How to create a Custom Inventory Rule (4262543)

This article explains how to create a simple custom inventory rule that gets the host value found on the agent amp.conf file.

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To create a Custom Inventory Rule navigate to Inventory | Software | Choose Action | New

1. Give your Inventory rule a meaningful name. For example: "CIR - Retrieve amp.conf host information"
2. Select target Operating System: depending on the target devices, you can determine the target OS for your rule. For this example we will be using All Windows.
3. Type the command/instructions for your custom inventory rule. For details on the syntax for KACE SMA custom inventory rules please click on the question mark icon next to "Custom Inventory Rule" label.

For our example, we will retrieve the KACE SMA host information as found on the amp.conf file on C:\ProgramData\Quest\KACE directory.

5. The inventory rule would look as follows:

ShellCommandTextReturn(cmd /c type cd c:\"Program Files (x86)"\Quest\KACE\ & amptools.exe get host)

6. The results will show on the Device Inventory under Software | Custom Inventory Fields

You may find the available AMPTools and Runkbot commands and options on the articles below:

• AMPTOOLS.EXE Command Switches 
• K1000 RUNKBOT.EXE Command Switches