Group Properties

Groups are used to view and work with sets of Clients. You can create groups by selecting the member Clients, or you can define criteria that automatically identify members using information held about Clients in the Site database. Use the Group Properties dialog to specify the name of the group you want to create, the type of group and whether you want to customize the layout used to display members' details.

To create a group:

1    Right-click the Custom Groups folder in the Console tree, and choose Add Group from the shortcut menu. The Group Properties dialog is displayed.

2    Enter a Name for the group. Enter any extra information about the group in the Comment field.

3    Choose the Type of group you want to create. Select:

Dynamic custom group to create a group in which the group members are identified by specified criteria.

Fixed custom group to create a group in which users select the group members manually.

4    If you selected Dynamic custom group, choose the method by which you want to select Clients for the group. Click:

Select clients using SQL to specify the Client selection criteria using SQL statements.

Select clients using natural language to specify the Client selection criteria using simple, English statements.

By default, new custom groups display the Name, CPU type, CPU Speed, Memory, Net Address, Department and Owner for each Client they contain. To specify a different set of display information for a natural language query, deselect Use standard column set.

5    Click Next to continue.