createNewCatalogItem

You can use the createNewCatalogItem web method to create a new catalog item, and, optionally, create an associated inventory group that links to the new catalog item. If the install program has an MSI Product ID specified in the System Center Configuration Manager program, an inventory rule will be created for the inventory group.

Parameters

The createNewCatalogItem web method includes the following parameters:

#	Parameters	Data Type	Description
	Title	String	The title of the new catalog item. Duplicate titles are not accepted.
	Description	String	A description of the item.
	Visible	Boolean	Whether the catalog item is visible (Equivalent to “Is Globally Visible”)
	ImageFileName	String	The file name of the image to display. The file must exist in the App Portal\Web\Backgrounds\Packages directory.
	PackageServer	String	The netbios name of the SCCM server where the package exists
	SMSPackageID	String	The SCCM PackageID representing the SCCM Package
	SMSPackageData	String	The formatting for the SMSPackageData is Program Action(0 - Install,1 - Uninstall,2 - Repair)\
	TemplatePackageID	Integer	The template package ID will copy over the existing settings from that catalog item including request options, visibility, approval, approval process, and Actions.
	CategoryNames	String	Separate each entry with a comma e.g. Software, Adobe. If the category does not exist it will be created and assigned to the root node.
	GroupNames	String	Add to security groups on approval. Separate each entry with a comma e.g. Domain\Group1,Domain\Group2
	MembershipType	Integer	Type 0 for User, 1 for computer or 2 for both
	CreateInventoryRecord	Boolean	Create a SCCM Inventory Record with the same name and assign it an inventory rule derived from the MSI Product ID of the install program.
	SCCMInventoryAttribute	String	Add any additional attributes to the inventory rules for the new inventory group. This is in addition to the MSI product ID extracted from the install program.

Return Value

PackageID (integer)