1. A computerized method for locating configuration information for an application in a computer network, the method comprising: connecting, by a manager, to a configuration management database (CMDB); and retrieving, by the manager, application and server information for the computer network from the CMDB, the application and server information compiled from a scan of the computer network using a potential identifier for a target application, the application and server information including: identification of each instance of the target application located using the potential identifier, the potential identifier comprising a text segment included in a portion of executable code for the target application, identification of each server within a plurality of servers in the computer network on which each instance of the target application was located using the potential identifier as running or stored, and detailed information on configuration items (CIs) in the computer network; and generating, by the manager, a unique identifier based on the application and server information stored on the CMDB, comprising: scanning the CMDB for a unique, non-changing text segment in the application and server information associated only with the target application, and fingerprinting the unique, non-changing text segment as a unique identifier for the target application, wherein presence of the unique identifier only locates instances of the target application within the application and server information.