Creating Groups - Novell ZENWORKS HANDELD MANAGEMENT 7 SP1 IR4 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

The following sections contain information to help you create and use groups:
Section 3.2.1, "Creating Groups," on page 85
Section 3.2.2, "Viewing the Properties of a Group," on page 89
Section 3.2.3, "Changing Group Membership," on page 91
Section 3.2.4, "Changing the Update Schedule of Query-Based Groups," on page 92
Section 3.2.5, "Deleting a Group," on page 93
Section 3.2.7, "Changing a Group's Type," on page 95

3.2.1 Creating Groups

You can create custom groups based on the way you manage the handheld devices in your
organization. For example:
Functional groups: Sales, Marketing, Development, Admin, and so forth.
Geographical location: Central, East, West, Europe, and so forth.
Think about the way you want to manage your handheld devices before you create groups. Keeping
a clean and uncluttered group structure helps minimize confusion when scheduling distributions or
defining filters for multiple groups.
ZENworks Handheld Management provides two types of user-created groups:
Static Groups: Handheld devices are assigned to the group manually by the administrator or
according to the settings specified in the Handheld Import policy.
Query-Based Groups: Handheld devices are automatically placed in a group by ZENworks
Handheld Management because they meet criteria specified in the query (for example,
operating system version, manufacturer, and so forth).
Handheld devices can belong to multiple groups; they do not need to be limited to one group.
The following sections contain additional information about creating and viewing groups:
"Creating Static Groups" on page 85
"Creating Query-Based Groups" on page 87
Creating Static Groups
Handheld devices are manually assigned to a static group by the administrator.
To create a static group and assign members to it:
1 In ConsoleOne, click the container where you want to create the static group.
2 Click File, click New, then click Object.
3 Click Handheld Group, then click OK.
4 Specify a descriptive name for the group, select the Define Additional Properties check box,
then click OK.
5 Select Static Group - Members Updated Manually.
Using Queries and Groups 85