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Smart Groups are useful for organizing computers into logical groups based upon criteria. The below documentation is taken from the Casper Suite Administrators Guide.

Casper Admin Guide Says...

"Smart computer groups give you a way to organize managed computers based on one or more attributes, such as building, model, and operating system. These groups have dynamic memberships that are updated each time computers check in with the JAMF Software Server (JSS)." —Casper Suite Administrators Guide, p. 251

Creating a Smart Computer Group

To create a Static Group, follow the below procedure:

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Computers at the top of the page.

  3. Click Smart Computer Groups.
    On a smartphone or iPod touch, this option is in the pop-up menu.

  4. Click New.

  5. Use the Computer Group pane to configure basic settings for the group.
    To enable email notifications, select the Send email notification on membership change checkbox.

  6. Click the Criteria tab and add criteria to the group:

    1. Click Add.

    2. Click Choose for the criteria you want to add.
      To display additional criteria, click Choose for "Other Criteria".

    3. Choose an operator from the Operator pop-up menu.

    4. Enter a value in the Value field or browse for a value by clicking Browse .

    5. Repeat steps a through d to add criteria as needed.
      Note: Creating a smart computer group with no criteria will cause all managed computers to be
      included in the group's membership.

  7. Choose an operator from the And/Or pop-up menu(s) to specify the relationships between criteria.

  8. To group criteria and join multiple operations, choose parentheses from the pop-up menus around
    the criteria you want to group.

  9. Click Save.
    Operations in the group take place in the order they are listed (top to bottom).
    Group memberships are updated each time computers check in with the JSS and meet or fail to meet
    the specified criteria.
    To view the group memberships, click View.

Cloning, Editing, or Deleting a Static Computer Group

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Computers at the top of the page.

  3. Click Smart Computer Groups.
    On a smartphone or iPod touch, this option is in the pop-up menu.

  4. Click the smart computer group you want to clone, edit, or delete.

  5. Do one of the following:

    1. To clone the group, click Clone and make changes as needed. Then click Save.

    2. To edit the group, click Edit and make changes as needed. Then click Save.

    3. To delete the group, click Delete. Then click Delete again to confirm.

    The clone, edit, or delete action is applied to computers the next time they check in with the JSS.

Viewing Static Computer Group Memberships

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Computers at the top of the page.

  3. Click Smart Computer Groups.
    On a smartphone or iPod touch, this option is in the pop-up menu.

  4. Click the smart computer group you want to view memberships for.

  5. Click View.
    A list of group memberships is displayed.

 

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