Package Report

AdminStudio Enterprise Server 2023 | Reports

Edition:Reports is included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition and with Workflow Manager.

You can generate AdminStudio Package Reports on the Search Packages page, which is opened by clicking Search Packages under the AdminStudio Reports subgroup of the Reports group in the navigation bar. On the Search Packages page you can perform a search of all of the applications in the Application Catalog to locate the package you would like to generate a report for.

A Package Report lists detailed package information for packages of the following deployment types:

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Microsoft Windows Installer packages

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Microsoft App-V virtual packages

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Apple iOS mobile apps (local and public store)

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Google Android mobile apps (local and public store)

In a Package Report, the information is presented in a tabbed interface, as described in Navigating Through a Package Report. A Package Report includes the following major sections:

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Package Summary Information View

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Files View

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Registry View

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Shortcuts View

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ODBC Drivers View

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ODBC DS View

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Extended Attributes View

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Validation View

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Conflicts View

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History View

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Dependencies View

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Properties View

Note:See also see Information Included in Package Reports.

Note:Additional information may be available for App-V packages.

Package Summary Information View

The initial view (Page 1) of a Package Report is the Package Summary Information view, and it lists the following information:

Package Report / Package Summary Information
Item	Description
Product Name	Name assigned to the package.
Manufacturer	Company that authored the package.
Import Date	The date and time the package was imported into the Application Catalog.
Unresolved Conflicts	The number of detected conflicts, generated during conflict analysis of this package, which have not yet been resolved—either automatically or manually.
Product Version	Version of package that is recorded in the package’s Windows Installer file.
Product Language	Decimal-based code identifying the language that this software package was authored for. For example, English is 1033, German is 1031, and Japanese is 1041.
In Software Repository	Indicates whether or not this package and its associated files are managed by the Software Repository.

Files View

The Files view lists the all of the files included in the selected package, and the location where these files will be installed. For each file, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Files Information
Item	Description
File	Name of file included with this package.
Target Directory	Name of directory where the file is installed.
Version	Version number of the file.
File Size	Size of the installed file.
Component	Component that the file is associated with.

Registry View

The Registry view lists the registry entries that will be created when this package is installed. For each registry entry, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Registry Information
Item	Description
Root	Identifies the predefined “root” key that contains the registry entry.
Key	A registry key.
Name	Name identifying the registry entry.
Value	The string of data that defines the value of the key.
Component	Package component that the registry entry is associated with.

Shortcuts View

The Shortcuts view lists all of the shortcuts that will be created when this package is installed. For each shortcut, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Shortcuts Information
Item	Description
Name	Name identifying the shortcut.
Target Directory	Directory and executable that the shortcut invokes.
Component	Component associated with the shortcut.

ODBC Drivers View

The ODBC Drivers view lists all of the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers in the package.

ODBC Resources are ones that involve interaction with databases. ODBC drivers are libraries that implement functions involving ODBC. Each database type has its own ODBC driver. For each ODBC driver, the following information is listed:

Package Report / ODBC Drivers Information
Item	Description
Driver	Name of an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver in the package. Each database type has its own ODBC driver.
Description	Description of the ODBC driver identifying its associated database type.
File	File associated with the ODBC driver.
Component	Component associated with the ODBC driver.

ODBC DS View

The ODBC DS view lists all of the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data sources in the package. An ODBC data source identifies the source database type and provides information on how to connect to that database. For each ODBC DS, the following information is listed:

Package Report / ODBC DS Information
Item	Description
Data Source	Name of the ODBC data source, which identifies the source database type and provides information on how to connect to that database.
Description	Identifies the database type.
Driver Description	Name of this ODBC data source’s associated ODBC driver.
Component	Component that this ODBC data source is affiliated with.

Extended Attributes View

The Extended Attributes view lists all of the extended attribute metadata that has been entered for this package. For each Extended Attribute, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Extended Attributes Information
Item	Description
Name	Name identifying the attribute.
Value	Content entered for the attribute.

Validation View

The Validation view lists all of the ICE rule errors and warnings that were generated when the package was validated against Microsoft ICEs (Internal Consistency Evaluators)—custom actions written by Microsoft which can be executed to determine if an installation package is built according to Windows Installer standards.

For each error or warning, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Validation Information

Item

Description

ICE Rule

Name of ICE Rule that generated an error or warning message.

Description

Error or warning message.

Error Level

Indicates the severity of the message as either being a Warning or an Error.

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Errors—Package authoring that will cause incorrect behavior.

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Warnings—Package authoring that could possibly cause incorrect behavior. Warnings can also report unexpected side-effects of package authoring.

Conflicts View

The Conflicts view lists all of the unresolved errors that were found when conflict analysis was performed on this package. For each error, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Conflicts Information
Item	Description
ACE Rule	Name of ACE Rule that generated the message.
Description	Message generated during conflict analysis.
Target Package	Package that conflicted with this package.

History View

The History view lists all of the actions that have been performed on this package since it was imported into the Application Catalog. For each action, the following information is listed:

Package Report / History Information
Item	Description
Date	Day and time the event occurred.
Action	Identifies the event that occurred.
User	Identifies the user who executed the event.
Description	Description of the event that occurred.

Dependencies View

The Dependencies view lists all of a package's files that have dependencies with files used by other products or operating systems in the Application Catalog. For each dependency, the following information is listed:

Package Report / Dependencies Information
Item	Description
Name	Name of a file associated with this package that has dependencies with files used by other products or operating systems in the Application Catalog.
Path	Location where this dependent file is installed.
Size	Size of the dependent file.
Version	Version of the dependent file.

Properties View

The Properties view of the Package Report, which is only displayed for mobile apps, lists various attributes of the selected mobile application.