They do not require a lot of configuration, but it still saves me time when recreating the apps on other portals or, in this case, when I am rebuilding the portal and will need to recreate all of the apps. It is particularly helpful because the export contains the icon for the application. Without the export option, I can only document the settings and then I have to locate the application icon so I can upload it again. Even with the export option, I still need to document the entitlements because they are not included in the export (at least they weren't last time I tried it). What would really help me is one button (or API or command) somewhere that kicked out a file bundle containing all of applications, their complete configurations including entitlements, and their icons. I can see two scenarios where this kind of an export or query would help. One would be for duplicating portal configurations to other portals or for restoring a portal configuration following a rebuild. The other would be to help with auditing so that I could more easily show that certain applications are only entitled to certain users and that their configuration matches what is documented in the change request to add the application.
