Viewing Imported macOS Desktop Application Metadata

AdminStudio 2020 R2 SP1 | 20.01 | Application Manager

AdminStudio automatically extracts metadata when importing a macOS desktop application (.pkg file, .dmg file, or link to Mac App Store app). To view the metadata of a macOS desktop application, perform the following steps:

To view macOS desktop application metadata:

1.

In Application Manager, open the Home tab.

2.

In the tree, select the application node of a macOS desktop application. The General Information tab of the Application View opens.

3.

Review the properties, as described in General Information Tab.

4.

In the tree, expand the mobile app’s application node and its deployment type node to display the subnode icons, and select the Tables subnode.

The Tables View opens, listing metadata from the selected table.

5.

From the Tables list in the toolbar, select one of the following tables:

macOS Desktop Application Type	Table Name
All types	cstblPackage
Apple disk image package (.dmg)	csDmgCustomTable cstblSetupFiles
Apple installer package (.pkg)	csPkgCustomTable cstblSetupFiles
Apple Mac App Store application	csAppDeepLinkExtraInfo ASCMApplicationFeature

These tables list the properties and values that AdminStudio has extracted during import. This metadata is used when these applications are tested for OS compatibility and best practices.

6.

To view the results of the testing of macOS desktop applications, see Performing Compatibility, Best Practices, and Risk Assessment Testing and Viewing and Filtering Test Results.

7.

This metadata along with test results are used to generate the reports displayed on the Reports tab. For more information, see Viewing Application Testing and Analysis Reports on the Reports Tab.