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SteveWalker
New Contributor III

2 weeks ago

Hi all,

I want to create a series of Smart Groups for the purposes of testing new software releases. 

I'm looking for about 3-4 groups. I'd like the groups to be made up of machines that don't all have a core attribute in common (such as OS version, model or processor type) - so a 'random' assortment if you will.

Any ideas how I can go about creating a 'random' assortment of machines? - I tried using 'matches regex' to filter out serial-numbers with '1' in etc but didn't have much luck. 

I could separate into static groups easy enough, but was hoping the dynamic nature of smart groups would save me having to go back and update them as machines come in and out of our environment. 

Thanks for your time! 

Steve.

 

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Shyamsundar
Contributor III

2 weeks ago

Try Creating a smart group with Criteria JSS Computer ID, you can use the value based on the number of devices you need to be in each group, 

JSS Computer ID More than XXX  and,

JSS Computer ID Less than XXX

 

if you need only 50 devices, you can have a value of More than 50 and less than 130. etc.. 

 

To get more random devices you can use multiple criteria. 

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shannon_pasto
Contributor II

2 weeks ago

I use the UDID hex values to create smart groups. Something like...

Criteria is: UDID, Operator: matches regex, Value: ^[XX]

where XX are the values A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6, 79, 90. eg ^[A1] ^[B2] etc.

 

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SteveWalker
New Contributor III

2 weeks ago

Thanks for the advice, Chums. That's done the job. Regex + UUID was spot on.

For anyone else reading, I found my UUIDs either start with 0 through to 9 or A through to F

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