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The Applications page is , accessed through through Reports > Application Discovery >  > Applications displays , shows details about all applications detected on your network. The page offers the option to sort and filter the applications by category and manufacturer, and it shows the following details:     

  • MANUFACTURER: The manufacturer or vendor of the device.
  • NAME: The name of the application.
  • CATEGORY: The category of the application
  • REQUESTS: The number of requests an application has made since it was detected on your network for the first time.
  • STATUS: The application’s status: Need ReviewApproved, or  or Unapproved
  • DEVICES: The devices associated with an application.

You can do the following on the Applications page: 

Perform Search

Click  to search through all available application records

View and Change Status

The left-most column lists the statuses:

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To change the status of an application, do the following:1.

  1. Select the application by clicking the horizontal menu item associated with it.

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  1. Select the status of the application, and click the Change Status button

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The system takes approximately 30 seconds

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to update the status

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. The updated information will be shown in the tile

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that reflects the application's newly assigned status.

View Application Categories

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  • Business App
  • Business App Suite
  • Cloud Backup and Storage
  • Communication
  • Consumer Services
  • Content Delivery Network (CDN)
  • Email
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Information Technology
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • Remote Connectivity
  • Search Engines
  • Security
  • Social Networking
  • Software Development
  • Video Conferencing
  • VPNs & Proxies
  • Vulnerability Scanner

To view all available application see more categories, click Show more. To limit the number of application categories shown on the listsee fewer categories, click Show less 

View Manufacturers

The status types are listed in the left-most column of the Applications page. The following are some of the manufacturers available:

  • Adobe Inc.
  • Akamai Technologies
  • Amazon
  • Apple Inc.
  • Apple, Inc
  • Box, Inc
  • Canonical 
  • Additional manufacturers

To view the list of all available To see more manufacturers, click Show more. To limit the number of manufacturers shownsee fewer manufacturers, click Show less.  

Filter by Application Category

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On the right-hand side of the page, click Show, (located below the Action bar. The time period displayed can be modified from 1 hour to 1 month. To choose a custom time period, select Custom and choose From and To valuesthe Action bar) and choose a time period

  • 1 hour (default)
  • 24 hours
  • 48 hours
  • 7 days
  • 1 month
  • Custom

To specify a custom time period, select Custom and choose From and To values. When Custom is selected, the following date and time filters appear:

  • From: Use the calendar and the time dial to select the start date and time.
  • To: Use the calendar and the time dial to select the end date and time.

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Change Status of Application

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To change the status of an application, do the following:

  1. In the applications data Application Data table, select an application from the list by clicking the  icon associated with the application.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select Approved or Unapproved, depending on the status you want to assign to the application. 
  3. To see the status of newly approved and unapproved applications, go to the the Summary page page. On the page, you can view the status of newly updated applications.

Go to To edit the application filters, go to Policies > Filters and click click  followed by Edit next  and then Edit, next to the default default options All Unapproved Applications or  and All Unapproved Applications in the name column to edit the application filters. Tags can be assigned tags to approved as well as unapproved applications. Or, to go to the Application Discovery Summary page, click the All Approved Applications link or the All Unapproved Applications Applications link in the name column to go to the Application Discovery Summary page NAME column. For more information, see Configuring Security Policies.

Sort Application Categories

In the applications data Application Data table, click a header title to sort through the application records according to the column label.        

Export Records

Click  to export a CSV file that contains all Application Summary records.