Avalanche User Guide - Wavelink

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Chapter 10: Managing Mobile Devices 92NOTE: You can only view the location history of one device at a time.To view the location history of a mobile device:1 From the Mobile Device Inventory, right-click the device you want to view.2 From the context menu, select Location History.The Start and End Time dialog box appears.3 Use the calendar buttons and time text boxes to specify the window of time for which youwant to view location information.4 Click OK.The device location history is displayed on the map as a series of icons representing thereported locations during the specified time.Configuring Mobile Device PropertiesMobile device properties can be either pre-defined or custom properties. Pre-definedproperties are based on the device information and the version of the Enabler running on themobile device. Custom properties can be created and associated with individual mobile devicesor with mobile device groups. Properties can be used as selection variables in selection criteriato control which devices receive particular profiles.NOTE: See Building Selection Criteria on page 163 for more information on using propertiesas selection variables.You can view the properties for a specific mobile device by right-clicking the device from theMobile Device Inventory and selecting Mobile Device Details from the context menu.The columns that appear in the Properties tab are as follows:NameValueThe name of the property.The value of the property.PendingValueIndicates whether the property needs to be updated on the mobile device. If itneeds to be updated, column will display the pending value in italics.IconIndicates whether the value of the property is static, snapshot, or configurable data.Static means the information does not change, snapshot means that the property isupdated by the device, and configurable means that a user may change the value.

Chapter 10: Managing Mobile Devices 93From the Properties tab of the Mobile Device Details dialog box, you can also perform thefollowing tasks:• Creating Custom Properties• Creating Device-Side Properties• Editing Properties• Deleting PropertiesCreating Custom PropertiesFrom the Avalanche Console, you can create custom properties on the mobile devices. Theseproperties can then be used to build selection criteria for software profiles or as device filters.NOTE: Like the pre-defined properties, custom properties appear as selection variables inthe Selection Criteria Builder.You can add custom properties to individual mobile devices or to mobile device groups. Whenyou add a property to a group, it is added to all mobile devices that are members of the group.For instructions on adding a property to a group, see Editing Properties for Mobile DeviceGroups on page 153.To create custom properties:1 From the Mobile Device Inventory tab, right-click the device you want to view and clickMobile Device Details.2 Click the Properties tab.3 Click Add Property.4 From the drop-down list, select the type of property you want to add.5 Type the name and the value of the property in the Property Name and Property Valuetext boxes.6 Click OK.The property is added to the list in the Properties panel.Creating Device-Side PropertiesAvalanche provides the ability to turn third-party information that is generated at the mobiledevice into properties that can then be transferred to and displayed in the Avalanche Console.These properties are called device-side properties. You can use the device-side propertiesfeature to obtain either static or dynamic information. For example, a device-side propertycould report a device’s serial number or state changes within a specific application.

Chapter 10: Managing Mobile Devices 93From the Properties tab of the Mobile Device Details dialog box, you can also perform thefollowing tasks:• Creating Custom Properties• Creating Device-Side Properties• Editing Properties• Deleting PropertiesCreating Custom PropertiesFrom the <strong>Avalanche</strong> Console, you can create custom properties on the mobile devices. Theseproperties can then be used to build selection criteria for software profiles or as device filters.NOTE: Like the pre-defined properties, custom properties appear as selection variables inthe Selection Criteria Builder.You can add custom properties to individual mobile devices or to mobile device groups. Whenyou add a property to a group, it is added to all mobile devices that are members of the group.For instructions on adding a property to a group, see Editing Properties for Mobile DeviceGroups on page 153.To create custom properties:1 From the Mobile Device Inventory tab, right-click the device you want to view and clickMobile Device Details.2 Click the Properties tab.3 Click Add Property.4 From the drop-down list, select the type of property you want to add.5 Type the name and the value of the property in the Property Name and Property Valuetext boxes.6 Click OK.The property is added to the list in the Properties panel.Creating Device-Side Properties<strong>Avalanche</strong> provides the ability to turn third-party information that is generated at the mobiledevice into properties that can then be transferred to and displayed in the <strong>Avalanche</strong> Console.These properties are called device-side properties. You can use the device-side propertiesfeature to obtain either static or dynamic information. For example, a device-side propertycould report a device’s serial number or state changes within a specific application.

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