Defining a smart group

Smart groups are groups for which you define membership conditions based on object properties.

Note

You cannot manually add objects, folders, or groups to smart groups, nor can you delete or cut objects from smart groups.
You cannot create smart groups that are based on properties of the type List of String. These are properties whose values can be chosen from a list of pre-defined strings.

To define a smart group

Do one of the following:
- Select any of the following folders or any subfolder or subgroup and right-click:
  Component Templates
  Components
  Depot
  Devices
  Jobs
  Servers
  To add a new smart group, select New > objectType > Smart Group from the pop-up menu. In this menu option, objectType is the type of object for which you are creating a smart group, such as a server of component.
- Choose File > New > Other to open the New Select window. Enter a phrase in the filter text box to narrow the search list or expand the General or BMC trees to browse to the type of smart group you want to create.
  A wizard opens that lets you define the membership conditions for a smart group.
Provide information for the smart group wizard, as described in the following sections:
- Smart Group - General
- Smart Group - Permissions
Click Finish.
The new smart group is created. Objects matching the conditions you have specified automatically populate the group.