Can you apply an actionscript to a group?

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(imported topic written by fdooling)

I have created 3 automatic groups for power profiles and was wondering if there is a way to apply an actionscript to a group? I would like one of three power profiles pushed to a machine based on the group that it is in.

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(imported comment written by jgstew)

If you put the actionscript in a fixlet or task, then deploy the fixlet or task and target the automatic group you wish to be affected.

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(imported comment written by fdooling)

Thanks, can’t believe I overlooked that.

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(imported comment written by jgstew)

This is how we deploy nearly everything in BigFix / IEM. We target automatic groups so that if a new computer joins the root server and belongs in an automatic group, it will get what has been deployed to the automatic group automatically.

This also allows you to decouple the relevance that determines which computers should be affected for organizational reasons, from the relevance of the fixlet/task which should determine which computers can run the actionscript at all. Then you only need to maintain this relevance in 1 place and you can update it easily without having to edit multiple fixlets/tasks/baselines.