Enabling Automatic Creation of App Portal Catalog Item

AdminStudio 2020 R2 SP1 | 20.01 | Application Manager

Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

You can automatically create a new catalog item in App Portal each time either an application is published to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Symantec Altiris Management Suite, or Casper Suite Server, or when a package is published to ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager). The instructions for enabling this feature vary depending upon whether you are publishing a package or an application.

Catalog Item Creation When Publishing an Application
Catalog Item Creation When Publishing a Package to ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager)

Catalog Item Creation When Publishing an Application

If you want a new catalog item to be created in App Portal when an application is published to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Symantec Altiris Management Suite, or Casper Suite Server, you need to select an option on the Categories dialog box, which is accessed from the App Portal Information tab of the Application View.

Note:App Portal does not support the creation of catalog items for Mac App Store apps.

To enable automatic creation of App Portal Catalog item upon publication:

1. Open the Application Manager Home tab.
2. Select an application in the tree. The Application View opens.
3. Select the App Portal Information tab. The App Portal Information tab opens.
4. Next to the Categories field, click the browse button. The Categories dialog box opens.

5. Select the Notify Flexera App Portal on publish of current Application option.
6. Select an App Portal category or categories, as described in Specifying Catalog Item Categories.
7. Click OK. When this application is published to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Symantec Altiris Management Suite, or Casper Suite Server, an App Portal catalog item will be automatically created, and the Catalog Item field on the App Portal Information view will display the App Portal Catalog ID for that catalog item:

Catalog Item Creation When Publishing a Package to ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager)

If both AdminStudio and App Portal are connected via the Flexera Service Gateway, when you publish a package from AdminStudio to System Center 2007 or 2012 Configuration Manager, a catalog item for that package should automatically be created in App Portal (in the default catalog category).

However, a catalog item will be created for this package in App Portal only if the Default Category field in App Portal is set to a valid category in App Portal. If the Default Category field on the App Portal Settings > Web Site > General tab is set to -Select- instead of to a valid category, an App Portal catalog item will not be created.

Default Category Field on Web Site > General Tab

If an App Portal catalog item fails to be created when you publish an AdminStudio package to ConfigMgr (Formerly called as System Center Configuration Manager), make sure that a category is selected in the Default Category list on the App Portal Settings > Web Site > General tab.

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