The Package Rules Tab

The Package rules tab shows a view of the package rules for an SAI.

For Master SAIs, the rules are pre-populated by and are not editable.

For User SAIs, you create the rules manually. For more information, see Example of a Recognition Rule Using Installed Package Information.

The following information is shown for each entry in this tab.

• Package Name - The name of the package.
• Package Type - The types of the installed packages (such as MSI, RPM, etc.) to which the rule applies.
• OS - The operating system on which the application runs.
• Language - The language for the application.
• Publisher - The publisher of the application to which the package rule belongs
• Application - The application to which the package rule belongs
• Description - The brief description of the package rule.
• Release Match - The regular expression for the release name.
• Release Format - The format of the release name.
• Version Match - The regular expression for the version name.
• Version Format - The format of the version name.
• Extra - The extra regular expressions used in the rule.

This procedure is used to edit the properties for a package rule.

To edit the properties of an existing package rule:

1. Right-click the package rule to be edited and select the Properties option.

The Application Rule Wizard box appears.

Alternatively, you can also access the Application Rule Wizard by double-clicking the package rule to be edited.

2. Edit the details as required.

See Editing the Application Rules for more information.

3. Click the Finish button to complete the edit.

After you edit the package rule details, the amended details are displayed in the tree.

This procedure is used to navigate to the application to which the package rule belongs.

To navigate to the application:

1. Right-click a package rule.
2. Select the Go to Application option.

You are led to the application to which the package rule belongs in the Application tab.