Software Identification Tag Tab

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Important:The Software Identification Tag tab is only displayed for Windows Installer packages.

You can view and edit the software ID tag information for an individual Windows Installer package on the Software Identification Tag tab of the Home Deployment Type View in Application Manager.

Software Identification Tag Subtab of Home Deployment Type View

The Software Identification Tag tab includes the following properties:

Home Deployment Type View / Software Identification Tag Subtab Properties

Property

Description

Require Software Entitlement

To specify that you want to require your product to have a corresponding software entitlement in order for software reconciliation to be considered successful, set this property to True.

In general, if the software must be purchased, this property should be set to True; if the software is free, this property should be set to False.

Product Name

Name of the product, read from the Product Name property of the Windows Installer package.

Product Version

Version of the product, read from the Product Version property of the Windows Installer package.

Unique ID

The product GUID, which is the ProductCode of the MSI package or the unique string used for the Add and Remove Programs uninstall key name, is used to uniquely identify the product in the software identification tag file.

Tag Creator Name

Enter a name to identify the creator of this tag file. The default value is:

Flexera

Tag Creator RegID

Enter a RegID to identify the creator of this tag file, using the following format:

    regid.YYYY-MM.ReversedDomainName,optional_division

For example:

    regid.2009-06.com.yourcompany,GlobalProductDivision

Note:For more information, see About Software Tagging RegIDs and About the Tag Creator Name, Software Creator Name, and Software Licensor Name Fields.

Software Creator Name

(Optional) Enter a name to identify the creator of this package. By default, the value is Unknown. If the value of this field is left as Unknown, then that exact string will appear in the tag file to indicate that it is not possible to determine the actual value for this field.

Note:For more information, see About the Tag Creator Name, Software Creator Name, and Software Licensor Name Fields.

Software Creator RegID

(Optional) Enter a RegID to identify the creator of this package. By default, the value is Unknown. If the value of this field is left as Unknown, then that exact string will appear in the tag file to indicate that it is not possible to determine the actual value for this field.

Note:For more information, see About Software Tagging RegIDs and About the Tag Creator Name, Software Creator Name, and Software Licensor Name Fields.

Software Licensor Name

(Optional) Enter a name to identify the licensor of this package. By default, the value is Unknown. If the value of this field is left as Unknown, then that exact string will appear in the tag file to indicate that it is not possible to determine the actual value for this field.

Note:For more information, see About the Tag Creator Name, Software Creator Name, and Software Licensor Name Fields.

Software Licensor RegID

(Optional) Enter a RegID to identify the licensor of this package. By default, the value is Unknown. If the value of this field is left as Unknown, then that exact string will appear in the tag file to indicate that it is not possible to determine the actual value for this field.

Note:For more information, see About Software Tagging RegIDs and About the Tag Creator Name, Software Creator Name, and Software Licensor Name Fields.

Generate Software Tag File

Click to save your edits and generate an updated tag file. When this button is clicked, Application Manager will generate a new transform file for this package that includes the newly modified tag file, and will then reimport the package into the Application Catalog along with its updated transform file.

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