Retrieve SETTINGS in an ASP.NET app

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I have an asp.net app using the bigfix API to pull computer data. I was using an analysis and then pulling the PROPERTY values, but I changed over to using SETTINGS on the computers. I need to pull some SETTINGS that I have defined. I am using this snippet of code, but it is failing:

                string relevanceQuery =
                    @"
                    (
                    id of it,
                    name of it,
                    ip addresses of it,
                    last report time of it,
                    value of setting ""wev_patchDayOffset"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_patchHour"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_patchMinute"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_rebootDayOffset"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_rebootHour"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_rebootMinute"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of setting ""wev_groupClassID"") of it | ""-1""
                    ) of bes computers";

The error I get in the console is

info: System.Net.Http.HttpClient.BigFixClient.LogicalHandler[100]
      Start processing HTTP request GET https://bigfix.kroger.com:52311/api/query?*
info: System.Net.Http.HttpClient.BigFixClient.ClientHandler[100]
      Sending HTTP request GET https://bigfix.kroger.com:52311/api/query?*
ServerPatching.dll (36628): Loaded 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.3\System.Net.NameResolution.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
info: System.Net.Http.HttpClient.BigFixClient.ClientHandler[101]
      Received HTTP response headers after 12719.8021ms - 200
info: System.Net.Http.HttpClient.BigFixClient.LogicalHandler[101]
      End processing HTTP request after 12730.0178ms - 200
info: ServerPatching.Controllers.BigFixController[0]
      BigFix API response status: OK
info: ServerPatching.Controllers.BigFixController[0]
      BigFix API response content length: 248
info: ServerPatching.Controllers.BigFixController[0]

Again, this worked a treat using properties… here is that snippet:

                string relevanceQuery =
                    @"
        (
        id of it,
        name of it,
        ip addresses of it,
        last report time of it,
        (value of result from (bes property ""patchDayOffset"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""patchHour"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""patchMinute"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""rebootDayOffset"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""rebootHour"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""rebootMinute"") of it | ""-1""),
        (value of result from (bes property ""groupClassID"") of it | ""0"")
        ) of bes computers";
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Hi,

setting inspector is a client setting and not a session relevance

Please make sure to check which inspectors you can use with - https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/search/
You can filter out client relevance inspectors or session relevance inspectors

Also make sure to test your Session Relevance before getting into your application - You can accomplish that with:

I think you meant to use the following inspector -
https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/bes-client-setting.html

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This is what finally worked:


                string relevanceQuery =
                    @"
                    (
                    id of it,
                    name of it,
                    ip addresses of it,
                    last report time of it,
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_patchDayOffset"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_patchHour"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_patchMinute"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_rebootDayOffset"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_rebootHour"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_rebootMinute"") of it | ""-1"",
                    value of client setting whose (name of it is ""wev_groupClassID"") of it | ""-1""
                    ) of bes computers";