Product Exclude Editor

Lets you customize the list of applications or locations to be excluded during the inventory scan.

What is Product Exclude Table?
The Product Exclude table lists the details of the application or the locations that you want to exclude during the inventory scan at the inventoried server or inventoried workstation. By default, the table has entries that are populated during the Inventory policy configuration.

You can specify values for one of the following: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name. But if you specify Product Version or File Size, you must also specify at least one of the following: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name.

For example, if the Product Exclude table has the entry:

Microsoft;MS Office;7.0;C:\ProgramFiles\MSOffice

then the inventory scanner will not scan for MS Office 7.0 located in the c:\programfiles\msoffice directory at the inventoried server or inventoried workstation associated with this Inventory policy.

This page allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Configure Applications to be excluded from scan
• Add the details of the applications or locations to the Product Exclude table
• Delete the details of the applications or locations from the Product Exclude table
• Modify the details of the applications or locations in the Product Exclude table
• Save the details of applications or locations displayed in the Product Exclude table as a text file

Configuring the Applications To Be Excluded From Scan

1. Add the details of the applications or locations to the Product Exclude table.

You can enter a maximum of 1000 entries to the Product Exclude table.

You can use the following methods to add the details of the applications or locations to the Product Exclude table:

• Adding new entries

  1. Click Add.

  2. In the Add Application dialog box, specify the details.

     You can enter details for one of the following: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name. But if you specify Product Version or File Size, you must also configure at least one of the following: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name.

  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
     vendor_name;product_name;product_version;file_name\location;file_size_in_bytes

     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 Product Exclude table.

     A sample file is as follows:

     1;5
     Microsoft;MS Office;7.0;ProgramFiles\MSOffice;7000
     

  2. In the Product Exclude 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 Product Exclude table are saved in the Inventory policy.

Deleting the Details of the Applications or Locations from the Product Exclude Table

Modifying the Details of the Applications or Locations in the Product Exclude Table

1. In the Product Exclude table, select the details of the application or location that you want to modify.
2. Click Modify.
3. Modify the details.
4. Click OK.

Saving the Details of the Applications or Locations of the Product Exclude Table

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

   The details of applications or locations displayed in the Product Exclude table is saved into a text file. You can open the exported file in a text editor to modify the details of the file.

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