relevance on managed property

[JasonWalker]

Some discussions that may help

Reported client setting vs. console column value

Yes, that’s correct. Most “Retrieved Properties” are not related to Client Settings at all; you may have thouands of Retrieved Properties (every Analysis creates Retrieved Properties, and the results of all can be seen in the Summary page for each computer - everything listed there is a Retrieved Property). Client Settings are used in a couple of ways. Most of them change the way the BigFix Client behaves in some way - how frequently it reports, which Relay it uses, how much CPU the client se…

Philosophy: Settings vs Properties

Hey BigFixers, I’ve got a philosophical question for you: Why use a Property instead of a Setting? or Why use a Setting instead of a Property? That’s an intentionally wide-open question, since I’m interested in your thoughts and practices. I don’t really have a problem I’m trying to solve, just an understanding I’m trying to develop. Thanks!

"settings of client": what does that include? How to get a property onto that list? How to query properties created via an analysis?

Have you had a read through at https://developer.bigfix.com/ yet? This is the go-to resource for custom content, explanations of client relevance vs session relevance, best practices, etc. “Client Settings”, as I think you’ve found, are those things you can modify in the “Edit Computer Settings” dialog. They are stored on the client - in the Registry for Windows, or in besclient.config for Linux/UNIX systems. You can create custom settings via tasks/fixlets. “Retrieved Properties” consist o…