Discovery Percent Variables

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 the Roles/Sub roles New/Edit Wizard.

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.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.Name`	Returns the VMware host name.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.FullName`	Returns the full name of the VMware host.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.OSType`	Returns the VMware host operating system information.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.VIMVersion`	Returns the VMware virtual server version.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.APIVersion`	Returns the VMware virtual server API version.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.APIType`	Returns the VMware virtual server API type.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.Build`	Returns the VMware virtual server build number.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.BootTime`	Returns the VMware virtual server boot time.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.HardwareVendor`	Returns the hardware vendor name of the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.HardwareModel`	Returns the hardware model of the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUCores`	Returns the number of CPU cores on the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUPkgs`	Returns the number of CPU packages on the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUThreads`	Returns the number of CPU threads on the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.CPUFrequency`	Returns the CPU clock frequency of the VMware host server in Hz.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.CPUModel`	Returns the CPU model used by the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.MemorySize`	Returns the amount of memory in the VMware host server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsTotal`	Returns the total number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsPoweredOn`	Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the powered on state.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsSuspended`	Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the suspended state.
`%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsPoweredOff`	Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the powered off state.

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 that needed to be refreshed do to pending and potential monitor assignments.
`%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.