SMS_SoftwareConversionRules Server WMI Class

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Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

The SMS_SoftwareConversionRules Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, that describes the rules to convert the company or product name resource string into a standard name for software inventory. For example, different Microsoft products might contain variations of the Microsoft company name, for example, "Microsoft Corporation" or "Microsoft."

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties.

Syntax

Class SMS_SoftwareConversionRules : SMS_BaseClass
{
     String ConvertType;
     String NewName;
     String OriginalName;
     UInt32 RuleId; 
};

Methods

The SMS_SoftwareConversionRules class does not define any methods.

Properties

  • ConvertType
    Data type: String 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Type of resource string to convert. Possible values are:

    • Manufacturer (default)

    • Product

  • NewName
    Data type: String 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [Not_Null]

    Name reported to software inventory. The default value is "".

  • OriginalName
    Data type: String 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [Not_Null]

    Original company or product name. The default value is "".

    The original name can contain SQL wildcard characters (&, _, [], and [^]), but the OriginalName and ConvertType combination must be unique.

  • RuleId
    Data type: UInt32 

    Access type: Read-only

    Qualifiers: [key, read, Not_Null]

    Unique ID of the rule. The default value is 0.

Remarks

There are no special class qualifiers for this class. For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

Configuration Manager Resource Management Server WMI Classes