You can import an application's legacy system requirements to form the basis of its distribution rules.
If an application has legacy system requirements and no distribution rules, you are prompted to import the legacy system requirements into the distribution rules when you open the Distribution Rules page on the Application object.
If an application has distribution rules already defined, you are not prompted to import the legacy system requirements when you open the Distribution Rule page on the Application object. You can, however, use the Import Legacy Settings option on the Distribution Rules page to import the requirements.
The following sections provide instructions for handling both scenarios:
In ConsoleOne, right-click the Application object for which you want to create distribution rules by importing legacy system requirements, then click
to display the Application object's property pages.Click the
tab > to display the Distribution Rules page.If there are legacy system requirements and no distribution rules for the Application object, you are prompted to import the legacy system requirements into the distribution rules.
Click
to import the requirements.Modify the distribution rules as desired:
To add a rule: Click Section 33.1, Types of Distribution Rules. For more detailed information about a rule, click the button in the rule's dialog box or see Distribution Rules Page.
, then select the rule to display a dialog box you can use to define the rule. For a brief description of the rules, seeTo add a group: Click
, then select .To add a rule to a group: Locate the group in the list, click
, then select the rule.To add a group to a group: Locate the group in the list, click
, then select .For examples of how to use AND/OR operators and groups, see Section 33.2, AND/OR Boolean Operators and Groups and Section 33.4, Distribution Rules Examples.
If you don't want Application Launcher to display the application's icon on workstations that don't satisfy the distribution rules, deselect the
option.When you imported the legacy system requirements (Step 3), the option was automatically turned on, even if it was previously turned off for all legacy system requirements. You might need to deselect the option to maintain the previously-configured behavior.
If you select this option and one or more rules is not met, the icon is displayed in a disabled state. Users can right-click the disabled icon, select
, then select to view a list of all of the distribution requirements that were defined for the application.When finished, click
to save your changes.In ConsoleOne, right-click the Application object for which you want to create distribution rules by importing legacy system requirements, then click
to display the Application object's property pages.Click the
tab > to display the Distribution Rules page.Click the
button, then click .If you have already defined distribution rules, you are prompted that they will be overwritten by the legacy system rules. Otherwise, the system requirements are imported without further prompting.
Modify the new distribution rules as desired:
To add a rule: Click Section 33.1, Types of Distribution Rules. For more detailed information about a rule, click the button in the rule's dialog box or see Distribution Rules Page.
, then select the rule to display a dialog box you can use to define the rule. For a brief description of the rules, seeTo add a group: Click
, then select .To add a rule to a group: Locate the group in the list, click
, then select the rule.To add a group to a group: Locate the group in the list, click
, then select .For examples of how to use AND/OR operators and groups, see Section 33.2, AND/OR Boolean Operators and Groups and Section 33.4, Distribution Rules Examples.
If you don't want Application Launcher to display the application's icon on workstations that don't satisfy the distribution rules, deselect the
option.When you imported the legacy system requirements (Step 3), the option was automatically turned on, even if it was previously turned off for all legacy system requirements. You might need to deselect the option to maintain the previously-configured behavior.
If you select this option and one or more rules is not met, the icon is displayed in a disabled state. Users can right-click the disabled icon, select
, then select to view a list of all of the distribution requirements that were defined for the application.When finished, click
to save your changes.