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Change Device name for bulk number of devices enrolled in Hexnode using wildcard

Change Device name for bulk number of devices enrolled in Hexnode using wildcardSolved

Participant

5 years ago

How do I change the default device name? After enrolling with Apple DEP, all devices are listed as iPhone. I want to put a wildcard in so it auto updates when we change users.

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grace-baker

Hexnode Expert

5 years ago

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Hey, Thanks for reaching out to us.

Hexnode has a feature to assign friendly names. The following wildcards can be used to set friendly name for the devices: %deviceid%, %mail%, %imei%, %osname%, %serialnumber%, %osversion%, %username%
To set friendly name for large number of devices:

Navigate to Manage-> Devices and select the desired devices.
Click on the Actions button and choose the option ‘Set Friendly name’.
Enter the desired name (can include wildcards). Click Rename.

Need more info? Check out the help doc on setting friendly name using Hexnode MDM.

Cheers!
Grace Baker
Hexnode MDM

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dolev-milunsky

Participant

1 year ago

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Is there a way to modify the wildcard: %username% so it remove the SPACE that appears between the first name and the last name?

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chloe_edison

Hexnode Expert

1 year ago

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Hello @dolev-milunsky!

There isn’t a direct way to remove the space from within a wildcard. Although, if you could elaborate on your requirement and the platform of your device, we could try to find a work-around for the same.

Best regards,
Chloe Edison
Hexnode UEM