A user is asking for help writing a trigger in CU VDI that alerts users to clean up their D drive. Another user suggests using PowerShell with BurntToast to create toast notifications, but notes that it must be run in the user's session. They provide several methods for doing so, including running in each user's session and creating a scheduled task. Another user suggests writing a script that runs on the monitor instead of the target machine and uses Invoke-CUQuery and Invoke-CUAction to get information and run the toast notification script on the user's session. They note that there are some nuances that need to be figured out and suggest using Get-CUAvailableActions to get the action ID of the toast script. A working example is requested.
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ControlUp Agent Versions Report Only Shows Windows Devices
A user noticed that the Agent Versions report only showed Windows devices and asked if there was a way to view a list of IGEL devices by version number. Another member explained that the report currently only includes Windows and MacOS devices, but they will look into including other platforms in the future.
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ControlUp Agent and Inventorying UWP Apps
A user had a question about the ControlUp agent on Windows Endpoints not inventorying UWP apps located in c:\program files\windowsapps\. A member of the ControlUp team confirms that this is because only 32/64 bit apps listed in Control Panel are currently supported, but there may be future updates. Another user requested the ability to query standard exe/msi apps and UWP apps that are installed in user profiles.
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Ways to Filter Alerts in ControlUp
A user asked for a solution to filter alerts and only trigger them for specific tagged endpoints. Another user suggested using the _device_name index as a condition in a new alert, which would only send alerts for those 8 endpoints. The original user will try this out and the suggested method can potentially be used for other situations as well.
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Clarification on Support for Server OS 2016 by ControlUp for Real-time Agent
A user asked for confirmation on whether Server OS 2016 is still supported by ControlUp for real-time agent. Another user confirmed that it is no longer supported.
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Using Workflows for Different Scenarios: Questions and Discussions on ControlUp Slack Channel
A user has questions about workflows and how they can be used for different scenarios. They asked about accessing data from the 'List devices' node, filtering data from strings, and querying data using elastic search. Another user suggested setting up a call with one of their team members for assistance. It was mentioned that ControlUp is working on addressing the limitation of only having 39 out of 222 fields available from the _devices index. The user also asked for clarification on parsing data from a structured array. A member of the ControlUp team explained that OS disk configuration is a string encoded JSON value and will need to be parsed. The discussion can be found at https://cuacademy.controlup.com/.
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Monitoring Free and Paid SAAS Usage with ControlUp.
A discussion about monitoring user's usage of Free or Paid SAAS services. The suggestion was to use license metering and/or the capabilities in CU4C for shadow SaaS. A resource was shared at https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/making-your-digital-workplace-more-secure-with-user-risk-analytics-and-shadow-it-insights/
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Automatically Running Scripts for Specific Devices at Logon Event
Users discuss the possibility of implementing an automated script for specific devices with a certain tag at user logon events. The issue is being addressed as the team is currently redesigning the script module. The user is advised to check within the script for the desired outcome. No reference is made to specific team members.
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Understanding ControlUp Real Time Console Diagnostics
A user asked about the use of the ControlUp real time console diagnostics and if they run as the user logged into the console or the monitor service account. Another user responded that it can depend on the action being taken, with some actions using the console user's AD account and others using the services account. More details were requested for a more specific answer. Both users confirmed that the same user that ran the console will also be used for the Diagnostics items such as tracert, ping, eventlog, admin$.
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Understanding Credentials for Installing or Updating the CU Agent
A discussion about credentials for installing or updating the CU agent took place. Depending on the settings and AD connections, either matching AD credentials or the Windows identity running controlupconsole.exe are used. It should be noted that these are the console's AD connections, not the monitors.
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