Creating a Software Catalog Item for an Altiris Software Product
When creating a Software catalog item for an Altiris software product, App Portal connects to the Altiris server and you select one of the listed items to make available in App Portal.
To create a new Software catalog item for an Altiris software product, perform the following steps:
Important:While the instructions in this section assume you are adding a software product from Altiris to a new Software catalog item, you can include software from multiple deployment technologies to the same Software catalog item by selecting more than one source on the Software Source panel of the New Catalog Item Wizard. See Creating a ConfigMgr / SCCM 2012 Software Catalog Item.
To create a new Software catalog item for an Altiris software product:
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Under Catalog Management, select New Catalog Item Wizard. The Catalog Item Type panel of the New Catalog Item Wizard opens. |
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Select Software Catalog Item and click Next. The Software Source panel opens. |
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Select Altiris and then select the Software Product option and click Next. The Altiris Software Products panel opens. |
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Locate and select the software product that you want to associate with this new catalog item. |
Important:Only a specified number of software products are initially listed in this grid. To search the entire Altiris server for a software product, use the column filters.
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Click Next. The Catalog Item Title and Category panel opens. |
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In the Title field, enter a title to identify this catalog item in your App Portal storefront. By default, the name of the software product that you selected is listed in this field. |
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From the Category field, select a category to specify this catalog item’s location in the App Portal catalog. You are required to select at least one category, but you may select more than one. |
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In the Brief Description field, enter the text that you want to display under the catalog item Title in the App Portal storefront (when viewed in list view). |
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By default, a generic icon is associated with this catalog item. To associate a custom icon to this catalog item, click Change to open the Image Selection dialog box and select a .gif, .jpg, or .png icon file. |
Tip:For best results, the uploaded image should be 80 px by 80px or larger.
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Optionally, from the Template list, select an existing template to apply advanced settings to this catalog item. |
Note:For more information, see Creating a Catalog Item Template.
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In the Search Keywords text box, enter single words that an end user might enter when searching for this catalog item. |
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In the Full Description text area, enter a longer description of this catalog item, and use the items on the toolbar to format it. |
The text entered in the Title, Brief Description, and Full Description fields will be displayed as follows:
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Title—The text entered in the Title field along with the catalog item icon, will be displayed when viewing this catalog item on the Browse Catalog tab. |
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Brief Description—When viewing catalog items in list view, the brief description will also be visible: |
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Full Description—The text entered in the Full Description field will be displayed when a catalog item is viewed in its detail view, which is opened by clicking on the catalog item name in either the list or card view. |
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When you are finished editing the fields on the Catalog Item Title and Category panel, click Next. If you are connected to FlexNet Manager Suite via the Flexera Service Gateway, the Flexera ID panel opens. |
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To track licenses for this catalog item using its Flexera ID, use the column filters to locate this application or package in FlexNet Manager Suite, select it, and click Next. The Altiris Advertisement Settings panel opens. |
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From the Select Deployment Method list, select one of the following options: |
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From the Select Program for Install, Select Program for Uninstall, and Select Program for Repair lists, select the program name that you would like to add for each function. |
Note:You are required to select at least one program.
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Click Next. The Ready to Create panel opens. |
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If, after this catalog item is created, you want to immediately open this catalog item’s Catalog Item Properties dialog box, where you can specify advanced settings, select the Load advanced view after creating the catalog item option. |
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Review the summary information and then click Create to create this new catalog item. The catalog item will now be listed on the Browse Catalog tab in the category you selected. |
Note:After creating a catalog item, you can edit its basic and advanced settings on the Catalog Item Properties dialog box, as described in Setting Catalog Item Properties.