How to Define Groups of Devices, Applications or Profiles
This lesson explains how to build groups of devices, applications or profiles. The lesson shows how to do this for managed devices, but exactly the same principles apply to profile, application and enterprise application groups. It assumes that Apple iPhones or other iDevices have already been enrolled in Client Manager.
Create a New Group
Start by creating a new Policy Group:
- Using the tabs, navigate to Client Manager >> Deployment.
- Under Deployment, expand Policy Groups, and select Apple Groups.
- Under the Groups section, click on All Managed Devices, and click New.
- In the Create new group dialog, enter a desired group name, and click OK.
Determine Your Group Criteria for Dynamic Groups
Groups can be created using filters that will dynamically change based on the number of matching iDevices. Example here is to define a group that will include any iDevices that has a machine name that contains "Houston".
Navigate to Client Manager > Group Management.
- Under Groups, select the group that was just created in the previous step.
- A filter can now be built on any column in the view to create the list of devices that are needed for the group.
- Once you have created the filter as you would like it, click Save to save the filter that will define the group.
Determine Group Criteria for Static Groups
A group can also be created by adding a specific list of devices.
- Under Groups, select the newly-created group.
- Click Add/Remove.
- In the Selection dialog box, with the Not Yet Selected Records radio button selected, check the desired devices to be added to the group, and click Add Selected. Repeat for the remaining desired machines.
- After all of the desired machines have been selected, click Apply, and then Save (NOTE: Save MUST be selected in order to complete the creation of the group).