%datetime% in description fields in AD

Question

When we run a computer cleanup task in AD, and set the description field to ex. "Computer deactivated by Adaxes %datetime%" - the date and time that is noted is the time at when the approval request is made, and not the time when the computer has actually been disabled..

So if I am on vacation, and the scheduled task is run (at 01.07.2018), and the computer needs to be approved - and I then return after 14 days and approve the computer account (14.07.2018) being disabled, the description will say that the computer has been disabled on 01.07.2018 and not in fact when I actually disabled the account when I got back from vacation on 14.07.2018

is there any way to actually mark a correct %datetime% for the actual disabling of the account in AD, instead of the time of the approval request?

Answer 1

Hello,

The best solution is to set the description in a Business Rule that will trigger After Disabling a Computer account. In this case, the computer description will be updated only after you approve the request and the computer actually gets disabled. The Business Rule will look like the following:

Comments

Fantastic! Thank you!