Asset Management Suite

Hi,

we have the issue that users which are part of a security group in AD needs to be assigned to a resource. e.g. Every User who is allowed to use Outlook via Citrix is member of the Securitygroup in AD. The goal is to create a report about the resources from the user.

The idea is to create a resource "use_outlook" and to assign all users based on the membership of the AD security group.

I've imported the users from the security group with AD import. The result is a filter with the associated users. This is working fine.

Now I've created a CMDB rule to update the asset resource with the user owner information. Unfortunately I can not add the filter or the SQL expression into the resource association. I can only use "surname/give name" or "Domain/UserID" or a value.

Is there a way to implement the filter into the resource association? Or have other users other approaches to solve this issue?

Best regards,

Eisenkarl

One option I can think of is to create a OLEDB data source that queries the Altiris database that returns user GUIDs of users that fall into that Filter.  From there, just create a Import/Export rule that will associate your resources to the users based on your created data source. 

Now I'm not entirely sold creating a custom resource type is the best way to go here.  Since this is such a simple option (almost really just a Boolean yes/no option), a custom data class might be easier to administer and use up less resources on the server - but that's highly dependant on how you really plan to use this data.  For a data class, you'll be able to use SQL expressions as well.