Get Software Update Compliance

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Applies To: Opalis 6.3

The Get Software Update Compliance object is used in a policy that retrieves the status of an advertisement to determine if an update has completed.

For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Get Software Update Compliance Object

When Computer and Update ID filters are specified that do not result in any data returned (the update is not assigned to or known by the computer), the published data will only contain the Connection and Result Count properties, and the Result Count will equal 0.

Properties and Published Data

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

Get Software Update Compliance Filters

Element Description Filters Value Type

Computer Name

The name of the computer to query for the software update status. Be aware that the double quote (") character is not supported for use in this field.

Equals

Does not equal

Contains

Does not contain

Matches pattern

Does not match pattern

String

Update ID

The site-specific identifier for the software update

Equals

Does not equal

Is less than or equal to

Is greater than or equal to

Integer

Get Software Update Compliance Published Data

Element Description Value Type

Computer Name

The name of the computer for which the software update status is being determined

String

Connection

Specifies the name of the connection to the Configuration Manager server

String

Enforcement Source

The source of the compliance enforcement action

String

Last Enforcement Message ID

The identifier of the last enforcement state message received

Integer

Last Enforcement Message Name

The name of the last enforcement state message received

String

Last Enforcement Message Time

The date and time of the last enforcement state message

String (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM)

Last Enforcement Status Message ID

The identifier of the last enforcement status message received

Integer

Last Status Change Time

The date and time of the last compliance status change

String (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM)

Last Status Check Time

The date and time of the last compliance status check

String (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM)

Resource ID

The site-specific identifier of the computer related to the compliance status

Integer

Result Count

The number of data items returned from the query

Integer

Status

The current compliance status of the target computer

String

Update ID

The site-specific update identifier related to the status results

Integer

Configuring the Get Software Update Compliance Object

To configure the Get Software Update Compliance object

  1. From the Objects pane, drag a Get Software Update Compliance object to the active policy.

  2. Double-click the Get Software Update Compliance 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 Filters section, at least one filter is required to define the object. Click Add.

    3. In the Name box, click the down arrow and select a property from the list.

    4. In the Relation box, click the down arrow and select a filter type.

    5. In the Value box, enter the value you want to use.

      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).

    6. Click OK to save the filter settings.

  4. Add additional filters as needed.

    To make changes to a filter, click the filter, and then click Edit. Make the necessary changes, and then click OK.

    To remove a filter, click the filter, and then click Remove.

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

  6. Click Finish.

Other Objects

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