Fixed Locations Scan Editor

Lets you scan for the applications installed at specific locations on the inventoried servers or inventoried workstations associated with the Inventory policy.

What is Fixed Location Table?
The Fixed Location table lists the specific location of the applications that you want to scan for at the inventoried server or inventoried workstation.

By default, the list has no entries.

For example, if the Fixed Location table has the entry c:\programfiles\, then the Inventory scanner scans for applications located in the c:\programfiles\ directory and its subdirectories only at the inventoried server or inventoried workstation.

This page allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Configure the locations of the application to be scanned
• Add the locations of the application to the Fixed Location table
• Delete the locations of the application from the Fixed Location table
• Modify the locations of the application in the Fixed Location table
• Save the contents of the Fixed Location table to a text file

Configuring the Locations of the Application To Be Scanned

1. Add specific locations of the application to the Fixed Locations table.

   You can enter a maximum of 1000 entries to the Fixed Location table.

   You can use the following methods to add the location of the applications to the Fixed Location table:

   • Adding new entries

     1. Click Add.
     2. In the Add New Location dialog box, specify the location.
     3. Click OK.

   • Importing the contents from an existing file

     1. Open a text editor and create a file with the following contents:

        number_of_entries;number_of_columns
        Location_of_the_application

        The separator between the columns is a semicolon. Save the file as a text file with any extension you prefer. You can then import the file into the Fixed Location table.

        A sample file is as follows:

        1;1
        c:\programfiles\adobe

     2. In the Fixed Location Editor dialog box, click Import.
     3. Browse for and select the file.
     4. Click Open.

2. Click OK.

   The details of the applications listed in the Fixed Locations table are saved in the Inventory policy.

Deleting the Locations of the Applications from the Fixed Location Table

Modifying the Location of the Applications Listed in the Fixed Location Table

1. In the Fixed Location table, select the location of the application that you want to modify.
2. Click Modify.
3. Modify the location.
4. Click OK.

Saving the Contents of the Fixed Location Table to a Text File

1. Click Export.
2. Specify a filename.
3. Click Save.

   The locations of applications displayed in the Fixed Location table are saved into a text file. You can open the exported file in a text editor to modify the details of the applications in the file.