Get Group

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

You can use the Get Group activity in a runbook to get the properties of a group in the Microsoft Active Directory.

This activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. Additional published data is generated based on the class that you select when you define the activity.

The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

Get Group optional properties

Element

Description

Valid Values

ReturnDNOnly

If true, only the Distinguished Name property will be returned instead of all properties.

Boolean

Search Root

The distinguished name of the node in the Active Directory Domain Services hierarchy where the search starts.

String

Search Scope

The scope of the search that is observed by the server. The options are Base, OneLevel or SubTree.

String

Get Group filter properties

Element

Description

Filters

Value Type

Common Name

Name to identify the group

EqualTo,NotEqualTo,Contains,DoesNotContain,EndsWith,StartsWith

String

Description

Description for the group

EqualTo,NotEqualTo,Contains,DoesNotContain,EndsWith,StartsWith

String

Display Name

Display name of the group

EqualTo,NotEqualTo,Contains,DoesNotContain,EndsWith,StartsWith

String

Group Scope

Set of flags identifying the scope of the group

EqualTo,NotEqualTo

String

Group Type

Set of flags identifying the group's type

EqualTo,NotEqualTo

String

Indirect Member

Distinguished name of the indirect members of this group

EqualTo

String

Indirect MemberOf

Distinguished names of groups that this group is an indirect member of

EqualTo

String

Managed By

Distinguished name of the user that is assigned to manage this object.

EqualTo

String

Member

Distinguished name of the members of this group

EqualTo

String

MemberOf

Distinguished names of groups that this group is a member of

EqualTo

String

Sam Account Name

Account name to support earlier versions of the operating system

EqualTo, NotEqualTo, Contains, DoesNotContain, EndsWith, StartsWith

String

Modification Date

Date the computer account was last changed

EqualTo, NotEqualTo, GreaterThan, GreaterThanOrEqualTo, LessThan, LessThanOrEqualTo

DateTime

Creation Date

Date and time that the account was created

EqualTo, NotEqualTo, GreaterThan, GreaterThanOrEqualTo, LessThan, LessThanOrEqualTo

DateTime

Get Group published data

Element

Description

Valid Values

Count

The number of groups returned by this activity.

Integer

Common Name

Name to identify the group

String

Description

Description for the group

String

Display Name

Display name of the group

String

Distinguished Name

Distinguished name that uniquely identifies the group

String

Group Scope

Set of flags that identify the scope of the group

String

Group Type

Set of flags that identify the type of the group

String

Managed By

Distinguished name of the user that is assigned to manage this object.

String

Sam Account Name

Account name to support earlier versions of the operating system

String

Modification Date

The date when the computer account was last changed

DateTime

Creation Date

The date and time that the account was created

DateTime

Search Root

The distinguished name of the node in the Active Directory Domain Services hierarchy where the search starts.

String

Search Scope

The scope of the search that is observed by the server. The options are Base, OneLevel or SubTree.

String

See Also

Concepts

Active Directory Activities
Active Directory Integration Pack for System Center 2012 - Orchestrator