The SMS_CategoryInstance Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in Configuration Manager, that represents a category instance used to replicate information about a category, for example, a product or a classification, to all child sites. This class is used in settings management monitoring.

Class SMS_CategoryInstance : SMS_CategoryInstanceBase
{
	String CategoryInstance_UniqueID;
	UInt32 CategoryInstanceID;
	String CategoryTypeName;
	String LocalizedCategoryInstanceName;
	SMS_Category_LocalizedProperties LocalizedInformation[];
	UInt32 LocalizedPropertyLocaleID;
	UInt32 ParentCategoryInstanceID;
	String SourceSite;
};

Methods

The SMS_CategoryInstance class does not define any methods.

Properties

CategoryInstance_UniqueID

Data type: StringAccess type: Read/WriteQualifiers: [unique, SizeLimit("512")See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
CategoryInstanceID

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [key, read]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
CategoryTypeName

Data type: StringAccess type: Read/WriteQualifiers: NoneSee SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
LocalizedCategoryInstanceName

Data type: StringAccess type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [read]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
LocalizedInformation

Data type: SMS_Category_LocalizedProperties ArrayAccess type: Read/WriteQualifiers: [lazy]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
LocalizedPropertyLocaleID

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [read]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class..
ParentCategoryInstanceID

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [read]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.
SourceSite

Data type: StringAccess type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [read]See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

Remarks

Class qualifiers for this class include:

  • Secured

For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

To use this class, the application creates an SMS_CategoryInstance object and sets the properties, as required, for the particular baseline configuration item.

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