Using the percent variables in the Discovery Console

You can customize discovery, device role, and scheduled discovery information with the variables in the following tables. For more information about where you can use the discovery percent variables, see Configuring device role settings.

Device Discovery variables	Description
`%Discovery.Device.DeviceID`	Returns the device ID.
`%Discovery.Device.Description`	Returns the device description information.
`%Discovery.Device.Contact`	Returns the device contact information.
`%Discovery.Device.Location`	Returns the device location information.
`%Discovery.Device.Name`	Returns the device name information.
`%Discovery.Device.OID`	Returns the device OID information.
`%Discovery.Device.PrimaryRole`	Returns the device's primary role setting.
`%Discovery.Device.Model`	Returns the device product model information.
`%Discovery.Device.Brand`	Returns the device product brand information.
`%Discovery.Device.OS`	Returns the device operating system information.
`%Discovery.Device.OSVersion`	Returns the device operating system version.
`%Discovery.Device.PhysicalAddress`	Returns the device MAC address.
`%Discovery.Device.PhysicalAddressVendor`	Returns the device vendor name information.

Device Session variables	Description
`%Discovery.Session.ExistingDevices`	Returns the total number of devices that reside in the WhatsUp Gold database.
`%Discovery.Session.NewDevices`	Returns the number of new devices identified in the discovery session.
`%Discovery.Session.ModifiedDevices`	Returns the number of device roles identified in the discovery session.
`%Discovery.Session.LicensedDevices`	Returns the number of devices WhatsUp Gold is licensed to manage.
`%Discovery.Session.DiscoveredDevices`	Returns the total number of devices identified in the discovery session.
`%Discovery.Session.StartDate`	Returns the discovery session starting date and time.
`%Discovery.Session.EndDate`	Returns the discovery session ending date and time.
`%Discovery.Session.ElapsedTime`	Returns the total discovery session scan time from start to finish.