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Creating Query Groups and Report Definitions
14 Define Custom Groups and Reports in Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
The user actually wanted a report that lists all Servers and Network Switches whose model name begins with
“PowerEdge”. However, because every condition above is in its own set of parentheses, they are evaluated in
the order listed. Rather than getting the desired results, the report gets all devices that:
 Are servers whose model name begins with “PowerEdge”, or
 Is a network switch (regardless of their model name)
Graphically, the query above uses the following logic (because each condition is not grouped with any other
conditions).
Ungrouped query condition in generating a report in OpenManage Enterprise
The following query uses the same conditions but groups the Device Type conditions together to get the
desired output. Note that the only changes made to the first query were to remove (a) the right parentheses
on the second condition, and (b) the left parentheses on the third condition. As a result, the second and third
conditions are evaluated together as a composite condition.
Specify multiple conditions for building a report in OpenManage Enterprise