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  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. Attribute Management
  5. Overview of application attributes and values

Overview of application attributes and values

Applications consume storage on a host and therefore it is often necessary to account for who is using that storage. Since several applications may reside on a host, additional criteria can be used to classify a specific application.

Application attributes provide the mechanism for identifying a host's applications--an Application Database or MS Exchange Organization--enabling reports that:

  • Identify the group within your organization that is using an application, to be able to determine accountability.

    Example: Which applications are being used by the Engineering department so that I can charge them for capacity usage?

  • Identify applications by type/function.

    Example: Which applications are used for production and which are development applications?

Note:

Currently, application attributes can be used only in reports created with the SQL Template Designer.

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