Add a New Normalization Rule

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Add a New Normalization Rule

On the sidebar, click on Configuration > Normalization rules. Then click on the Add button located on the top of the page. The Add normalization rule dialog will be opened.

 

The Add normalization rule dialog is divided into the General tab and the Advanced tab.

 

General Tab

 

AddNormalizationRuleGeneral

 

The following information can be found in the General tab of the Add normalization rule dialog:

 

Friendly name of rule: A human friendly name describing the rule.

Matching: This defines the options that will be selected by the rule. The selected options can be defined using regular expression.

oMatch publisher

oMatch product

oMatch version

oMatch language

oMatch path

Replacements: Select one or more of the options in order to replace it for all results received. It is possible to use variables when defining the replacement (for example: {product} for the product, {platform} for the platform, {major} for the major version number, etc.).

oReplace publisher name

oReplace product name

oReplace version

oReplace platform

oReplace language

 

It is possible to select multiple match and replacement options for one rule.

 

Advanced Tab

 

AddNormalizationRuleAdvanced

 

The following information can be found in the Advanced tab of the Add normalization rule dialog:

 

Order: Used to define priority of the rule. The higher the number the higher the priority.

Is conclusive: If this checkbox is checked, once a rule has a match, the execution is stopped.

Ignore matching: If this checkbox is checked, matching fingerprints will be ignored. If unchecked, the fingerprints will be recognized.

After all relevant information have been added, click on the Save changes button to create the new group.