File Evidence

FlexNet Manager Suite 2022 R1 (On-Premises)

File evidence consists of files found on the disk of an inventory device. 'Normalized' file evidence (meaning file evidence that includes standard string values as noted below) allows the automatic matching of the file evidence to the application of which it forms part, 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.

File evidence mapping

Most of these properties are available in listings such as the File evidence tab of the All Evidence page; and within the properties of an individual file evidence record, these appear on the General tab. (This listing is alphabetical by Display property values.)

Source table.property Display property Type Max Notes
Host_ci.HostKey Not displayed. (p/key)

n/a

Identifies the inventory device on which the file evidence was found. This value is not displayed in listings of, nor properties for, file evidence (because in those contexts, the file evidence may be relevant to many different devices). However, once the file evidence is linked to an application, this link to an individual device where the file evidence has been found may affect the list of installed applications that appears on the Applications tab of the inventory device properties.

FileEvidenceDetail_
ci.Company

 Company (p/key)

String

100

For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the Company WinPE header property from Windows executables.

FileEvidenceDetail_
ci.Description

Description (p/key)

String

200

For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the Description WinPE header property from Windows executables.

FileEvidenceDetail_
ci.FileName

 Name (in listings) or File name (in file evidence properties) (p/key)

String

256
For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be:
  • On Windows, the file name without path
  • On UNIX-like platforms, the full absolute file path.

FileEvidenceDetail_
ci.FileSize

 Size Integer    

FileEvidenceDetail_
ci.FileVersion

Version (p/key)

String

100

For recognition using the standard ARL to work reliably, this value must be the File Version WinPE header property from Windows executables.
The following extended properties of file evidence records are not populated in an BMC Discovery import:
  • File path
  • Language
  • Product name
  • Product version.

FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)

2022 R1