Viewing Your Installed Applications on the My Apps Tab

App Portal 2014

When App Portal is integrated with FlexNet Manager Platform, it has access to the FlexNet Manager Platform Application Recognition Library (ARL), which uniquely identifies over 110,000 applications (including multiple versions and editions) from over 14,000 publishers.

App Portal uses this information to identify the applications that have been installed on the current user’s computer, and those applications are listed in the Installed Applications list on the My Apps tab.

Installed Applications List on My Apps Tab

The following topics describe the Installed Applications list:

• Users With Multiple Computers (Devices) Can Select Which Device to View
• Administrators Can Filter List by FlexNet Manager Platform Classification
• List is Generated Independently from App Portal’s Catalog Items
• User Can Choose to Uninstall an Application From This List
• Information Displayed in the Installed Applications List

Users With Multiple Computers (Devices) Can Select Which Device to View

If you have more than one associated computer (device), as determined by the connected deployment technology, you can select the device that you want to view the applications of by making a selection from the Choose Your Device list at the top of the My Apps tab.

If you only have one associated device, the Choose Your Device list is not displayed.

Administrators Can Filter List by FlexNet Manager Platform Classification

When enabling the My Apps feature, administrators can choose to filter this list by application classification, as defined by FlexNet Manager Platform. For example, administrators could choose to only list applications that are classified as Commercial, and hide those applications that are classified as Freeware or Shareware.

List is Generated Independently from App Portal’s Catalog Items

This list of applications is generated by App Portal by using the application recognition information from FlexNet Manager Platform to identify the applications that are installed on each device. Whether or not an App Portal catalog item exists for an application has no bearing upon whether it is included in the Installed Applications list.

Items listed in the Installed Applications list do not necessarily have a corresponding App Portal catalog item. However, if an installed application does have a corresponding App Portal catalog item, additional data may be displayed in this list, such as Cost.

User Can Choose to Uninstall an Application From This List

If an application has no unresolved alerts, a user can choose to uninstall that application (and return its license) by clicking the Uninstall icon in the Action column of the Installed Applications list:

Information Displayed in the Installed Applications List

The following information is displayed for applications in the installed applications list:

Installed Applications List Properties

Property

Description

Application

Application name as defined in FlexNet Manager Platform.

Version

Application version.

Edition

Application edition, if this information was defined in FlexNet Manager Platform.

Publisher

Name of manufacturer of application.

Classification

Category, defined by FlexNet Manager Platform, which can be used to filter lists of applications. For example, administrators might choose to hide all applications that are classified as Freeware, because of the low impact of their licensing. The following classifications are available:

• Beta—Pre-release application (such as beta releases, alpha releases, or release candidates).
• Component—Item is used/installed as a component of another application or suite, and is not licensed as a standalone item.
• Commercial—Requires a license to be purchased for use in a commercial setting.
• Freeware—Licensed for use in a commercial setting free of charge.
• Malware—Application is considered to be potentially harmful (such as a virus or a Trojan horse).
• Shareware—Application is available for download from Internet shareware sites, and typically uses a “try-before-you-buy” licensing model.
• Update—Application represents an update (such as a service pack) to another application, issued free to all customers regardless of purchasing agreements or support contracts (a “minor” update).
• X Rated—Application potentially contains objectionable or sexually explicit material.

Is Used?

Indicates whether or not the application has been used during the License Reclamation Threshold period defined by the App Portal administrator.

Cost

If application has an associated App Portal catalog item, and the catalog item has an associated cost, the cost is listed in this column.

Action

If an application has no unresolved alerts, an Uninstall button is listed in this column:

If you click the Uninstall button, the application will be uninstalled and any associated license will be returned.

See Also

Viewing Your Software Policy Score™ Chart on the My Apps Tab

Resolving Alerts on the My Apps Tab

App Portal 2014 End User Guide

June 5, 2014

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