Monitored Directory for Package Automation

The Monitored Directory is a single directory were the packages will be executed on-demand and through scheduled automation. To configure the Monitored Directory, perform the following steps.

To configure the Monitored Directory:

1. On the Application Catalog tab menu, select Options. The Options dialog box opens.
2. Under Package Automation Options, select Monitored Directory. The Monitored Directory tab opens.
3. In the Shared Directory field, enter the path or click the browse button (...) to browse to the path.
4. In the Destination Group field, click the browse button (...). The Select Destination Group dialog box opens.
5. Click the New Group button, enter name of the group, and then click Ok.

Note:Multiple groups can be created.

6. Click the Create subgroup based on source folder structure check box, if you want to create subgroups in the folder structure.

7. Click Ok button to exit the dialog box.
8. In the Authentication Type field, select one of the following type:
• Server Authentication— Choose to use server login identification for authentication.
• Windows Authentication— Choose to use Windows network authentication (your network login ID) to log into this Application Catalog.
• Username and Password— If you chose Server Authentication, enter the appropriate Username and Password.
9. Click Test Connection to validate the Monitored Directory connection information. Upon successful validation, the Connection Successful message will appear at the bottom.

Note:If validation is failed, Connection Failed message will be appeared.

10. Click Execute button and confirm the popup for the execution. Upon successful execution, you can see the status of the execution under Automation Logs in the Backlog tab.
11. Packages in the Monitored Directory will be executed based on the package types, as shown in the below table.

Package Type

Import

Test

Wrap

Convert

Publish

ThinApp

Yes

 

 

 

 

SFT

Yes

Yes

 

Yes (only App V)

Yes

PS1

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

PKG

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

MSP

Yes

 

 

 

 

MSIX

Yes

 

 

 

Yes

MSI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPA

Yes

Yes

 

 

Yes

Intunewin

Yes

 

 

 

Yes (only Intune)

EXE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

DMG

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

AppX

Yes

Yes

 

 

Yes

App-V

Yes

Yes

 

 

Yes

APP

Yes

 

 

 

 

APK

Yes

Yes

 

 

Yes
12. During execution, (if required) you can stop by clicking Stop button.

13. After selecting the above fields, click OK.