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What is Sensors

Endpoint Central offers robust inventory management by collecting a wide range of device data, including hardware details, software information, certificates, and more. However, you may occasionally need to monitor specific device attributes to gain deeper insights into your environment.

Sensors are integrated as a resource in Workflows, enabling you to automate the process of fetching and utilizing required device attributes efficiently. This integration simplifies monitoring and ensures that critical data is always at your fingertips

Creating Sensors

To create a new sensor

  1. Click on Endpoint Analytics, and then select Sensors from the left navigation menu.

  2. Click Add Sensor button

    Sensor summary view

  3. Enter a descriptive Name and description for your sensor

    Defining Sensor Name and Description

  4. Click Add variables to define data that you want to collect from Device

    1. Enter Display name for variable, visible in Endpoint Central console
    2. Enter Variable name that is used in powershell script
    3. Specify whether the data contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
    4. Select the appropriate data type
    5. Add a brief Description of the variable.

    Add variables in sensor creation

  5. In the Script Editor, implement the business logic to retrieve properties from Endpoints and assign them to the predefined variables from the cases above.

    Script Writer view for defined variables in sensor

  6. Specify the arguments to be passed to the script when executed.

  7. Specify the number of sensor runs to retain. This ensures that only the configured number of runs are stored, helping to optimize performance and manage storage efficiently.

    For example, to retrieve the percentage of free disk space on a drive, you can use the following PowerShell command:

    Example script for sensor creation

Use of Sensors

Running a Sensor for Data Collection

Sensors can be executed on all endpoints onboarded to Endpoint Analytics. Follow these steps to run a sensor from the console:

  • Go to the Sensors section under the Endpoint Analytics tab.
  • Find the sensor you want to run and click Run from the Actions menu.

Deploying sensor to endpoints for data collection

To view the output:

Navigate to View Run Log from the Actions menu of the sensor.

Using Sensors in Workflows

Sensors can be integrated as stages in Workflows to retrieve specific device properties. The sensor’s output can then be used in the Switch stage to make data-driven decisions within workflow automation.For detailed steps on configuring sensors in workflows, refer to this document.

Permissions Required for Using Sensors

To grant user permissions for managing Sensors, follow these steps:

  1. Select Admin from the top menu bar.
  2. Under User Administration, click Role
  3. Click on Add Role to create a new role or Modify existing role by clicking Modify from the action menu
  4. In the Endpoint Central section, scroll down to the Sensors section and enable the appropriate permissions for the role.
    • Read: Allows view-only access.
    • Write or Full Control: Allows add,modify and delete Sensors.
  5. Required roles and permissions for Sensor Read, Create and Modification

If you have any requirement for sensor's scripts, you can submit a request to our support team via this URL

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