Incorrect Smart Group membership when used with a configuration profile

[AR]

Hello :)

I've set up a Smart Group, which displays the correct Macbooks when viewed in the dashboard. However, when I use the Smart Group as a Scope Target for configuration profiles, with Specific Computers and All Users selected, I get a different set of Macbooks that fall in scope of the profile. It also seems to be a little random i.e. I have 266 computers in the Smart Group, but have a profile with 95 computers and others with upto and over 300.

[ajaysutton]

It would be kind of pain in the neck, but I wonder what would happen if you made a new Smart Group with a name that's not even similar to another smart group you have.  It sounds like you're looking at two different Smart Groups, which shouldn't be the case I realize, but I might take a handful of the computers and make a new Smart Group and start adding to that a few at a time.

[AR]

Thanks Ajay - I tried that, but get the same. However, now I have three profiles that show the same number of assets, but two that are both different.

I've recreated the two different ones, but no joy.

[AR · Accepted solution]

Just to round this off. I've used an inverse smart group in the exclusions list and this seems to have worked. Not sure why...but it's all good.

[ajaysutton]

Excellent work around.  I’ll have to remember that.