Hardware and Software Recognition

Recognition is the process of identifying certain properties and attributes of a hardware device or a software application by leveraging content that is supplied by Content Packs and by publisher data.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Software Recognition

Software Identification Tags. Universal Discovery supports the ISO/IEC 19770-2 standard. A software identification tag is an XML file that contains identification information about a software product. The tag is installed on a discovery node together with the software product, and it uniquely identifies the software. When tags are captured by Scanners during discovery, the data can be leveraged for improved software asset management and compliance.

The tag may be created as part of the installation process, or added later for software already installed without tags.

Software identification tag files must have the .swidtag file extension in order to be recognized by Inventory Discovery tools. You can create installed package rules that can match the information found in the software ID tags.

For more information, about viewing software identification tags, see Inventory Tools.

Software Application Index (SAI). SAI files provided with the Content Pack contain information to identify applications on a discovery node. The library also contains license relationship information that allows Universal Discovery to identify how individual software products are related to a software product suite.

SAI files can be exported from the Administration > Package Manager, then select SAI. For more information, see How to Export a Package.

In addition to the standard libraries, Universal Discovery includes several tools that allow you to create your own library extensions in the form of one or more User SAI files that can be applied to the automatic Application Recognition process. For more information, see the section that describes the SAI Editor in Inventory Tools. For more information about teaching applications to improve the Application Recognition process, see Application Teaching.

The SAI contains information about applications in multiple languages for multiple platforms. SAI files are available as follows:

Windows

The following languages are available: