The Inventory Query dialog box displays the query statement, which expresses the criteria you specified, and displays the results of the query in the Query Results window.
Find In
Lets you choose a site name from a list.
The query will locate all workstations
satisfying the query expression within the selected site.
Search Entire Database
Click this option to include all database sites while querying.
The query will locate all workstations in all sites
satisfying the query expression.
Find Type
Quick
Queries one attribute. Specify the attribute, relational operators, and the value of the attribute.
Advanced
Queries many attributes. Specify the attributes, relational operators, the values, and the Query Connectors.
Attributes of the Components
Click Select Attribute to select component
attributes in the Select Attribute window. For example,
to specify the version of BIOS as a component
in the query, select BIOS as the component, and select
VERSION as the component attribute.
Components are as follows: Software, Hardware, Network
System.
Operator
Relational operators show the relationship between the component
and the value. Use the Matches option to specify the wildcard
characters in the Value field.
To traverse the Operator button options, press Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down.
Value
Description values are the possible values of an inventory
component. For example, 6.0 is a possible value for the
DOS-Version attribute.
Description values are not case-sensitive. Use the
wildcard character % to substitute any number of characters,
or the ? character to substitute one character in the
Value field.
The list of description values displayed for an Inventory
component is taken from the Inventory database corresponding
to the component.
Query Connectors and Controls
The connectors and controls available for building query
expressions include the following:
AND
The expressions before and after the AND must be true.
OR
Either the expression before the OR or the expression after the OR must be true.
Insert Row
Lets you build the query for this current row.
Delete Row
Deletes the query.
New Group
Lets you form a new query group and specify the criteria for it. This query group will be combined with the previous query group by using the relational operator specified between the query groups.
End
Closes the query expression.
To traverse the Query Connectors and Controls options, press Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down on the option.
Find
Starts the query based on the query criteria you
specified.
Clear
Clears the criteria for the query.
Save
Saves the query expression as a file in the location that
you specify. This option applies to Advanced Query only.
The query file does not have a default extension; however,
you should use the .QRY extension for easy reference.
Load
Loads the query file that you specify. This option applies
to Advanced Query only. Provide the full filename with its
extension.