Get Units in Folder

Owned by Martin Gudme Søndergaard
Nov 14, 2023
1 min read

Description

Gets a list of units in either a folder or in the root of either a Business Unit or Global.


Syntax

GetUnitsInFolder(ByVal folderStructure As String, ByVal unitType As String, ByVal businessUnitName As String) as ArrayList


Parameters

FolderStructure (String)

Example: Folder1/Folder2/Folder3

If this parameter is left blank, units that are located in the root will be returned.


UnitType (String)

Type of unit folder.

  • "Computer"
  • "User"

BusinessUnitName (String)

Example: "Sales"

If this parameter is left blank, units from Global are returned.


Return Value

The function returns an array of units. Each unit (unit) in the array is a joined line with the character defined with Set splitter.

  • unit.Name
  • unit.Created
  • unit.LastExecuted
  • unit.Status
  • unit.Description
  • unit.GUID
  • unit.ID
  • unit.Type.Name
  • unit.UUID
  • Unit.IsMobileDevice ("True" or "False")
  • unit.location


Example

VBScript
Set oCMS = CreateObject("CapaInstaller.SDK")
Wscript.echo oCMS.SetDefaultManagementPoint("1")

Set arrComputers1 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Set arrComputers2 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Set arrComputers3 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Set arrUsers1 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
Set arrUsers2 = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")

Set arrComputers1 = oCMS.GetUnitsInFolder("Folder1\Folder2\Folder3", "Computer", "")
Wscript.echo "Computers/devices in Global Folder1\Folder2\Folder3: " + Cstr(arrComputers1.Count)
For Each item In arrComputers1
  Wscript.echo item
Next
Wscript.echo "***************************" 

Set arrComputers2 = oCMS.GetUnitsInFolder("", "Computer", "Skanderborg")
Wscript.echo "Computers/devices in root of BU Skanderborg: " + Cstr(arrComputers2.Count)
For Each item In arrComputers2
  Wscript.echo item
Next
Wscript.echo "***************************" 

Set arrComputers3 = oCMS.GetUnitsInFolder("", "Computer", "")
Wscript.echo "Computers/devices in root of Global: " + Cstr(arrComputers3.Count)
For Each item In arrComputers3
  Wscript.echo item
Next
Wscript.echo "***************************" 

Set arrUsers1 = oCMS.GetUnitsInFolder("UserFolder1\UserFolder2\", "User", "")
Wscript.echo "Users in UserFolder1\UserFolder2: " + Cstr(arrUsers1.Count)
For Each item In arrUsers1
  Wscript.echo item
Next
Wscript.echo "***************************" 

Set arrUsers2 = oCMS.GetUnitsInFolder("", "User", "")
Wscript.echo "Users in Root of Global: " + Cstr(arrUsers2.Count)
For Each item In arrUsers2
  Wscript.echo item
Next
Wscript.echo "***************************"