I realise that it is not advisable to turn on this setting, however it is of use to us at this time and is a means to an end for the particular project we are starting.
We are wanting to turn on the Software Metering for just a handful of devices, this being achieved by assigning a new "enable" client setting to just those devices, but want to have rules created automatically for all executable used on these devices.
I have two questions regarding this:
1. Does the "specify the percentage of computers in the hierarchy that must use a program before a software metering rule is automatically created" option work out its percentage based on those devices that have the Software Metering enabled or on the entire list of devices within the database? (i.e. if one of the 10 devices that have it enabled use an executable, that would be 10% if worked out from just those enabled devices, or way less than 0.01% if worked out from the entire device list.)
2. If the above relates to all devices and not just those that have Software Metering enabled, is there a way of Metering the Software on just a single collection or creating rules based on devices in a single collection?
We are hoping that we dont have to create manual rules for all the software on the devices in the collection, as it is going to be a long slog, but I fear that may be the only route we can take.
Alternatively, is there a way of mass creating rules from a list of software installed on the devices?
Any help or suggestions would be welcomed.
Thanks,
Dean