Wildcards are %. If you use a wildcard, you need to use "like" instead of "=". Here is the query for all devices that start with L:
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.Name like "L%" On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Kevin Johnston < [email protected]> wrote: > In CM12 I created Laptop, workstation and server collections. I > originally had the membership setup as direct (during testing) and noticed > that no new machines are in these collections.**** > > ** ** > > We mark all out laptops with the prefix of L and our workstations with W** > ** > > ** ** > > Is there a way to make a query that says anything that starts with L put > in the laptop collection and anything that starts with W put in the > workstation collection?**** > > ** ** > > I am not sure about wildcards…**** > > ** ** > > But this is what I have:**** > > ** ** > > select > SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client > from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on > SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where > SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Name = "L$"**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Kevin Johnston**** > > ** ** > >

