Creating a New Catalog Item with Classification Using the Wizard

A classification is a property that can be associated to a catalog during its creation using the Wizard. This property is displayed in the Title and Category panel.

Note: Classification property is only displayed for General, Software and Cloud types of catalog in the wizard. Classification is not shown for Task Sequence, OSD, Group and Mobile catalogs. Classification property is only shown if the global setting under Settings > Website > Catalog Classification is checked.

An example of associating a classification using General Catalog is explained in the steps mentioned below. Classification can also be associated to Software and Cloud types of catalog. To create a general catalog item with classification, perform the following steps.

To create a General catalog item with classification

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Open the App Portal Admin tab.

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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 General Catalog Item and 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.

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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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From the Classification field, select a classification for the catalog. At any point, only one classification can be associated to a catalog.

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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.

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Optionally, from the Template list, select an existing template to apply advanced settings to this catalog item.

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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 associated classification is displayed as follows in the Browse page.

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Title with Classification—The text entered in the Title field along with the catalog item icon and the Classification name with image will be displayed when viewing this catalog item on the Browse Catalog tab.

Note:In the above image, Adobe Dreamweaver CC is classified as White which is a Preferred type.

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Brief Description—When viewing catalog items in list view, the classification name along with image is also displayed along with brief description.

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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 along with classification with its image, which is opened by clicking on the catalog item name in either the list or card view.

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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.

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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. The classification selected is also displayed here.

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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.