Creating an Extension Attribute

Jamf Protect Documentation

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You must add a computer extension attribute that is populated by analytics to Jamf Pro.

In Jamf Pro, navigate to Settings > Computer management > Extension attributes. Depending on your version of Jamf Pro, do the following in the Jamf Pro extension attributes:

  • If using Jamf Pro 10.19.0 or later, click New From Template and enter Jamf Protect - Smart Groups in the search bar to find the correct template.

  • If using Jamf Pro 10.18.0 or earlier, choose "Script" from the Input Type pop-up menu, and then enter the following:

    #!/bin/bash
    SMARTGROUPS_DIR=/Library/Application\ Support/JamfProtect/groups
    if [ -d "$SMARTGROUPS_DIR" ]; then
    SMART_GROUPS=`/bin/ls "$SMARTGROUPS_DIR" | tr '\n' ','`
    echo "<result>${SMART_GROUPS%?}</result>"
    else
    echo "<result></result>"
    fi
    exit 0

You can now use the extension attribute as smart group membership criteria.

To create a smart group using Jamf Pro, see Creating a Smart Group in Jamf Pro.