The RootComplexSettingType complex type, in Configuration Manager, is the root settings node for an item.

<xs:complexType name="RootComplexSettingType">
	<xs:choice
		minOccurs="0"
		maxOccurs="unbounded"
	>
		<xs:element
			ref="ComplexSetting"
		 />
		<xs:element
			ref="SimpleSetting"
		 />
		<xs:element
			ref="ParentSimpleSettingReference"
		 />
	</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>

Child Elements

Element Type Description

ComplexSetting Element

A complex setting is a container that is used to group related simple settings and other complex settings. See ComplexSettingType.

SimpleSetting Element

A simple setting whose value at run time can be populated from any of the discovery sources. The sources are registry, Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase, SQL query, WQL query, script, xpath query, ActiveDirectory query and other (placeholder for externally defined discovery providers). Rules can be authored against simple settings in order to determine compliance

ParentSimpleSettingReference Element

Reference to a simple setting that is defined in this configuration item’s derivation hierarchy (parent or above).

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