Organize and Deploy Payloads with Payload Groups
What
Payload groups are used to generallyGroups organize related payloads and tolet massyou assigndeploy payloadsseveral apps or profiles to groupsdevices ofthrough devices.one association.
When/Why
We'llUse usePayload theseGroups groupswhen wheneverseveral thingspayloads get a little bit messy. They can be very helpfulbelong to organizethe same rollout, department, platform, or configuration set. Grouping keeps the Payloads view readable and welets highlyone recommendassociation thattarget youthe don'twhole let your payloads get out of control without some type of storage system. A lot of FileWave customers also use these groups to create associations (deployments) for many apps/profiles to devices.set.
How
CreatingIn aFileWave group is simple...you justAnywhere, click the new group icon in the upper upper-right corner (![]()
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- Each Payload
groupGroupnamesname must beuniqueunique. - A new Payload
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