Computer Group Wildcards?

Usage and Config
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(imported topic written by jgraham91)

I used BigFix quite a while ago, but haven’t touched it in the past 2-3 versions.

I’m now in a position where I need to start using it again, and cannot recall if one can use wildcards along with a ‘contains’ in a Computer Group definition.

I vaguely recall something of this sort, but can’t remember if I was creating custom properties for this, or just using wildcards during the group creation.

Thanks in advance.

Joshua Graham

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

You can’t use wild cards, but you can get the same effect in relevance. For example:

(it contains “foo” AND (it starts with “bar” OR it ends with “baz”)) of ( computer name as lowercase )

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

You could also use a regular expression to match your criteria

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(imported comment written by jgraham91)

So you do need to create a custom property, I’m assuming, is what you’re saying?

Do the check in the property, return a true/false, then check for the appropriate answer in the computer group.

That’s fine. I just couldn’t recall if there was a way to use wildcards directly in the group properties.

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(imported comment written by sthull)

You don’t need to create a custom property, you can specify a relevance expression directly in the New Automatic Computer Group dialog. In the drop-down where you normally select a property, go all the way to the top and you can select relevance expression instead. Then put in the expression that you want.

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(imported comment written by jgraham91)

Excellent… I can’t recall if that was an option in the last version I used or not. If it wasn’t, it’s an excellent addition… but my poor brains are addled… It’s been far too long.