The SMS_CIAllCategories Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, that lists all of the SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI Class or SMS_UpdateCategoryInstance Server WMI Class object instances for a given SMS_ConfigurationItem object.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties.

Class SMS_CIAllCategories : SMS_BaseClass
{
	UInt32 CategoryInstanceID;
	String CategoryInstance_UniqueID;
	String CategoryTypeName;
	UInt32 CI_ID;
	String CI_UniqueID;
	String LocalizedCategoryInstanceName;
	UInt32 LocalizedPropertyLocaleID;
	String ModelName;
	UInt32 ObjectTypeID;
};

Methods

The SMS_CIAllCategories class does not define any methods.

Properties

CategoryInstanceID

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [key, read, Not_null]System Center 2012 Configuration Manager-generated, site-specific ID for the category instance. This ID is defined by the CategoryInstanceID property of SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class for the specific configuration item.
CategoryInstance_UniqueID

Data type: StringAccess type: Read/WriteQualifiers: [unique, SizeLimit("512")]The unique ID for the category instance. This string can have a maximum of 512 characters. This ID is defined by the CategoryInstance_UniqueID property of SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class for the specific configuration item.
CategoryTypeName

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

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [key, read, Not_null]The unique ID of the configuration item. This ID is unique only for the site. The ID is defined by the CI_ID property of SMS_ConfigurationItemBaseClass Server WMI Class for the specific configuration item.
CI_UniqueID

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

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

Data type: UInt32Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: [read]See SMS_ConfigurationItemLatestBaseClass Server WMI Class.
ModelName

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

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

Remarks

Class qualifiers for this class include:

  • Read (read-only)

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

This class is applicable to all types of configuration items, not just software updates. For a discussion of configuration item types, see the CIType_ID property of SMS_ConfigurationItemBaseClass Server WMI Class.

Use this class to query for all categories associated with a configuration item, or all configuration items associated with a category.

Requirements

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