Viewing Package History - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
Managing Application Catalogs
Task: To associate a package with a Workflow Manager Application Request:
1. Open Application Manager.
2. Connect to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Application Catalog. See
to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Application
3. On the Tools menu, click Options. The Options dialog box opens.
4. On the Extended Attributes tab, confirm that the Integrate with Workflow Manager option is selected.
5. In the Application Manager Product View, select the product that you want to link to Workflow Manager and
select Associate with Workflow Manager Application from the context menu.
The Associate with Workflow Manager Application dialog box opens.
6. Pick the application in Workflow Manager with which you want to associate this product.
Assuming that Workflow Manager is configured to use the same extended attributes file, if you enter new data into
the Extended Attributes view in Application Manager, Workflow Manager automatically detects it; if changes are
made in Workflow Manager, they are automatically reflected in Application Manager.
By design, extended attributes data in Application Manager and Workflow Manager data have a one-to-one
relationship. You can only associate one Workflow Manager application with a product in Application Manager;
once the application is associated, it is no longer available for association with other Application Manager
products.
Note • Another integration feature between AdminStudio and Workflow Manager is that when you associate a
package with a Workflow Manager Application Request and then view that Application Request's Application
Report, there is a link to open the Package Report of its associated package. There is also a link on the Package
Report to open the Application Report of its associated Application Request.

Viewing Package History

The tracking of change history is a critical operation within the Enterprise environment. Maintaining this
information, displaying it, and allowing it to be a filter will gives you the information you need to monitor and
maintain the integrity of your software packages.
In AdminStudio, any operation that materially changes a software package or the data associated with the package
is tracked, and can be viewed in the Application Manager History view.
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