Identifying Applications Using Evidence

IT Visibility uses evidence information to identify software applications installed or accessed within your enterprise. The evidence information is collected as a part of the inventory collection process.

You can see all your discovered software evidence with overall match counts, aligned with normalized results where applicable, on the IT Visibility Software Evidence page (Applications & Evidence > IT Visibility Software > Software Evidence).

On this page, you can:

Choose a sub-tab to display the relevant view: Installer Evidence (default view), File Evidence, or OS Evidence.
View the overall evidence counts for All evidence, Active evidence, Irrelevant evidence and Unrecognized evidence on the Installer Evidence tab
View the overall evidence counts for All evidence and Active (Technopedia Mapped) evidence on the File Evidence tab
View the overall evidence counts for All evidence, Active (Technopedia Mapped) evidence and Unrecognized evidence on the OS Evidence tab
View the properties of each piece of discovered evidence. You can search for evidence by using the global search box or the filter in each property column. You can also sort the evidence by properties.
View additional evidence details (such as type, data source, and last found date) for a specific piece of evidence by clicking that evidence.

Note:Within each record of the evidence, the Technopedia details reflect the recognition status when the related instances of that evidence was last mapped.

Installer Evidence

The following table lists all the available properties in the Installer Evidence view. This is the default view for Software Evidence. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in the CSV format.

Property

Description

Evidence Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the software as reported by the evidence.

Evidence Name

The display name of the software as reported by the evidence.

Evidence Version

The version of the software as reported by the evidence.

Installation Path

The installation path of a software application to verify compliance or assist with the uninstallation process.

Note:Installation Path isn’t included in the global search criteria.

Reported Counts

The reported count of the evidence (that is, the information collected from a system to detect the existence of the software).

Recognition Status

The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values:

Active—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia.
Irrelevant—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized as not having any value to the customer. The reason why the evidence has been recognized as irrelevant is provided in the Irrelevant Reason column.
Unrecognized—Indicates that the evidence has not been mapped in Technopedia. Flexera curates unrecognized evidence based on whether it is useful for recognition. Details on this gap-fill process can be found in the Flexera Community.
When the recognitions status is Unrecognized, a dash “-” appears in the Technopedia fields.

Data Source

Provides names of the data sources for the file.

Irrelevant Reason

Explanation for why an evidence has been marked as Irrelevant in its recognition status.

Last Found

Provides the most recent date when the evidence was found.

Is Private

Indicates whether the evidence is mapped to the Private Catalog.

Technopedia Product ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Technopedia Release ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Technopedia Name

The display name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Product

The product name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Version

The version of the software as provided in Technopedia.

 

File Evidence

Note:The overall evidence counts displayed in the File Evidence tab are All evidence and Active (Technopedia Mapped) evidence. They do not include Active (private catalog mapped), Irrelevant and Unrecognized evidence.

The following table lists all the available properties in the File Evidence view. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in the CSV format.

Property

Description

File Name

The file name of the product as reported by the evidence.

File Version

The file version of the product as reported by the evidence.

File Path

The file path of the product as reported by the evidence.

Note:File Path isn’t included in the global search criteria.

File Size

The file size of the product as reported by the evidence.

Note:File Size isn’t included in the global search criteria.

Technopedia Product

The product name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Version

The version of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Name

The display name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Reported Counts

The reported count of the evidence (that is, the information collected from a system to detect the existence of the software).

Recognition Status

The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values:

Active (Technopedia Mapped)—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia, excluding Private Catalog mapping.

Data Source

Provides names of the data sources for the file.

Last Found

Provides the most recent date when the evidence was found.

Technopedia Product ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Technopedia Release ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Product Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the product as reported by the evidence.

Product Name

The display name of the product as reported by the evidence.

Product Version

The version of the product as reported by the evidence.

 

OS Evidence

Note:The overall evidence counts displayed in the OS Evidence tab are: All evidence, Active (Technopedia Mapped) evidence and Unrecognized evidence. They do not include Active (private catalog mapped), and Irrelevant evidence.

The following table lists all the available properties in the OS Evidence view. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in the CSV format.

Property

Description

Evidence Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the software as reported by the evidence.

Evidence Name

The display name of the software as reported by the evidence.

Evidence Version

The version of the software as reported by the evidence.

Reported Counts

The reported count of the evidence (that is, the information collected from a system to detect the existence of the software).

Recognition Status

The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values:

Active (Technopedia Mapped)—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia, excluding Private Catalog mapping.
Unrecognized—Indicates that the evidence has not been mapped in Technopedia. Flexera curates unrecognized evidence based on whether it is useful for recognition. Details on this gap-fill process can be found in the Flexera Community.

Note:When the recognitions status is Unrecognized, a dash “-” appears in the Technopedia fields.

Data Source

Provides names of the data sources for the file.

Last Found

Provides the most recent date when the evidence was found.

Technopedia Product ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Technopedia Release ID

The Technopedia unique identifier for the application, if applicable.

Technopedia Name

The display name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Manufacturer

The manufacturer name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Product

The product name of the software as provided in Technopedia.

Technopedia Version

The version of the software as provided in Technopedia.