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 Upload Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage Licenses.
Click Assign Application.
Select Assign to Groups.
In the groups list, select the group or groups to which you want to assign the application license.
In the drop-down list, specify whether the application is Required or Optional.
Note
If your users access your BMC AppZone app store by using BMC MyIT, you can also select Requires approval from the drop-down list. This means that the application will appear in the BMC MyIT application catalog for the user as requiring approval from the BMC AppZone Admin before it can be installed.
Click Assign to retain these settings.

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Upload Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage Licenses.

Select Assign 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.
Note
If your users access your BMC AppZone app store using BMC MyIT, you can also select Requires approval from the drop-down list. This means that the application will appear in the BMC MyIT application catalog for the user as requiring approval from the BMC AppZone Admin before it can be installed.
Click Assign to retain these settings.

From the BMC AppZone Administration Console, click Applications.
The Upload Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Edit.
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 tab 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 or files for the application.
Images	Additional images (for example, screenshots) that represent the application. Additional images 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 files (for example, white papers) required by the application. 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 Upload Applications page appears.
In the applications list, select the application you want to modify and click Manage Licenses.
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.