Brand new to BigFix but I want to create Nested Computer Groups where I can view them in a tree view and collapse them like a folder view in File Explorer. I’ve seen people ask about this for 10+ years but didn’t find an example or firm answer.
E.g. I don’t want to have 15 groups for various Operating Systems showing in the main Computer Groups window. I’d like to make one group called Operating Systems. Then inside that have a group for Servers and Workstations. Then inside those have one for each OS. Can I do that?
I don’t know of any way you will be able to accomplish that with groups but if you created properties for the key breakdowns, you could use properties to achieve pretty much what you are looking for. Properties could be more efficient too as you can manage the refresh rate whereas groups would be evaluated every cycle and potentially have a bigger impact on the endpoint eval cycles.
The Console and WebUI will not present Groups in a tree view. The closest analog I can think of is to use Retrieved Properties instead, and filter using ‘By Property’.
To get the structure you have, first I’d create some new Global Properties using Tools-> Manage Global Properties.
‘Windows Product Type’
Relevance:
if (exists property "product type" of type "operating system") then ((if it = nt workstation product type then "Workstation" else if it = nt server product type then "Server" else if it = nt domain controller product type then "Domain Controller" else "Unknown") of product type of operating system) else "Non-Windows"
‘OS Name’
Relevance:
name of operating system
Then, in the Console view, you can navigate computers via ‘By Retrieved Properties’ for ‘Windows Product Type’ and ‘OS Name’
Under ‘By Retrieved Properties’, the items appear in the order in which the columns are displayed, so you can move the ‘Windows Product Type’ and ‘OS Name’ columns to the left, to move their corresponding filters higher in the tree if you want them to appear near the top of the tree.
