A bes fixlet represents a Fixlet or a Task. It provides a way to read the name, ID, BigFix site, and other details of that BigFix content item. It can be used to determine on what computers it became relevant on. If a Fixlet (or Task) that was relevant on a computer has become non relevant, it is said to have been "remediated" on that computer. This information can also be retrieved.
Returns an object representing the nth action for the specified fixlet.
Returns an object representing the named action for the specified fixlet.
Returns a list of all the Fixlet actions associated with the specified fixlet.
If the specified fixlet is from an analysis, this inspector returns a list of all of its activations.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet originates from an Analysis.
Returns the number of computers (regardless of locking) that have reported that the specified fixlet is relevant.
Returns a list of all of the <bes computer> objects reporting that the specified fixlet is relevant.
Returns the set of computers where the given Fixlet(s) is applicable, i.e., those computers where the Fixlet is relevant.Example: size of union of applicable computer sets of bes fixlets whose ((source severity of it is "Critical") and (current date - source release date of it > 7 * day)) as floating point / size of bes computer set as floating point - Computes the ratio of computers which have at least one relevant critical fixlet released more than 1 week ago.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet originates from a Baseline.
If the specified fixlet is from an analysis, then this inspector returns the activation which is most appropriate for the current console user.
Returns an HTML string containing the body of the fixlet.
Returns the category of the given fixlet as a string value, such as "Security Hotfix", "Service Pack", "Upgrade", and others.
Returns the character set to be used when displaying the body or text of the specified fixlet.
Returns the comments assigned to the specified BES fixlet.
If the specified fixlet is a baseline, then this inspector iterates over the component groups.
If the specified fixlet is a baseline, then this inspector returned the XML representation of the baseline components. Use component groups of <bes fixlet> instead.
Returns the time when the specified fixlet was created. This inspector is only valid for custom fixlets.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet is custom.
Returns True if and only if the specified fixlet resides in a custom site.
If the specified fixlet resides in a custom site, this inspector returns the corresponding site object.
Returns a string containing the list of CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) ID numbers associated with the specified fixlet.
Returns an object representing the default action for the specified fixlet.
Returns the file name of the .fxf file that contains this fixlet, or the empty string if the fixlet does not come from a digest file (i.e., it is a custom Fixlet).
Returns the category of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
Returns the message portion of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
Returns the name of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
Returns the source ID of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
Returns the source of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
Returns the source severity of the specified Fixlet. This inspector returns the value as displayed in the Console, which may be translated into various languages.
A domain is attached to a fixlet when it is created. This inspector returns the domain associated with the specified Fixlet.
Returns the size of the download associated with this fixlet, in bytes.
Returns a BES Fixlet field with the given name in the specified Fixlet.
Returns the fields associated with the specified BES Fixlet.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet originates from an ordinary Fixlet site.
Returns True if the specified fixlet is globally visible.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet originates from a Group.
Returns the numeric ID unique to the specified fixlet.
Returns the <bes user> object corresponding to the author of the specified fixlet.
Returns an HTML string containing an <A> tag including the supplied HTML description that, when clicked, will open the specified Fixlet document (in the BES Console) or its description page (in Web Reports).
Returns an HTML string containing an <A> tag including the supplied descriptive string that, when clicked, will open the specified Fixlet document (in the BES Console) or its description page (in Web Reports).
The link href property does not return an <A> tag but rather returns the value of the href attribute of the <A> tag that would be constructed by the other link inspectors. This allows you to create more flexible linking formats. (See link of <bes fixlet>). Note that link href returns a normal string, not an HTML string.
Returns an HTML string containing an <A> tag that when clicked will open the specified Fixlet document (in the BES Console) or its description page (in Web Reports).
Returns True if the specified fixlet is locally visible.
Returns True if the specified fixlet is from the Master site.
Returns an HTML string containing the text of the fixlet.
External fixlet authors can add custom fields to their Fixlets. This inspector returns the mime field labeled by <string> from the specified Fixlet.
Returns all the MIME fields for the specified Fixlet.
Returns the time when the given BES Fixlet was last modified.
Returns the bes user object corresponding to the user who last modified the BES Fixlet. This inspector is valid only for custom Fixlets.
{% qna %} Q: name of modification user of bes fixlet whose (name of it = "My Fixlet") A: BFAdmin {% endqna %}
Returns the name of the specified BES Fixlet.
Returns the number of open actions whose source is the specified fixlet.
Returns True if and only if the specified fixlet resides in a non-master operator site.
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If the specified Fixlet is from an analysis, this inspector returns the property with the ID given by <integer>.
If the specified Fixlet is from an analysis, this inspector returns a list of all of the <bes property> objects associated with it.
Iterates over all the individual relevances clauses in a Fixlet. The related inspector 'relevance of <bes fixlet>' returns a single clause that ANDs together all the individual clauses.
Returns the relevance expression used to determine if the specified fixlet is applicable on a client computer.
Returns True if the Fixlet is relevant on the specified computer.
{% qna %} Q: relevant (bes computer whose (id of it is 2746378)) of (bes fixlet whose (name of it is "Install Chrome")) A: False {% endqna %}
Returns True if the Fixlet has been remediated on the specified computer. Returns False otherwise.
{% qna %} Q: remediated (bes computer whose (id of it is 2746378)) of (bes fixlet whose (name of it is "Install Chrome")) A: True {% endqna %}
Returns a computer that the Fixlet has been remediated on. Note: This inspector applies only to BigFix Explorer.
{% qna %} Q: names of remediated computers of (bes fixlet whose (name of it is "Install Chrome")) A: PC-01 {% endqna %}
Returns the number of computers that the Fixlet has been remediated on. Note: This inspector is only implemented on BigFix Explorer.
{% qna %} Q: remediated computer count of bes fixlet whose (name of it is "Install Chrome") A: 5 {% endqna %}
Returns the set of computers that the Fixlet has been remediated on. Note: This inspector is only implemented on BigFix Explorer.
{% qna %} Q: names of elements of remediated computer set of bes fixlet whose (name of it is "Install Chrome") A: PC-01 {% endqna %}
Returns a Fixlet result representing how the specified computer evaluated the Fixlet.
{% qna %} Q: exists result from (bes computer whose (id of it = 2746378)) of bes fixlet whose (name of it = "Install Chrome") A: True {% endqna %}
Returns a Fixlet result representing how the Fixlet was evaluated on a computer.
{% qna %} Q: exists result of bes fixlets whose (name of it = "Install Chrome") A: True {% endqna %}
Returns a string containing the list of SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) ID numbers associated with the specified fixlet.
Converts the specified BES Fixlet list to a set that can be arithmetically manipulated.
Returns the <bes site> object which contains the specified fixlet.
Returns the source ID of the given fixlet as a string value.
Returns the source of the given fixlet as a string value.
Returns the <date> object that represents the source release date of the specified fixlet.
Returns the source severity of the given fixlet as a string value.
This inspector Iterates over the Actions sourced from the given fixlet.
This inspector Iterates over the Actions sourced from the given fixlet and returns a set of Actions.
Returns True if the specified BES fixlet originates from a Task.
Returns the type of the specified fixlet, which can have values such as "Fixlet", "Task", "Analysis", "ComputerGroup" or "Baseline".
Returns the unique values of a given list of <bes fixlet> types, removing duplicates and sorting by value.
Returns the number of computers that are not locked and that have reported that the specified fixlet is relevant.Note: This is a Console-only inspector.
Returns True if the specified fixlet is not globally or locally hidden.
If the specified fixlet was created with a Wizard then this inspector returns the HTML string representing the DataStore element of that Wizard.Note: This is a Console-only inspector.
If the specified fixlet was created with a Wizard then this inspector returns the HTML string representing the link of that Wizard.Note: This is a Console-only inspector.
If the specified fixlet was created with a Wizard then this inspector returns the HTML string representing the name of that Wizard.Note: This is a Console-only inspector.
Converts the specified BES Fixlet to XML format, for submission to the EvaluateRelevance API used by the BES Console and Web Reports.
Compares two bes fixlet objects and returns True if they are equal.