How to Create and Populate Custom Groups in Labtech
Having the ability to group computers based upon specific metrics within Labtech is a very powerful tool. It may be that you need to monitor or automate, but only on applicable machines meeting certain criteria. Being able to have this effect only the machines you would like can create very specific automation. Here is how it is done:
1: Create a Search
The first step involved is to essentially tell Labtech what should be in the group. To accomplish this we create a custom search. This will enable you to not only add all machines which currently fit the criteria, but also to add any new additions in the future automatically.
- Click Search and Advanced
- Click the + symbol next to "and" and select your condition. In this case we will use computer name.
- Set your qualifying condition. In this case we will say that the machine in question contains "Server" in the name. (Note that you may use any number of specific metrics when searching. Get creative!)
- Save your search, prefacing it with the word "Custom" to avoid a future overwrite and to easily identify it.
2: Create the Group
- Expand Groups in the navigation tree, right click, and choose "add group"
- Rename the new group to something appropriate, prefacing with the word "custom"
- Double Click the group to open it and in the Auto Join Searches dropdown, select the custom search you saved in the previous step.
- Check the Limit to Search Box and Choose Preview\ Run
- Click Save
You now have a group containing only machines which were identified by the saved search you created and it is now ready for any specific monitoring, scripting, or automation. This will enable much more selective application of automation for client machines.
Happy Labteching!
