Managing Your Catalog

App Portal 2020 R1

Before software can be deployed using App Portal, a program or deployment must be created in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, managed software delivery policy must be created in Altiris, or a mobile application must be configured on AirWatch. An App Portal catalog item is an application, package, software product, policy, or task sequence that has been published in App Portal deployment through the software store front. There are three types of requests of catalog items: Software, General, and Groups.

This section explains how to create catalog items and set catalog item properties.

Managing Your Catalog
Section	Description
Creating Catalog Items	Explains how to create Software, General, Cloud, Task Sequence, AirWatch Mobile Application, and Group catalog items, and how to bundle catalog items.
Enabling Express Checkout: Install Now Button	Explains how to enable express checkout for catalog items, enabling users to bypass the checkout process if certain conditions are met.
Managing Approval Workflows	Explains how to create approval workflows to define how a request will be routed for review.
Managing Questions and Question Templates	Describes how to create questions, add questions to a question template, and how to attach a question template to a catalog item:
Setting Catalog Item Properties	Explains how to set the properties of a catalog item including those related to approval, questions asked at submission, deployment to System Center Configuration Manager, deployment to Altiris, FlexNet Manager Suite licensing, visibility conditions, notifications, and permissions. Also explains how to set properties specific to mobile applications.
Creating Alternate Targets	Explains how to create alternate targets that can be suggested to the user if they are prevented from checking out the catalog item to the target that they originally selected.
Using Expressions to Control Form Validation	Explains how to link expressions to form fields to assure that data is entered into forms in a consistent format and contains valid information.
Catalog Management Reference	Describes the Catalog Management views and dialog boxes that are used when managing your App Portal catalog items.

Managing Your Catalog

App Portal / App Broker 2020 R1 Administration Guide

August 2020