Microsoft KB Archive/830644

= Cannot View Collection Rules Although You Have Read and Read Resource Permissions for the Collection =

Article ID: 830644

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
If you have read and read resource permissions for a collection, you can view the clients in the collection. However, if you try to view the membership rule in the Collection Properties dialog box, the Query Rule Properties button appears to be available but it does not function.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can use one of the following options to view the collection rules:  Obtain modify permissions for the collection. Modify permissions permit the user to view the membership rule. However, they also permit the user to modify the rule.  You can use a script to view the collection, such as the following sample code. Set loc = CreateObject(&quot;WbemScripting.SWbemLocator&quot;) Set WbemServices = loc.ConnectServer( &quot;&quot;, &quot;root\sms\site_RDM&quot;, username, password) set collection=wbemServices.Get(&quot;SMS_Collection.CollectionID=''&quot;) wscript.echo collection.CollectionRules(0).QueryExpression (The output is &quot;select * from sms_r_system&quot;. This is correct.) 



MORE INFORMATION
If you have read and read resource permissions for a collection, the following buttons are not available:
 * Create Direct Membership Rule Wizard
 * Query Rule Properties

The Modify Query Rule Properties button for the collection appears to be available. However, it does not function.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.

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