Creating and Managing Groups › Group Management › Add Managed Items to a Group Using Rules › Add a Subrule to a Group Rule

Add a Subrule to a Group Rule

You can add a subrule to any group rule that you have created. Group rules add managed items automatically to a custom group as items are discovered during monitoring. Subrules extend the rule intelligence to other items, or more narrowly define the filters in the original rule.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the required administrative role rights.
2. Navigate to the Manage Groups page.

   The page displays current groups in a tree structure.

3. Select the group with the rule that you want to modify by adding a subrule.
4. Click the Rules tab.
5. Click the rule to expand it.

   The rule definition text and the Add Subrule link appear.

6. Click Add Subrule.

   The Add Rule window appears.

   The options are identical to the options that applied to the original rule.

7. Select the desired options by selecting the Type of the items to add from the dropdown, and setting up filters as needed.
8. Click Ok.
9. Click Preview Results to confirm that the modified rule adds the appropriate items to the group. If necessary, edit the rule again.
10. When you have finished editing rules, click one of the following options:
    • Save - Saves the rules without running them. The group is populated during the next global synchronization. Global synchronization occurs approximately every 5 minutes.
    • Save and Run Rules - Saves the rules and populates the group immediately.