Creating a General Catalog Item

General catalog items are usually used for non-software assets, such as a headset or a mouse, that you want to make available for request on App Portal. They can also be used to enable someone to make a request for a software item that is not in the catalog.

To create a General catalog item using the New Catalog Item Wizard, perform the following steps:

To create a General catalog item:

1. If you want to create a licensed General catalog item, make sure that you have performed the steps in Connecting to the Flexera Service Gateway.
2. Open the App Portal Admin tab.
3. Under Catalog Management, select New Catalog Item Wizard. The Catalog Item Type panel of the New Catalog Item Wizard opens.

4. Select General Catalog Item and click Next. The Catalog Item Title and Category panel opens.

5. In the Title field, enter a title to identify this catalog item in your App Portal storefront.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. 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 80 px or larger.

9. 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.

10. In the Search Keywords text box, enter single words that an end user might enter when searching for this catalog item.
11. 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:

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.

Brief Description—When viewing catalog items in list view, the brief description will also be visible:

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.

12. When you are finished editing the fields on the Catalog Item Title and Category panel, click Next. If you are connected to the Flexera Service Gateway, the Flexera ID panel opens

13. To track licenses for this catalog item using its Flexera ID, use the column filters to locate this catalog item in FlexNet Manager Suite, select it, and click Next. The Ready to Create panel opens.
14. 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.
15. 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.