The Information View

This view includes basic information about the selected group's membership, hierarchy, agent policy sets, roles, and so on. Select this view for a comprehensive listing of group settings.

Group settings and information appear in sections. Each section displays information for each type of group settings. Empty sections indicate undefined settings.

The Information view features the following sections:

The following table describes the Information view buttons.

Button

Function

Export

Exports the page data to a comma-separated value (.csv) file. For additional information, refer to Exporting Data.

Important: The Enhanced Security Configuration feature for Internet Explorer suppresses export functionality and must be disabled to export data successfully. Pop-up blockers in Internet Explorer or other supported browsers may also suppress export functionality and should be disabled.

Group Information

The first section in the Information view displays general information about the selected group's settings. These settings are controlled within the various Groups page views. Select this view when you want to see a group's settings from a single source.

The following table describes the first fields within the first section of the Information view.

Field

Description

Name

Indicates the name of the group.

Distinguished Name

Indicates the system-created name based upon the group’s parent hierarchy.

Created Date

Indicates the date and time the group was created.

Created By

Indicates the user who created the group.

Last Modified Date

Indicates the date and time the group was last modified.

Last Modified By

Indicates the user who last modified the group.

Description

Indicates the description of the group.

Directly Assigned Endpoints

Indicates the number of endpoints assigned to the group. Inherited endpoints are not included.

Source Group Assigned Endpoints

Indicates the number of endpoints assigned to the source group.

Derived Endpoints from Child Hierarchy

Indicates the number of endpoints inherited from child groups.

Policy Inheritance

Indicates if agent policy sets are inherited from the group’s parent (True or False).

Policy Enabled

Indicates if agent policy sets can be assigned to the group (True or False).

Email Notification Addresses

After a group is created, it can be assigned an email address. This email is intended to be attributed to the group.

Email addresses are not assigned from the Information view; this view merely displays the assigned addresses. For additional information on assigning an email address to a group, refer to Editing Group Settings.

The following reference describes the Email Notification Addresses table.

Column

Description

Notification Address

The email addresses of the group owner.

Child Groups

This section lists the direct Child Groups. Only direct children are listed; deeper descendants such as grandchild groups are not listed.

This section only lists direct Child Groups; to assign direct Child Groups to a group use the Group Membership view.

Column

Description

Type

The group type (Custom Group, System Group, or Directory Service Group).

Group Name

The name of the child group.

Distinguished Name

The system-created name of the group, which is based upon the group’s parent hierarchy.

Description

The description of the group.

Agent Policy Sets

This section lists the Agent Policy Sets assigned to the selected group, and whether or not that policy set is directly assigned or assigned via inheritance.

This section only lists group Assigned Policy Sets; to Assign Policy Sets to the selected group use the Policies view.

Field

Description

Policy Set Name

Indicates the name of the Agent Policy Set.

Assigned

Indicates if the Agent Policy Set is directly assigned to the group or inherited. A value of True indicates the Agent Policy Set is directly assigned.

When a group Policy Enabled setting is enabled, the group will use the Global System Policy set to define undefined policies. For additional information, refer to Defining Agent Policy Inheritance Rules.

Resultant Agent Policy Set Information

When a group is assigned two or more Agent Policy Sets, some of the policies may conflict. When conflicts occur, the system applies the agent policy conflict resolution rules to determine which policy to apply. This section lists the resultant policies used when there is Agent Policy Sets conflict.

The following table describes information about the Resultant Agent Policy Set Information.

Field

Description

Name

The name of the agent policy.

Value

The agent policy value. When determining the policy value, directly assigned policies supersede inherited policies. Additionally, directly assigned policies that conflict are resolved by the conflict resolution rules.

Description

The description of the agent policy.

Only agent policies inherited or directly assigned to the group are displayed in Resultant Agent Policy Set Information. To see a complete listing of all policies assigned to a managed endpoint, refer to The Information Tab.

Roles

You can restrict user access to specific groups based on roles. This section lists the user roles that can access the selected group.

This section only lists the Roles that can access the group; to assign Roles to a group, use the Roles view.

Field

Description

Role Name

Indicates the name of the user role that can access the group.

Role Source

Indicates the name of the group that the assigned role is inherited from. If the role source contains no value, the role is directly assigned to the selected group.

Assigned

Indicates if the role is inherited or directly assigned to the group. A value of True indicates the role is directly assigned to the group.

Exporting Information View Data

To export the information displayed within the Information view to a comma separated value (.csv) file, click the toolbar Export button. Exporting data lets you work with that data in other programs for reporting and analytical purposes.

For additional information, refer to Exporting Data.