Get Collection Member

  • Article

Applies To: Opalis 6.3

The Get Collection Member object is used in a policy that queries an existing Configuration Manager collection for its member computers. This lets you specify computers individually to obtain status or perform other activities.

For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Get Collection Member Object

Properties and Published Data

The following tables list the properties and published data for this object.

Get Collection Member Properties

Element Description Valid Values Look up

Collection Name

The name of an existing collection

String

Yes

Include Members of Sub-collections

Defines if members of sub-collections will be returned in the results

True or False

Yes

Get Collection Member Published Data

Element Description Value Type

Collection ID

The site-specific identifier for the collection or sub-collection to which the computer belongs

String

Collection Member

The name of the collection member computer

String

Collection Name

The name of the collection or sub-collection to which the computer belongs

String

Connection

Specifies the connection to the Configuration Manager server

String

Include Members of Sub-Collections

Defines if members of sub-collections will be returned in the results

True or False

Member Resource Type

The type of resource associated with the computer

String

Configuring the Get Collection Member Object

To configure the Get Collection Member object

  1. From the Objects pane, drag a Get Collection Member object to the active policy.

  2. Double-click the Get Collection Member object icon. The Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Configuring the Details tab:

    1. In the Connection section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the Configuration Manager server connection that you want to use for this object. Click OK.

    2. In the Fields section, enter a value for each of the required properties. If the property is Lookup-enabled, you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for a value.

      You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous object in the workflow.

      To use published data

      1. Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.

      2. Click the Object drop-down box and select the object from which you want to obtain the data.

      3. To view additional data elements common across the policy, select Show Common Published Data.

      4. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

        For a list of the data elements published by each object, see the Published Data tables in the object topic. For information about the Common Published Data items, see the "Policy Workflow Rules" chapter of the Opalis Integration Server Client User Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=205284).

  4. Configuring the Run Behavior tab:

    This object will return multi-value published data if the collection contains more than one member computer. If you select Flatten, the following properties will contain a string with multiple values:

    • Collection ID

    • Collection Member

    • Member Resource Type

    For more information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for all Objects.

  5. Click Finish.

Other Objects

The Integration Pack for System Center Configuration Manager contains the following additional objects: