Sorting versions of software instances on computing devices in a network

Abstract

Techniques for filter and sort versions of software instances executing on computing devices in a network are disclosed. The system receives an instruction to execute an operation on software instances that satisfy numerical criterion and non-numerical criterion. A standardizing function is applied to the numerical criterion to determine a standardized numerical criterion. The system accesses version number values corresponding to software instances on the computing devices in the network. By applying the standardizing function to numerical version numbers of the version number values, the system determines standardized numerical version numbers for the version number values. The system filters the standardized numerical version numbers based on the standardized numerical criterion. The system identifies software instances with (a) associated standardized numerical version numbers that meet the standardized numerical criterion and (b) non-numerical components that meet the non-numerical criterion. The system executes the operation on the software instances that meet the criteria.