Use the General tab of the Configuration Manager 2007 XML Query Setting Properties dialog box to define an XML query that will be used to assess compliance on client computers.

Note
For more information about using XPath queries, visit the XPath reference web page (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90948).

This tab contains the following elements:

Display name

Specifies a name for the XML query setting you will see in the Configuration Manager 2007 administrator console.
Description

Specifies a description for the XML query setting. The description should give an overview of the XML query setting and other relevant information that helps identify it among other XML query settings.
Path

Specifies the path to the XML file on all client computers that will be used to assess compliance. Configuration Manager 2007 supports the use of all Windows system environment variables and the %USERPROFILE% user variable in the path name.
XML file name

Specifies the file name containing the XML query that will be used to assess compliance on client computers.
XPath query

Specifies a valid full XML path language (XPath) query that will be used to assess compliance on client computers.
Name pattern search depth

Specifies the folder depth to which XML file name searches will be performed. Specified Path specifies that the search for the specified XML file will only be performed in the specified path. The exact XML file name must be specified.Specified path (pattern) specifies that the search for the specified XML file will only be performed in the specified path. When using this option, you must use wildcards in the XML file name.Specified path and all subfolders specifies that searches for the specified XML file will be performed in the specified path and all folders below this path in the folder tree. When using this option, you must use wildcards in the XML file name.
Is this file associated with a 64-bit application?

Specifies whether the 64-bit system file location (%windir%\system32) should be searched in addition to the 32-bit system file location (%windir%\syswow64) on Configuration Manager 2007 clients running a 64-bit version of Windows.
  • No specifies that only the 32-bit system file location will be searched on clients running a 32-bit version of Windows or a 64-bit version of Windows.

  • Yes specifies that both the 32-bit and 64-bit registry keys will be searched on clients running a 64-bit version of Windows.

Note
It is possible that the same file could exist in both the 64-bit and 32-bit system file locations on the same 64-bit computer, which will result in desired configuration management finding multiple XML files.
Namespaces

Opens the Define XML Namespaces dialog box to identify namespaces and prefixes to be used during the XPath query.
Open

Opens a browse dialog box to select a text file that contains the XML query and add its contents to the XPath query edit box.
Clear

Clears the contents of the edit box.
OK

Saves the changes and exits the dialog box.
Cancel

Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help

Opens the help topic for this tab of the dialog box.

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