Create a filter that does a partial search on the installed operating system in Windows devices

Last Modified

Tue Dec 01 16:45 GMT 2020

Description

  • This article provides steps on creating a filter that does a partial search on the installed operating system in Windows devices.

Environment

  • N-able N-central

Solution

  1. From either the SO, Customer or Site level (depending on the targetted devices), add a filter by clicking under 'Configuration' > 'Filters'.
  2. Enter the name for the filter at the top section and under the 'FInd Devices where' section, select 'OS > Reported Name > CONTAINS', then put in query word for the OS that you wanted to search for (e.g. typing 'Windows 7' should search for all devices which as Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate and so on).
  3. Click 'Preview' to show the list of devices and save the filter once done.