Software Identification Manager: Rapid Rule Creation
Applications listed in the Provisional Identifications tab of the Software Identification Manager have been identified using version information from the application's files. You can choose to leave applications in the provisional list, or you can promote an application to the Confirmed Identifications tab by creating a recognition rule based on this version information.
To create a recognition rule from a provisional identification:
1 In the Provisional Identifications tab of the Software Identification Manager, select the Details button.
2 In the Provisional Identifications list, right-click the entry from which you want to create a recognition rule and choose Rapid Rule Creation to open the Rapid Rule Creation dialog.
The Base rule on field displays the name of the file that Vector AM used to identify the application. The Version field displays the information extracted from the first two digits of the file's version information properties.
3 To change the name by which the application is identified in software inventories, enter a new name in the Name field.
4 In the Type field, enter a category for the application, or click the down arrow and select the category from the list.
5 In the Vendor field, enter the name of the application's manufacturer.
6 If you want to identify an application but do not want to manage it, select Hide this application in asset management and software inventory reports.
7 If this application is used under a concurrent licensing agreement and you want to calculate concurrent usage data on this application for use in Software Metering reports, select Enable concurrent use monitoring for this application.
8 Click Create Rule to add the application to the Applications Library. The application is promoted to the Confirmed Identifications tab for all selected Clients. For all other Clients, the application is promoted when you next run the Update Software Inventory operation.
Notes
Rules
created by the Rapid Recognition dialog use only the Base rule on file and its version information
to identify an application. To specify which files are used to identify an application, or to identify
the version number of the application from other file properties, use the Software
Identification Wizard or create your own rules
in the Applications Library.
To
view or modify the recognition rule created from this dialog, select the Applications Library tab,
and then select the application name in the rule list.