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Add Argument Dialog - Discovered Software

The Add Argument—Discovered Software dialog lets you query the discovered software on all the agent computers. You can either search for a registered application by selecting the appropriate software definition or search for an unknown application by using wildcard expressions.

First, you must select one of the following options:

Discovered Software

Specifies the software product, release, patch, category, or manufacturer to query. Software definitions in the domain are available from the following groups:

Categories

Lists the software definitions grouped by categories.

Manufacturers

Lists the software definitions grouped by manufacturers.

Virtual Application Images

Lists the software definitions grouped by virtual application images.

Existing File

Specifies the executable file name for the application to be searched. The agent searches the explorer of the agent computers for the given application file. This checks only the file name.

Running a query with this option is time-consuming and resource-intensive.

Note: This option searches only those agent computers that have configured the File Scan collect task at the computer level or at the group level, and collected the files and folders.

The Add Argument—Discovered Software dialog displays the following fields depending on whether you choose the Discovered Software or Existing File option:

Operator

(Existing File only) Displays the operator to be applied for the selected expressions. The Like operator lets you specify the search text using wildcard characters.

Note: The Like operator is case-sensitive.

Value

(Existing File only) Specifies the application file name to be searched. The value can include wildcard characters.

Version

(Discovered Software only) Specifies the release version of the registered application. This option is enabled only when a product is selected.

Software Provisioning

(Discovered Software only) The following fields in this group box are available depending on whether you have selected a virtual application image or a release or patch.

As a Virtual Application

Provides options for querying virtual applications:

Installed

Specifies that the search include regularly installed applications. This is the default setting.

Streamed Virtual Application

Specifies that the search include streamed virtual applications, that is, those virtual applications whose source resides on a remote system different from the current system.

Staged Virtual Application

Specifies that the search include staged virtual applications, that is, those residing in the file system of the current computer.

Standalone Virtual Application

Specifies that the search include standalone virtual applications, that is, those virtual applications whose source resides on the current system.

As a Virtual Application Image

Provides options for querying virtual application images:

Streamed Virtual Application Image

Specifies that the search include streamed virtual application images, that is, those virtual application images whose source resides on a remote system different from the current system.

Staged Virtual Application Image

Specifies that the search include staged virtual application images, that is, those residing in the file system of the current computer.

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