Chapter 7. Tagging an application
You can attach various tags to the application that you are analyzing. You can use tags to classify applications and instantly identify application information, for example, an application type, data center location, and technologies used within the application. You can also use tagging to associate archetypes to applications for automatic assessment. For more information about archetypes, see Working with archetypes.
Tagging can be done automatically or manually.
Not all tags can be assigned automatically. For example, an analysis can only tag the application based on its technologies. If you want to tag the application also with the location of the data center where it is deployed, you need to tag the application manually.
7.1. Creating application tags Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can create custom tags for applications that MTA assesses or analyzes.
Procedure
- In the Migration view, click Controls.
- Click the Tags tab.
- Click Create tag.
- In the Name field in the opened dialogue, enter a unique name for the tag.
- Click the Tag category field and select the category tag to associate with the tag.
- Click Create.
Optional: Edit the created tag or tag category:
Edit the tag:
- In the list of tag categories under the Tags tab, open the list of tags in the desired category.
- Select Edit from the drop-down menu and edit the tag name in the Name field.
- Click the Tag category field and select the category tag to associate with the tag.
- Click Save.
Edit the tag category:
- Under the Tags tab, select a defined tag category and click Edit.
- Edit the tag category’s name in the Name field.
- Edit the category’s Rank value.
- Click the Color field and select a color for the tag category.
- Click Save.
7.2. Manually tagging an application Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can tag an application manually, both before or after you run an application analysis.
Procedure
- In the Migration view, click Application inventory.
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In the row of the required application, click Edit (
). The Update application window opens.
- Select the desired tags from the Select a tag(s) drop-down list.
- Click Save.
7.3. Automatic tagging Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
MTA automatically spawns language discovery and technology discovery tasks when adding an application to the Application Inventory. When the language discovery task is running, the technology discovery and analysis tasks wait until the language discovery task is finished. These tasks automatically add tags to the application. MTA can automatically add tags to the application based on the application analysis. Automatic tagging is especially useful when dealing with large portfolios of applications.
Automatic tagging of applications based on application analysis is enabled by default. You can disable automatic tagging during application analysis by deselecting the Enable automated tagging checkbox in the Advanced section of the Analysis configuration wizard.
To tag an application automatically, make sure that the Enable automated tagging checkbox is selected before you run an application analysis.
7.4. Displaying application tags Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can display the tags attached to a particular application.
You can display the tags that were attached automatically only after you have run an application analysis.
Procedure
- In the Migration view, click Application inventory.
- Click the name of the required application. A side pane opens.
- Click the Tags tab. The tags attached to the application are displayed.