SMP - Resource Target - Operations

Published on Thursday, 29 November 2018
SMP

SMP SMP

Resource Target

Operation

What are the different Opertions?

# Operation
0 Union
1 Intersect
2 Except

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.

Filters for Target

Filters for Target SQL

For Example:

All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target

TargetName CollectionName FilterType Operation CollectionGuid
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target Windows Computers 1 1 E3A71B08-1612-44A6-9F71-7D359D5475B4
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target Computers with Software Update Plug-in Installed 1 2 D3BA9CA7-5E71-4D76-B961-1BA0B436AACB
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target Windows Computers Requiring Symantec Management Agent Upgrade 1 2 04B75635-A594-48B6-9A2F-B79A0D78F6B5
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target UNIX/Linux/Mac Computers Requiring Symantec Management Agent Upgrade 1 2 EDC60302-F96A-4BBC-9B68-402EAEAD63D5
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target All Computers 1 1 EB3A1A12-E1C7-4431-B060-F0333E4E488C
All Computers without Software Update Plug-in Installed Target Linux Computers 1 0 6D05AC39-2CBF-4DA0-BCA1-0E64CA22A59C

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.

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