Applications
To see which applications are installed across your workstations, open the Applications tab. It shows one row per discovered application, aggregated across every workstation where it was found. It is the default tab when Product Discovery opens.
Review the application inventory
The following table lists the columns of the applications grid:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Application Name | The application's name, as discovered and normalized. |
| Publisher | The software publisher. Shows --- when the scan reported none. |
| Total Installs | How many installations exist across all workstations. |
| Versions | How many distinct versions of the application are installed. |
| Status | Matched if the application is linked to a SAM Catalog entry, or Unmatched. |
The toolbar has Export CSV, Refresh, a filter toggle, and Search. To show only matched or unmatched applications, turn on the filter toggle. The Status column header becomes a drop-down list with All, Matched, and Unmatched. Select Matched or Unmatched to narrow the grid to either side of the match split. When you turn the filter toggle off, the selection resets to All.
See where an application is installed
To see where an application is installed, select its row. The Installations panel opens next to the grid with one row per installation of that application. The following image shows the panel for a selected application:
Installations panel for a selected application
The following table lists the columns of the Installations panel:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Version | The installed version on that workstation. |
| Hostname | The workstation the installation was found on. |
| Primary User | The workstation's primary user. |
| Install Path | Where the application is installed. |
| First Discovered | When this installation first appeared in a scan. |
| Last Seen | The most recent scan that still reported it. |
To close the panel, select the row's radio button again, or select outside the grid.
Mark an application as noise
To remove a utility, launcher, or helper component that survives the built-in filters from the inventory, mark it as noise:
- Select the Mark as Noise row action (the crossed-circle icon at the end of the row).
- Confirm the dialog.
When you confirm, OpenLM Platform creates a Custom exclusion rule named Noise: <application name> that matches the product name exactly. It also removes the application from the Applications view.
Future scans drop the application before it reaches the inventory. To undo it, delete the rule on the Exclusion Rules tab.
Export the inventory
To export the inventory, select Export CSV. The file contains the columns Application Name, Publisher, Total Installs, Version Count, Feature Code, and Is Matched. The export respects the current search term and the Matched or Unmatched filter, and it covers the full filtered list: every page, not only the page on screen.
Related
For related tasks, see the following pages:
- Product Discovery: Overview of the tabs and how discovery works.
- Unmatched Applications: Resolve applications that have no catalog match.
- Exclusion Rules: The rules that keep noise out of this view.
The documentation team might draft this page using a large language model. A technical writer reviews every page and verifies it against the product before publishing it. A human makes the final decision.