Get Computer

The Get Computer object enables you to retrieve a list of computers from Microsoft Active Directory.

How it is used

Use the Get Computer to retrieve a list of computers that need to updated in a change management database.

Configuration

To configure the Get Computer object you need to know which connection you would like to use and defining properties of the computers you want to retrieve.

Properties Tab

 

Connection	Click the ellipsis button (...) and select the Microsoft Active Directory connection that you want to use.
Field	You will use fields that you create with custom criteria to retrieve specific computers. Perform the following for each field you want to use to identify the list of computers: 1. Use the Select Fields button to choose the fields that you will specify. 2. For each field, specify the value that corresponds to the computers you want to retrieve.

 

Available Published Data

Note:Some published data values will only be available if the corresponding Optional property was configured in the Properties tab.

 

Name	Description
AccountName	The SAM Account name of the computer.
CanonicalName	The CN of the computer.
ClassName	The name of the Active Directory class of the computer.
Command	The powershell command that was executed for this object.
ComputerName	The name of the computer.
Count	The number of items returned by the powershell command.
CreationDate	The date the computer was created in Active Directory.
DN	The distiniguished name of the computer.
DnsName	The value of the DNS name attribute of the computer.
Description	The description of the computer.
DisplayName	The value of the Display Name attribute of the computer.
DontConvertValuesToFriendlyRepresentation	The value of the DontConvertValuesToFriendlyRepresentation setting.
DontUseDefaultIncludeProperties	The value of the DontUseDefaultIncludeProperties setting.
IsAdamObject	Determines whether this computer is considered an Adam object in the Active Directory hierarchy.
IsSchemaObject	Determines whether this computer is considered a schema object in Active Directory.
LdapDisplayName	The LDAP display name of this computer.
Location	The location of the computer.
ManagedBy	The name of the manager the computer.
ModificationDate	The last time the computer record was modified in Active Directory.
Name	The name of the object in the Active Directory tree.
Notes	The notes associated with this computer in Active Directory.
OSName	The value of the Operating System attribute of the computer.
OSServicePack	The value of the Operating System Service Pack attribute of the computer.
OSVersion	The value of the Operating System Version attribute of the computer.
Standard output	The standard out stream that was returned by the powershell command.
ParentContainerDN	The DN of the parent container of the computer.
Path	The path in the Active Directory hierarchy where this computer can be found.
SamAccountName	The account name used for this computer when interacting with older versions of Windows.
Type	The type of the object in Active Directory.

Common Published Data