Read from txt file

[ssakunala]

Hi,
There are few posts with different ideas on this topic.

Create an Auto Computer Group from base on contents of a text file

The problem with the file existing on a Network Share is that the BigFix client (under Windows) runs as “Local System” which has no rights to network resources by default. You can sometimes get around this by adding the Computer Objects in AD to a Group in AD, then granting that Group Read rights to the Share you are keeping the file in. I actually do something similar, but I keep the file in a custom site. The clients will then download the file and it can be referenced in Relevance statemen…

Some things to consider:

1. How big the text/csv file will be and how to get it to each computer
2. How often the file will be updated and propagate the change to the end points

Steps to consider:

1. Figure out a way to get the text file with the list of computers to the end points. 1) One way to is to add the file to a custom site and have the clients down load it. 2) Or create a custom task to download the file
2. Once the file is on the end point, an analysis can read the file and create a custom setting if the computer name is in the file.
3. If more than one computer group is needed, then the custom setting should reflect that
4. Create an automatic computer group using relevance option and the client setting