SMP - Resource Target - Operations

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Resource Target

Operation

What are the different Opertions?

They are mentioned in the following Forum post:

Create Resource Target component
https://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/create-resource-target-component

The "operation" element in each Target Filter defines the logical operation that will be performed between the resources contained in the the filter and base organizational group (in the case of the first filter), or between the filter's resources and the resource set derived from the previous filter opertation (in the case of the second and subsequent filters). Only three values are allowed: "Intersect,""Union," and "Except."

If you want to see which Filters are in a Target you can use a Report added to SD in 8.1 or run the following SQL.

• ServiceDesk - Software Request Process - Reports
  • https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/servicedesk-software-request-process-reports

Filters for Target

For Example:

All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target

• http://localhost/Altiris/NS/ItemAsXml.aspx?ItemGuid=96F806F1-D46D-47AA-BB40-2E2E5EFBF4C3

As XML

<targetFilters>
 <targetFilter guid="{657df9f3-f6a5-4d1f-afd4-27e845c96d24}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="0">
  <operation>Intersect</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{e3a71b08-1612-44a6-9f71-7d359d5475b4}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
 </targetFilter>
 <targetFilter guid="{38f6c355-8cd9-4b04-8f72-7680f479b979}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="1">
  <operation>Union</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{6d05ac39-2cbf-4da0-bca1-0e64ca22a59c}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
  </targetFilter>
 <targetFilter guid="{5b6b51f1-6a29-4a7a-bf4f-296fe9e1f33b}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="2">
  <operation>Except</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{d3ba9ca7-5e71-4d76-b961-1ba0b436aacb}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
 </targetFilter>
 <targetFilter guid="{6322d66d-7b96-4594-b352-375c546780ec}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="3">
  <operation>Except</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{04b75635-a594-48b6-9a2f-b79a0d78f6b5}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
 </targetFilter>
 <targetFilter guid="{947f3bc8-c74b-4ded-b041-444137a5875e}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="4">
  <operation>Except</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{edc60302-f96a-4bbc-9b68-402eaead63d5}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
  </targetFilter>
 <targetFilter guid="{edb9c0cf-1ee9-4ba2-bc47-5bdf23ad5b05}" type="Altiris.NS.StandardItems.Targeting.ResourceCollectionTargetFilter" assembly="Altiris.NS.StandardItems" offset="5">
  <operation>Intersect</operation> 
  <resourceCollectionGuid>{eb3a1a12-e1c7-4431-b060-f0333e4e488c}</resourceCollectionGuid> 
 </targetFilter>
</targetFilters>

The Operation Column is an Int (ENUM) in SQL so just shows the number, not the name.