A simple use case is to retrieve properties from a managed object for which a reference has been supplied. You need only create a

PropertyFilterSpec

that contains a

PropertySpec

to identify the property to retrieve and an

ObjectSpec

to identify the managed object. Pass this

PropertyFilterSpec

to the

RetrievePropertiesEx

method and get the property value from the structured result.

A more complicated use case retrieves properties from a set of managed objects found in the inventory hierarchy. For this use case, you create a

View

managed object that provides a path to all the target managed objects within one traversal step. You need to create a

PropertyFilterSpec

that contains a

PropertySpec

to identify the property to retrieve and an

ObjectSpec

that identifies the

View

object and also contains a

TraversalSpec

to describe the path from the

View

to its children. Pass this

PropertyFilterSpec

to the

RetrievePropertiesEx

method and get the property value from the structured result.