Edit a Device Group
The 'Group Management'
interface lets you view/add/remove devices, rename the group and
manage group policies.
View and edit a device group
- Click the 'Devices' > 'Device List'
- CD MSP and C1 MSP customers should choose the company/department whose group is to be edited
- Click the name of the group to be edited on the left
- Click the 'Group Management' tab on the right
The group management interface for
the selected group will open.
The list of devices included in the group will be displayed, with their details.
Device Group Details - Column Descriptions |
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Column Heading |
Description |
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OS |
The operating system of the device. |
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Name |
The label assigned to the device by the user.
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Logged in User |
The name of the user currently signed-in to the device.
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Active Components |
The possible components for each OS are as follows:
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Patch status |
The number of patches available for Windows endpoints. Patch statuses are as follows:
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Customer |
The name of the company to which the device is enrolled.
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Last Activity |
The date and time at which the device last communicated with the EM server. |
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Controls |
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Add Devices to Group |
Add devices of any operating system to the group. See Add new devices to a group for more details. |
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Manage Profiles |
View and apply configuration profiles to all member devices in the group at once. See Assign Configuration Profiles to a Device Group for more details. |
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Rename Group |
Change the label of the group. |
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Delete Device Group |
Remove unwanted device
groups from EM. Note - You cannot delete a device group unless it is empty. Remove all member devices before deleting. See Remove a Device Group for more details. |
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Remove from Group |
Remove unwanted devices from the group. See Remove devices from a group for more details. |
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Run Procedure | Execute script and patch procedure on devices. See ‘Apply Procedures to Windows Devices’ for more help with this. | |||||||||
Export |
Save a list of devices in
the group in .csv format. The exported .csv is available in 'Dashboard' > 'Reports'. See Export the List of Devices in a Group for more details. |
- Click column headers to sort the items in ascending/descending order of entries in that column.
Search and Filter Options
- Click
the funnel button at the right end opens the filter options.
- To filter the items or search for a device based on its OS, online status, name, patch status, company, currently logged-in user and/or a period of last activity, enter the search criteria in part or full in the text box and click 'Apply'.
- To display all the items again, remove / deselect the search key from filter and click 'OK'.
- EM returns 20 results per page when you perform a search. To increase the number of results displayed per page up to 200, click the arrow next to 'Results per page' drop-down.
- Click 'Devices' > 'Device List'
- CD MSP / C1 MSP customers - choose the parent company on the left
- Click the name of the group you want to edit
- Click the 'Group Management' tab
- Click 'Add Devices to Group' at the top right.
Note: You can only add devices which belong to the same company as the group. |
The interface
will list all devices enrolled to the company that are not already in
the target group:
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Select the devices to be added to the group and click 'Add Selected Devices'.
Tip: You can filter or search for specific devices using the filter options that appear on clicking the funnel icon at the top right. |
A confirmation dialog will appear.
- Click 'Confirm'. The devices will be added to the group.
Once the device(s) are added to the group, the configuration profiles, associated with the group, will be applied to the device, in addition to the profiles, which are already in effect on the device.
Tip: You can add a device to a group from the 'Device Details' interface too. For more details, see View and Manage Device Group Membership. |
- Click 'Devices' > 'Device List'
- CD MSP / MSP customers - choose the parent company on the left
- Click the name of the group you want to edit
- Click the 'Group Management' tab
- Choose the devices you want to remove
- Click
'Remove from Group'
- Click 'Confirm' in the confirmation dialog.
If a device is removed from a group, any group profiles will also be removed from the device.
Tip: You can remove the membership of a device to a group, from the 'Device Details' interface too. For more details, see View and Manage Device Group Membership. |
- Click 'Devices' > 'Device List'
- CD MSP / C1 MSP customers - choose the parent company on the left
- Click the name of the group you want to edit
- Click the 'Group Management' tab
- Click 'Rename Group'
- Alternatively, move your mouse over the group name and click the pencil icon
The 'Rename Group' dialog will open.
- Enter a new name for the group in the 'Name' text box and click 'Rename'.
The group will be updated with the new name.
Export the List of Devices in a Group
- Click 'Devices' > 'Device List'
- CD MSP / C1 MSP customers - choose the parent company on the left
- Click the name of the group you want to edit
- Click the 'Group Management' tab
- Click the 'Export' button above the table then choose 'Export to CSV':
- The CSV file will be available in 'Dashboard' > 'Reports'
- See Reports in The Dashboard for more details.