher version index than a previously released version. |
| License required | If this setting is enabled, the application requires a license and you must also select a Preferred metric for the application. |
| Preferred metric | The preferred metric describes the general licensing conditions for the application. Requires that License required is enabled. |
| Operating system type | The operating system that the application is running on. |
| Operating system | If selected, the application is an operating system. |
Application discovery
On the Application discovery tab, under Rule, you can add search parameters, or rules, to identify the application and to collect usage information.
| Field label | Description |
|---|---|
| Name pattern | All applications with this name pattern are identified by this rule. |
| Manufacturer pattern | All applications with this manufacturer pattern are identified by this rule. |
| Version pattern | All applications with this version pattern are identified by this rule. |
| Executable path pattern | All applications with this executable path pattern are identified by this rule. If Registry key is selected, this parameter will not be used. |
| Registry key | If selected, only Windows registry keys are considered in the search. Note that SWID Tag data is included when you use this type of rule. |
On the Application discovery tab, under Filters, you see a list of available collection filters that you can select to run your rules against.
On the Application discovery tab, under Added rules, you see a list of all search patterns added for the application.