Application templates

Application templates are used to identify the installation of various types of applications. Patterns are divided into two types - created locally and synchronized with the Axence pattern database. Together with the nVision program, approx. 600 manually created patterns are provided to recognize the most-used applications.

nVision distinguises the following types of patterns:

•Applications and operating systems

•Security updates,

•Drivers,

•Operating Systems.

In the further part of the chapter, all four as above are to be understood as applications.

Application pattern

By going to the Assets tab visible in the main program window, and then double-clicking on any item on the Application list in the Software section, you can edit the application. The first available tab is pattern that defines basic information about the application:

Application has following attributes:

•Name,

•Type,

•Category,

•Description (optional),

•Company (optional),

•Version (optional),

•Audited,

•Autodetection.

After clicking the Manage button next to the Autodetection item, the automatic installation detection settings window will open. To enable automatic application detection, its pattern must contain at least one registry or file entry that is marked as identifying:

Autodetection of installalled applications

The registry entries are checked first. If there the application already has an entry in the registry, it is considered to be installed on the computer. If the entry is not present, the files marked in the patterns as identifying are searched (most often it is the * .exe file that allows program run). If found, the application is considered to be on the computer. Otherwise (no registry entries and identification files) the application will not be detected.

Patterns synchronized with Axence database

The templates included in nVision were created manually based on the programs most frequently used by users. More information on managing embedded patterns is described in thebuiltin templates chapter.

Patterns created automatically

Other templates are created automatically by nVision based on entries in the registers of monitored computers. Applications detected with this method are displayed in the list of detected and unknown applications where type of license is unknown to them.

These patterns can be edited, updated with license type, files associated with the application or files identifying it. If the Administrator is aware of an application from the list of detected and unknown, then it is recommended to edit its template.