Dynamically populating groups with compliance rules

The Compliance Rule subnode ( Device Groups > Your Group > Dynamic Population > Compliance Rule ) provides access to the compliance rule populating the currently selected device group. Compliance rules can define the group membership according to different criteria, that is, a compliance rule populates a group with all devices which are compliant with the rule, all devices which are not compliant, or those devices which could not be evaluated. This topic includes: 

• Name: Displays the name of the compliance rule.
• Compliance: Displays the criteria which defines the group membership, that is, if the group members are compliant, non-compliant or those which could not be evaluated.
• Last Evaluation: Displays the date and time of the last compliance evaluation of the object.
• Status: Displays the evaluation status of the compliance rule, possible values are: Inactive, Evaluated, Evaluation Failed, Not Evaluated, Evaluating, and Evaluation Scheduled

The operations to manage groups that are dynamically populated with compliance rules include:

Assigning compliance rule to a device group

1. Select Device Groups in the left window pane.
2. Select the desired device group in the left window pane.
3. Select the subnode Dynamic Population in the left window pane.
4. Select the subnode Compliance Rule in the left window pane.
5. Select Edit > Assign Compliance Rule .
   The Assign a Compliance Rule dialog box appears.
6. Select the desired compliance rule from the list in the dialog box.
7. Click OK to confirm the assignment.
   The Desired Compliance dialog box appears. In this dialog box you define the type of compliance for the member devices. The options are: Compliant , Not Compliant and Evaluation Impossible .
8. Select the desired option by clicking the respective radio button.
9. Click OK to confirm.

The compliance rule was assigned to the selected device group. The icon of the device group will now change to its compliance rule populated one and the members of the group will now be managed by the results of the rule.

Unassigning compliance rule from a device group

To unassign a compliance rule from a device group, proceed as follows:

1. Select Device Groups in the left window pane.
2. Select the desired device group in the left window pane.
3. Select the subnode Dynamic Population in the left window pane.
4. Select the subnode Compliance Rule in the left window pane.
5. Select the compliance rule you want to unassign from the device group in the right window pane.
6. Select Edit > Unassign Compliance Rule .

The compliance rule will be unassigned from the selected device group.

Reevaluating members of a device group

You can launch a manual reevaluation of a device or of all members of a device group assigned to a compliance rule at any time.

1. Select Device Groups in the left window pane.
2. Select the desired device group in the left window pane.
3. Select the subnode Dynamic Population in the left window pane.
4. Select the subnode Compliance Rule in the left window pane.
5. Select the compliance rule in the right window pane.
6. Select Edit > Evaluate .

The members of the selected device group will immediately be updated.