View Class Properties

View Class Properties
 
View class properties tab shows the property elements of the class in WMI.
 
Shown are:
    Name - the name of the property
    Type -  the property type
    Key - defines the key propery ( note: you must always set the KEY to report as true( check the Report check box) or your rule will fail).
    Units -  Units are optional, SMS can automatically convert values to measurement/size values such as megabits, decimal, hex
          See understanding SMS_UNITS for more details
    Report - Check this box to have the rule inventory this property, all selected properties will be considered for inventory.
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View Class Properties

1. View Class Properties
 
View class properties tab shows the property elements of the class in WMI.
 
Shown are:
    Name - the name of the property
    Type -  the property type
    Key - defines the key propery ( note: you must always set the KEY to report as true( check the Report check box) or your rule will fail).
    Units -  Units are optional, SMS can automatically convert values to measurement/size values such as megabits, decimal, hex
          See understanding SMS_UNITS for more details
    Report - Check this box to have the rule inventory this property, all selected properties will be considered for inventory.
 
 
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Property Descriptions

2. Property Descriptions
 
Shows the selected property description. The description is only shown when it has been made available inside WMI, there a properties that do not have any descriptive qualifiers in some cases. For the most part most Win32 Classes have been thouroughly documented and description info included into WMI with them.
 
 
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Class Description

3. Class Description
 
Carried over from Class browser - shows while in the properties view so you can have a full view of the class, description and properties and descriptions.
 
Shows the classname selected and the class description. The description is only shown when it has been made available inside WMI, there a classes that do not have any descriptive qualifiers in some cases. For the most part most Win32 Classes have been thouroughly documented and description info included into WMI with them.
 
You should primarily work with Win32 and CIM classes in the ROOT\CIMV2 namespace for most common system information.
 
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