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# Group Actions

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Navigate to Computers and select the group you want to manage. Click the gear icon next to the group name. A menu with the following options will be displayed:

Group Action | Group Action Description | Static Groups | Dynamic Groups
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Show Details | Provides an overview of the selected group. | ✔ | ✔
Audit Log | View the Audit Log for the selected item. | ✔ | ✔
New Static Group | The selected group becomes the default parent group, but you can change the parent group later when you create a new Static Group. | ✔ | X
New Dynamic Group | The selected group becomes the default parent group, but you can change the parent group later when you create a new Dynamic Group. | ✔ | ✔
New Notification | Create a new notification. | X | ✔
Add | Add a new device. | ✔ | X
Tasks | Select Client Tasks to be executed on devices in this group: Scan—Run the On Demand Scan task on all clients in the selected group. Update: • Update Application Modules—Run the Application Modules Update task (triggers an update manually). • Update ESET applications—Run the Software Install task on computers with outdated ESET security applications. • Update Operating System—Run the Operating System Update task on computers in the selected group. Run Task—Select one or more Client Tasks and run them on the selected device. New Task—Create a new Client Task. Select a task and configure the throttling (optional) for this task. The task will be queued according to the task settings. This option immediately triggers an existing task that you select from a list of available tasks. The trigger is not available for this task, because it will be executed immediately. Recent tasks—List of recent Client Tasks for all groups and computers.
|  | Client tasks created from the context menu (with the ASAP trigger) will be deleted 7 days after their trigger expiration date.
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Platform modules | Enable ESET Inspect On-Prem—Click Computers > click a computer or select more computers and click Computer > Platform modules > Enable ESET Inspect On-Prem to deploy ESET Inspect Connector to the managed Windows/Linux/macOS computers. Alternatively, you can enable ESET Inspect On-Prem via the Product Activation client task. ESET Inspect On-Prem is only available when you have ESET Inspect On-Prem subscription and ESET Inspect On-Prem connected to ESET PROTECT On-Prem. A Web Console user requires Read permission or higher for either Access to ESET Inspect or ESET Inspect User. Enable ESET LiveGuard—Click a computer or the gear icon next to a static group and select Platform modules > Enable ESET LiveGuard to activate and enable the ESET LiveGuard Advanced. | ✔ | X
Reports | Select and run a report from the selected group. | ✔ | X
Manage Policies | Manage policies assigned to the selected group. | ✔ | ✔
Edit | Edit the selected Group. The same settings apply as when you create a new group (static or dynamic). | ✔ | ✔
| Select a group and move it as a subgroup of another group. | ✔ | ✔
Delete | Remove the selected group. | ✔ | ✔
Apply sooner Apply later | Change the priority level of a Dynamic Group. | X | ✔
Export | Export the members of the group (and subgroups, if selected) in a list (.txt file). This list can be used for review or imported later. | ✔ | X
Export to Cloud | Export the members of the group (and subgroups, if selected), including computer IDs, in a list (.txt file). You can import the file while migrating to the cloud ESET PROTECT. | ✔ | X
Import | Import a list (usually a text file) of computers, as members of the selected group. If the computers already exist as members of this group, the conflict will be solved based on the selected action. | ✔ | X

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