Relevance is not working for group membership

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I have a requirement to display the Computer Group name in the Computers view as a column (block/header).

The expectation is:

  • The data should be fetched from both Automatic and Manual Computer Groups

  • The output should show only the Group Name

  • The result should not indicate whether the group is Automatic or Manual

  • The column value should reflect exactly what is visible under “Computer Group Memberships” for each computer

Example: If a computer belongs to the following groups:

  • APL_Endpoints (Automatic)

  • APL_All_Endpoints (Automatic)

  • IT_Test_Machines (Manual)

Then the column should display:

APL_Endpoints, APL_All_Endpoints, IT_Test_Machines

Approach Taken

  • Created a custom Analysis with a Retrieved Property

  • The Analysis is activated for All Computers

  • The column is added to the Computers view

Relevance Used

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concatenation ", " of (names of computer groups whose (it contains computer))

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Current Challenge

  • In some cases, the column shows <undefined> even though the computer is a member of one or more groups

  • Confirmed that the group membership is visible under Computer Group Memberships

  • Ensured the Analysis is re‑activated and client refresh is triggered

Looking for guidance or best practices to ensure:

  • Consistent evaluation

  • No <undefined> values when group membership exists

  • Proper design without circular dependencies

Goal

To have a reliable and clean column in the Computers view that reflects only the Computer Group names (from both Automatic and Manual groups) for reporting and segregation purposes.

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You can create this property and it will give you the result.

(if exists ((settings of client) whose (it as string contains "__Group_0_" and it as string contains "=True")) then (following texts of substrings "__Group_0_" of preceding texts of substrings "=True" of (((settings of client) whose (it as string contains "__Group_0_" and it as string contains "True")) as string)) else "")

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Welcome to the forum @ShyamVadlamani :waving_hand:

This previous thread may help.

Client relevance to get computer group memberships - Content Authoring - BigFix Forum

I modified the relevance to also cater for the newer “Server” based groups.

Q: concatenation ", " of ((values of headers "subject" of relevant fixlets whose (value of header "X-Fixlet-Type" of it = "ComputerGroup") of sites);(following texts of firsts "__Group_0_" of names of settings whose (value of it = "True") of client);(following texts of firsts "__Group_1_" of names of settings whose (value of it = "True") of client))
A: Test Group - Automatic, Test Group - Manual, Test Group - Server, Windows - Workstation - Win11
T: 0.044 ms
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