Installer Evidence
Installer evidence is a record of software installation on an inventory device. 'Normalized' installer evidence (meaning installer evidence that includes standard string values as noted below) allows the automatic matching of the evidence to the application that it represents, using the Application Recognition Library (ARL), frequently updated by Flexera.
- Are new records created by imports from the staging database table? — Yes.
- Can records with matching compound keys be updated by these imports? — No.
- Are records unmatched by an import from the staging table deleted from the compliance database (provided that the staging database for BMC Discovery data is the last/only source for these records)? — Yes (records linking applications to inventory devices are deleted under these conditions).
Installer evidence mapping
Most of these properties are available in listings such as the Installer evidence tab of the All Evidence page; and within the properties of an individual installer evidence record, these appear on the General tab.
Source table.property | Display property | Type | Max | Notes |
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Host_ci.HostKey |
Not displayed. (p/key) |
n/a |
Identifies the inventory device on which the installer evidence was found. This value is not displayed in listings of, nor properties for, installer evidence (because in those contexts, the installer evidence may be relevant to many different devices). However, the link from the installer evidence to the application, plus this link to an individual device where the installer evidence has been found, allows the list of installed applications to appear on the Applications tab of the inventory device properties. |
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|
Name (p/key) |
String |
256 |
For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the Display Name from Add/Remove Programs on Windows (or equivalent). |
|
Publisher (p/key) |
String |
200 |
For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the Publisher from Add/Remove Programs on Windows (or equivalent). |
ADDM (string literal) |
Type |
String |
32 |
The string literal "ADDM" is supplied as the installer evidence type for this adapter. |
|
Version (p/key) |
String |
72 |
For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the Display Version from Add/Remove Programs on Windows (or equivalent). |
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R1