Smart Folders are used to organize your core network services data. Depending on your administrative roles and business needs, you can filter your data object types, names, extensible attributes and discovered data and then place the filtered results in a Smart Folder.
The global Smart Folders are created to be shared among administrators.
References to smartfolder:global are object references.
The name part of the global Smart Folder object reference has the following components:
- The name of the global Smart Folder
The object does not support the following operations:
The object cannot be managed on Cloud Platform members.
These fields are actual members of the object; thus, they can be requested by using _return_fields, if the fields are readable.
The basic version of the object contains the field(s): comment, name.
The following fields are required to create this object:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| name |
The global Smart Folder descriptive comment.
Type
String.
Create
The default value is empty.
Search
The field is available for search via
Notes
The comment is part of the base object.
Global Smart Folder grouping rules.
Type
A/An Smart Folder group by structure struct array.
Create
The default value is:
empty
Search
The field is not available for search.
The global Smart Folder name.
Type
String.
Values with leading or trailing white space are not valid for this field.
Create
The field is required on creation.
Search
The field is available for search via
Notes
The name is part of the base object.
The global Smart Folder filter queries.
Type
A/An Smart Folder query item structure struct array.
Create
The default value is:
[ { 'field_type': 'NORMAL',
'name': 'type',
'op_match': True,
'operator': 'EQ',
'value': { 'value_string': 'Network/Zone/Range/Member'},
'value_type': 'ENUM'}]
Search
The field is not available for search.
This function is used to create a shortcut to a Global Smart Folder in a Personal Smart Folder or to create a complete copy of the Global Smart Folder and save it either as another Smart Folder or as a Global Smart Folder.
This function does not support multiple object matches when called as part of an atomic insertion operation.
Input fields
global_flag ( Bool. ) Determines whether to save Smart Folder as Global Smart Folder. The default value is “False”.
is_shortcut ( Bool. ) Determines whether the complete copy of the Smart Folder will be created or only a shortcut. The default value is “False”.
name ( String. ) The newly created Smart Folder name. The default value is “None”.
Output fields
result ( String. ) The resulting Smart Folder object.
| Field | Type | Req | R/O | Base | Search |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| comment | String | N | N | Y | : = ~ |
| group_bys | [struct] | N | N | N | N/A |
| name | String | Y | N | Y | : = ~ |
| query_items | [struct] | N | N | N | N/A |
