Add or edit filters: Reference

You only have access to the functionality described in this information if you are entitled to use Flexera One SaaS Management, and have the System administrator role, or a custom role which has the related permissions included in this default role, assigned to you in Roles in Flexera One SaaS Management Settings.

Refer to the table below for field descriptions when you want to add or edit filters in the Private Application Catalogue in Flexera One SaaS Management.

When you have the exact name of the application, manufacturer, version, or executable path, you can use them for your filters. However, if you don't know the exact names or if you want to collect similar names or versions, you can use "%" and "_" as wildcard characters.

Example

  • If you enter application name VMware HGFS Client, the filter will collect software rows where the application name is exactlyVMware HGFS Client.
  • If you enter application name VMware HG%, the filter will collect software rows where the application name starts withVMware HG.
  • If you enter version 10._, the filter will collect software rows where the version is, for example, 10.1 or 10.5. The "_" character allows for one additional character.
  • If you enter executable path %word.exe, the filter will collect software rows where the executable path ends with word.exe.
  • If you enter executable path C:/ProgramFiles/Microsoft%, the filter will collect software rows from the directory C:/ProgramFiles/Microsoft.
Field label Description
Name The name of the filter.
Application name All applications with this name definition are collected by this filter. The definition is matched against the Name column of the inventoried data.
Manufacturer name All applications with this manufacturer definition are collected by this filter. The definition is matched against the Manufacturer column of the inventoried data.
Version All applications with this version definition are collected by this filter. The definition is matched against the Version column of the inventoried data.
Executable path All applications with this executable path definition are collected by this filter. The definition is matched against the ExecutablePath column of the inventoried data.
Operating system type The type of operating system that the filter collects inventoried data for: Windows, MacOS, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, or VMware.