Appendix A Input Types

AppInstance,

AppInstanceID

One of the following: 

• NM:host-name:RA

• NM:host-name:LD

• NM:host-name:MS

• [ID:]ID

AppTypeCriteria

Comma-separated or pipe-separated list of the following values: 

• RA

• LD

• MS

Or: 

empty

AttributeCriteriaList

attribute-criteria[;attribute-criteria]*

Where attribute-criteria is one of the following:

• attribute-name-contains-glob-pattern-value

• attribute-name-equals-glob-pattern-value

Where attribute-name is one of the following values:

sys.hostName, sys.description, sys.hostType, sys.ipAddress, sys.parent, sys.OS, sys.OSVersion, sys.OSArch, or user-defined-name

Where glob-pattern-value is a string that contain the wildcard characters * and .

Boolean

The following case-insensitive values for true and false: 

• true, yes, t, or +

• false, no, f or -

Category,

CategoryID,

CategoryIDSet

One of the following: 

• NM:category-name

• [ID:]ID

CompCheckInID

[ID:]ID

ComponentTypeRefID

One of the following: 

• NM:component-type-ref-name

• [ID:]ID

Component,

ComponentID

One of the following: 

• NM:component-name[:version]

  If version is not specified, the latest version is used

• [ID:]ID

ComponentVariableSettings, ComponentVariableSettingsID

One of the following: 

• NM:component-name[:version]:var-settings-name

  If version is not specified, the latest version is used

• [ID:]ID

ConnectionType

One of the following: 

• raw

• ssh

• ssl

CriteriaShorthand

One of the following: 

• any

• planStart

• planEndNormal

• planEndAbnormal

• diffStart

• diffEndNormal

• diffEndAbnormal

• system

• admin

• custom

DifferenceSettings,

DifferenceSettingsID

One of the following: 

• NM:diff-name

• [ID:]ID

ExecutionPlan,

ExecutionPlanID

One of the following: 

• NM:plan-name[:version]

  If version is not specified, the latest version is used

• [ID:]ID

Folder,

FolderID

One of the following: 

• NM:folder-name

• [ID:]ID

Group,

GroupID

One of the following: 

• NM:group-name

• [ID:]ID

Hashtable

key[=value][;key[=value]]*

Where key is a keyword

Where value is one of the following:

• single-value

• [single-value,single-value[,single-value]*]

  The outermost square brackets are required

Examples: 

• color=red;emptykey

• arraykey=[value1,value2]

Host,

HostID

One of the following: 

• NM:host-name

• [ID:]ID

HostIDArrayArray

host-ID-array[;host-ID-array]*

Where host-ID-array is one of the following:

• host-ID[,host-ID]*

• host-set-ID[,host-set-ID]*

Where host-ID is H:host-ID and host-set-ID is HS:host-set-ID

Examples: 

• H:NM:host1

• HS:NM:hostSetFoo,H:NM:h1;H:NM:h2

HostIDSet

host-ID[,host-ID]*

HostSearch,

HostSearchID

One of the following: 

• NM:host-search-name

• [ID:]ID

HostSearchIDSet

host-search-ID[,host-search-ID]*

HostSet,

HostSetID

One of the following: 

• NM:host-set-name

• [ID:]ID

HostSetIDSet

host-set-ID[,host-set-ID]*

HostType.

HostTypeID

One of the following: 

• NM:host-type-name

• [ID:]ID

HostTypeVarList

key[=single-value][;key[=single-value]]*

InputStreamWrapper

One of the following: 

• - for standard input

• input-file-name

InstalledComponentRef

component-name:component-version:install-path

InstalledResourceRef

resource-ID:install-path

Level

One of the following: 

• host

• dir

• file

NamedBlockType

One of the following: 

• install

• uninstall

• call

OutputStreamWrapper

One of the following: 

• [+]filename, where + means to append

• - for standard output

• -: for standard error

Permission,

PermissionID

One of the following: 

• permID

• NM:permID

• NM:userdb.read

• NM:userdb.write

• NM:host.read

• NM:host.write

• NM:hostType.read

• NM:hostType.write

• NM:rule.read

• NM:rule.write

• NM:diff.read

• NM:diff.write

• NM:diffrun:allhosts

• NM:diffrun:host-set-name

• NM:folder:folder-name:write

• NM:folder:folder-name:checkin-current

• NM:folder:folder-name:autorun

• NM:folder:folder-name:execute:allhosts

• NM:folder:folder-name:execute:host-set-name

• NM:folder:folder-name:owner

PhysicalCriteria

phys-attribute[|phys-attribute]*

Where phys-attribute is virt or phys

Or: 

empty

Plugin,

PluginID

One of the following: 

• NM:plugin-name

• [ID:]ID

ReaderWrapper

One of the following: 

• - for standard input

• input-file-name

RoxAddress

One of the following: 

• IP-name:port-number

• IP-address:port-number

RuleID,

RuleMetaData

One of the following: 

• NM:rule-name

• [ID:]ID

Scope

One of the following: 

• component

• host

• hostset

SeverityArray

One of the following: 

• empty

• INFO[+], where + means “or greater”

• WARNING[+]

• ERROR[+]

StringArray

string[,string]*

StringArrayArray

string-array[;string-array]*

Style

One of the following: 

• mm for model to model

• mi for model to install

• ii for install to install

SystemServiceRefID

One of the following: 

• NM:system-service-ref-name

• [ID:]ID

TimeInterval

One of the following: 

• - for an indefinite interval

• @Date from now to Date

  Where Date is of the form mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM

• [#weeksw][#daysd][#hoursh][#minutesm]

  [#secondss][#millisecsms]

• [#weeksw][#daysd][#hours:]#minutes[.#seconds

  [.#milliseconds]]

User,

UserID

One of the following: 

• NM:user-name

• [ID:]ID

WriterWrapper

One of the following: 

• [+]filename, where + means to append

• - for standard output

• -: for standard error