Add application

An application can be added to the Application Pool in several ways. These are explained below.

Adding an application manually

The action Add new application is available in the Application Pool. Clicking on this action opens a dialog box in which the properties of the application can be set.

Every application must have a name. In selecting a name, keep in mind that it will be displayed to the user.

A note can be added (optional).

Processes

To identify an application correctly, at least one process definition is required.

A process is identified by its name. The process name can be exact or it can be identified by wildcards (Begins with, Contains, Ends with).

Examples

Identify Calculator (calc.exe) application

Process name	Match Type	Identified?	Note
calc	Exact		Recommended
ca	Starts with		Unwanted applications could be identified
clac	Contains		Process name does not match

Identify Notepad (notepad.exe) application

Process name	Match Type	Identified?	Note
notepad	Exact		Recommended
pad	Ends with		Unwanted applications (e.g. wordpad.exe) could be identified

Window captions

If an application cannot be uniquely identified by it's process name, for example because only certain instances are affected by a problem, window captions can be used for more precise identification.

Example

Database DB-2 has failed and all instances of the application that access this database should be notified.

Application window caption	Keyword	Match type	Identified?
IBI-care TacsAdmin - 1.8.3.105 [DB-1]	[DB-2]	Ends with
IBI-care TacsAdmin - 1.8.3.105 [DB-2]	[DB-2]	Ends with

Identify specific applications

The following articles describe how to add a specific application:

Using drag and drop

If an available exe file is moved to the Application Pool by dragging and dropping, an application entry is generated automatically.

In this operation, exe file properties (application name, description, process name) will be extracted automatically.