Querying Inventory Data

The System Resource class, discussed earlier in the “Objects, Classes, and Attributes” section, contains discovered attributes about an object. However, the System Resource class contains more than just discovered data.

All queries requiring data from hardware or software inventory need to utilize the System Resource class. In fact, most of the queries covered in this chapter use the System Resource class. That shows how prevalent this class is! Some popular hardware and software inventory classes are illustrated in Table 17.5.

Table 17.5. Useful Hardware and Software Inventory Classes

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