Custom inventory rules
Hello,
I've been asked to start reporting the file versions of a number of EXEs that are used as part of our point of sale system, these aren't installed via the standard windows method so I created a software inventory item and set a custom inventory rule,
TillPOS
fileversion(C:\Till\pos.exe, 5.1.2.3)
I did this about 2 hours ago and a number of tills have reported in since the software item was added however they do not have any info under the custom inventory fields.
Am I being impatient?
Thanks.
I've been asked to start reporting the file versions of a number of EXEs that are used as part of our point of sale system, these aren't installed via the standard windows method so I created a software inventory item and set a custom inventory rule,
TillPOS
fileversion(C:\Till\pos.exe, 5.1.2.3)
I did this about 2 hours ago and a number of tills have reported in since the software item was added however they do not have any info under the custom inventory fields.
Am I being impatient?
Thanks.
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Posted by:
airwolf
12 years ago
Use boolean operators... AND should work.
filexists(c:\till\pos.exe) AND filereturninfo(c:\till\pos.exe, fileversion,text)
Posted by:
airwolf
12 years ago
You are misunderstanding how custom inventory items work. You have created a custom software title that checks for a file version. This will show up under "Installed Programs". The "Custom Software Fields" section pulls info based on your inventory rules - and yours does not "pull" any info.
Put simply, you need to look under Installed Programs.
Put simply, you need to look under Installed Programs.
Posted by:
c_brock
11 years ago
Here is an article that I created using custom inventory rules to search and inventory what version of IE is installed. Maybe you can find it helpful!
http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/kace-custom-inventory-rules-101
Posted by:
nbs
12 years ago
Thanks for your response! I literally noticed that the custom software entry had started to work but by that point I had changed the rule to
FileInfoReturn(C:\Till\Pos.exe,FileVersion,TEXT)
I'm probably happy either way as the criteria is this exe must be a certain version.
I'll probably create a second software for generic Till POS Version to get back the information for any other versions.
FileInfoReturn(C:\Till\Pos.exe,FileVersion,TEXT)
I'm probably happy either way as the criteria is this exe must be a certain version.
I'll probably create a second software for generic Till POS Version to get back the information for any other versions.
Posted by:
nbs
12 years ago
Can these rules be chained through a conditional operator, ie
filexists(c:\till\pos.exe) then filereturninfo(c:\till\pos.exe, fileversion,text) ?
systems are being marked as having the software installed even when it's not present, but it's not returning the version of the non-existant file (obviously) so I would like to make it conditional for those devices that actually have the file present.
filexists(c:\till\pos.exe) then filereturninfo(c:\till\pos.exe, fileversion,text) ?
systems are being marked as having the software installed even when it's not present, but it's not returning the version of the non-existant file (obviously) so I would like to make it conditional for those devices that actually have the file present.
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