I don't have any experience managing Windows 10 devices in SOTI but I have accomplished similar in the past with Android devices using Custom Data instead of Custom Attributes. With Custom Data rules set up to read in a property value from an INI file I then use the Javascripting to query the versions of the apps that I'm curious about and then have the scripting save the result as a property in the INI file. The Custom Data Rule then extracts this value that has been saved so that it can be reported up into the console. 

Hi Scott,

I did not test this out on Windows devices yet, but you may check out the APIs. For Android there is an API called: /devices/....installedApplications

And you can retrieve application version information on a device level and then using another API Call you can push this information to a CustomData/CustomAttribute to present the information on MobiControl Webconsole on the dashboard as well. So this would be an automatic way, and you can execute this API set frequently, let's say every day (using a Windows Task scheduler or such). 

example output from my Android device for Chrome by using the installedApp API as following:

 "$type": "InstalledApplication",
    "DeviceId": "9880ee1c2d1a",
    "ApplicationId": "com.android.chrome",
    "Name": "Chrome",
    "Version": "121.0.6167.178",
    "ShortVersion": null,
    "SizeInBytes": 10793233,
    "DataSizeInBytes": null,
    "Status": "Installed",
    "LicenseInfo": null,
    "CanChangeManagementState": false,
    "InstalledOn": "2023-08-25T15:08:16.057Z",
    "Build": null,
    "ExternalVersionIdentifier": null,
    "AppStoreVendable": null,
    "DeviceBasedVpp": null,
    "BetaApp": null,
    "AdHocCodeSigned": null,
    "HasUpdateAvailable": null,
    "IsRedemptionCodeUsed": null

I hope this helps. Thank you

Zafer

Hi Scott,

-Could you please clarify the reason(s) for needing app version in custom attribute field?  For example, using relevant macro of custom attribute in script, lockdown template, etc. or for advanced search expression for selecting targeted devices or for determining whether an alert/signal policy should be triggered/fired.

In many of the above cases, "custom data" may be the alternative data objects to look into.  Please also note that the normal information flow direction for custom attribute is from server to device, and custom data is from device to server.   

Hi Scott

 
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