Managing applications

This topic describes how to manage application elements after you have published your applications.

See Troubleshooting for more information about possible application management concerns.

To assign application licenses to groups

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Manage Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage.
Click Assign Licenses To Groups.
In the groups list, select the group(s) to which you want to assign the application license.
In the drop-down list, specify whether the application is Required or Optional.
Click Assign to retain these settings.

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Manage Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage.
Click Assign Licenses To Users.
In the users list, select the user(s) to whom you want to assign the application license.
In the drop-down list, specify whether the application is Required or Optional.
Click Assign to retain these settings.

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Manage Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage.
Refer to the Application attributes table that follows this procedure for information about changes you can make while uploading a new version.
Click Finish to retain these settings.

Attribute	Description
Description	The content that appears on the Description tab of the application details page. By default, the description tab is the first one displayed.
Details	The content that appears on the Details tab of the application details page.
Features and Benefits	The content that appears on the Features tab of the application details page.
Summary	The content that appears at the top of the application details page, and above any product images that might be present. BMC recommends that you use a maximum of 120 characters for the Summary content.
Support	The content that appears on the Support tab of the application details page.
Logo	The image file containing the application logo. The logo image must be 144x144 pixels. PNG format is recommended.
Software	The .apk or .ipa file(s) for the application.
Images	Additional images that represent the application (for example, screenshots). The additional image(s) must be 310 x 198 pixels. PNG format is recommended.
Videos	Web-based videos that display the functionality of the application. The Video URL must be formatted as http://www.youtube.com/v/ABC1234xyz.
Resource File	Additional resource file(s) required by the application (for example, whitepapers). Resource files may not exceed 15 MB; attempts to load larger files will result in a server error.

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Manage Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage.
Select either the User or Group assignment you want to modify and click Manage.
In the drop-down list, specify whether the application is Required or Optional.
Click Assign to retain these settings.

See Assigning-applications-to-users-and-groups for more information about the differences between required and optional assignments.