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 desired configuration 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 following table lists the methods in the SMS_CategoryInstance class.

Method Description

ResendObjectToAllSites Method in Class SMS_CategoryInstance

Replicates object information for a particular category instance to all sites.

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. When the application is ready for metadata synchronization among the parent site and the child sites, the application can call ResendObjectToAllSites Method in Class SMS_CategoryInstance.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

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