In the query below the clause message of it returns a block of HTML with lots of useful information describing the fixlet. I was looking for a way to fetch just the information without the HTML markup. Looking at the documentation for the bes fixlet session object, I don’t see any obvious way to do this. I’ve tried message of it as string, but that has no apparent effect.
(hostname of it,
ip addresses of it as string,
operating systems of it,
(id of it,
name of site of it,
name of it,
source of it,
categories of it,
message of it,
(if exists cve id lists of it then concatenation ";" of cve id lists of it else "none"),
source severity of it)
of relevant fixlets
whose (source severity of it != ""
and source severity of it != "<Unspecified>"
and source severity of it != "Unspecified"
and source severity of it != "N/A"
and task flag of it = false) of it)
of bes computers
The output of this query is lengthy. Here’s just the first “row”. As you can see, the descriptive detail is wrapped inside an HTML table with other markup. I was just wondering if there is a way to get the same information without the HTML.
TI-IBMSC-MANAGER.TI.local, 192.168.25.55, Win2008R2 6.1.7601, ( 177, BES Support, Restart Needed, BigFix, Computer Support, ( <TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD> <P>The listed computers have pending operations that are waiting for a restart. This Fixlet message will become relevant when the computer is in a 'pending restart' state, regardless if the 'pending restart' state was triggered by a BES action. </P> <P><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> For pre-6.0 versions of BES, the BES Clients will not restart unless you set the appropriate post-action restart options through the "Take Action Dialog". For BES 6.0+, the standard restart behavior will be set in the "Take Action Dialog", but you can customize other options to match the intended restart behavior.</P><P>To determine whether or not a computer is in the pending restart state due to a BES action, please see the following Fixlet messages:<ul><li><SPAN id="relTag2Script8"></SPAN><SCRIPT type="text/javascript">var isEvansOrLater = '<?relevance if (exists property "datastore inspectors") then (True) else (False)?>' == 'True'?true:false; try{if (isEvansOrLater) {document.getElementById("relTag2Script8").innerHTML=Relevance('if (exists (fixlet 390 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support"))) then ( ((format "<?rxlat {0} ({1} relevant computers)?>" + link of it as string + applicable computer count of it as string ) as string) of (fixlet 390 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support")) ) else ("<?rxlat Fixlet unavailable?>")');} else {document.getElementById("relTag2Script8").innerHTML=EvaluateRelevance('if (exists (fixlet 390 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support"))) then (link of it as string & " (" & applicable computer count of it as string & " relevant computers)") of (fixlet 390 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support")) else "Fixlet unavailable"');}}catch(e){}</SCRIPT><li><SPAN id="relTag2Script12"></SPAN><SCRIPT type="text/javascript">var isEvansOrLater = '<?relevance if (exists property "datastore inspectors") then (True) else (False)?>' == 'True'?true:false; try{if (isEvansOrLater) {document.getElementById("relTag2Script12").innerHTML=Relevance('if (exists (fixlet 391 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support"))) then ( ((format "<?rxlat {0} ({1} relevant computers)?>" + link of it as string + applicable computer count of it as string ) as string) of (fixlet 391 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support")) ) else ("<?rxlat Fixlet unavailable?>")');} else {document.getElementById("relTag2Script12").innerHTML=EvaluateRelevance('if (exists (fixlet 391 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support"))) then (link of it as string & " (" & applicable computer count of it as string & " relevant computers)") of (fixlet 391 of bes site whose (name of it equals "BES Support")) else "Fixlet unavailable"');}}catch(e){}</SCRIPT></ul></P><P><B>Note:</B> When running the action below, you should pay careful attention to the action deployment options in order to avoid restarting the computer at inappropriate times.</P> <P><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> Click <A href="http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=159">here</A> for more information on how the 'pending restart' status is determined.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> ), none, Moderate )