Save View or Advanced Search Results in the File System in the IGEL UMS

In the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), you can define an administrative task to save the results of a view created in the UMS Console or the results of an advanced search created in the UMS Web App. The results will be saved in the file system of the UMS Server.

For more on administrative tasks, see Administrative Tasks - Configure Scheduled Actions for the IGEL UMS. For more information on the advanced search in the UMS Web App, see Search for Devices in the IGEL UMS Web App .

Menu path: UMS Administration > Administrative Tasks > Dialog Create Administrative Task > Action Save view / advanced search results in the file system

General

Name
Name for the task.

Action

→ Select Save view / advanced search results in the file system.

Description
Optional description of the task.

Send result as mail

☑ The result of the task will be sent to the specified recipients via email.

The following two options are active if Send result as mail is enabled:

Send to default recipient (not defined)

☑ The email will be sent to the email address defined under Mail Settings > Mail Recipient. Further information can be found under Mail Settings.

Additional recipients
Other email addresses to which the email will be sent. If you enter a number of addresses, you must separate them using a semicolon ";".

Active

☑ The task will be executed at the set time. (Default)

☐ The task will not be executed.

Configuration

View ID / Advanced search ID
ID of the selected view / advanced search. The view / advanced search is selected via the button.

Visible columns configuration
Data fields which the email will contain. The data fields are selected via the button. With the checkbox next to Column name, you can select all data fields at once.

View / Advanced search export name
Custom name for the export file (optional). Date and time will be added automatically, separated by an underscore. Example: CUSTOMNAME_2021-05-02_10-34.xml

Target directory for export files
Directory on the UMS Server in which the view results are saved. If no directory is specified, the default directory will be used. The target directory is shown under the entry field. Example: C:\Program Files\IGEL\RemoteManager\rmguiserver\temp

If a network drive directory is accepted as a target directory depends on the configuration of the network drive. Example: if authentication is required to access the network drive directory, the execution of the administrative task will fail.

Create archive

☑ The mail attachment will be compressed as a ZIP archive.

☐ The mail attachment will retain its data format (XML, HTML, or CSV). (Default)

Result format
Data format in which the results are sent as a mail attachment.
Possible options:

• XML

• HTML

• CSV

Delimeter

Defines the type of the delimeter used in the file for the CSV result format.

Schedule

Start
Point in time at which the task is executed.

Task starts every [number of time units]

☑ The task will be repeated at the set time interval.

☐ The task will not be repeated at the set time interval.

Weekdays
The task will be executed on the activated weekdays at the point in time specified under Start.

Monthly
The task will be executed monthly at the point in time specified under Start.

Exclude public holidays
The task will not be executed on the days listed in the public holiday lists selected via . Further information on the public holiday lists can be found in the menu bar under Misc > Scheduled Jobs, see Menu Bar of the IGEL UMS Console.

Expiration
Point in time as of which the task will no longer be repeated.