Creating a Device Service Container

1. Navigate to Administration > Containers > Create a Service Container.

• The page displays three panels.
• The left panel only displays service containers in the logged on user's admin group or department.
  • A logged on superuser only sees and creates containers in the SuperUsers admin group.
  • A logged on admin group user only sees and creates containers in his or her admin group.
  • A logged on organization user only sees and creates containers in his or her department.

1. Enter a unique container name in the field at the top of the middle Container Configuration panel.
2. Select the Contains: Devices & Containers option.
3. Check or uncheck the Populated dynamically based on a rule checkbox.

• If unchecked, in the right hand panel, enter one or more search qualifiers to search for the names of devices and containers.
  • Accepts regular expressions and property:value parameters. See Entering Search Parameters.
  • Add all found devices or containers to the service container by clicking the Apply button.
  • Your selection of devices and containers are static. It means devices and containers included in the container won't change unless you return to this dialog and edit the selection manually.
• If unchecked, in the right hand panel, enter one or more rule qualifiers to identify devices and containers.
  • Each field accepts regular expressions.
  • The rule qualifiers are applied dynamically. It means devices and containers that are newly discovered or changed dynamically added or removed based on whether they match the rule qualifiers.
  • Tag 1 through Tag 5 qualifiers enable you to identify devices using your own customized labels. See Using Tags with Rule-based Containers for more information.

1. Click the Apply button to apply the rule qualifiers.

Note: See Controlling the Severity of Containers for details about the Severity tab.

1. Click Apply to save the service container.