Placeholders in policies
In policy settings, you can use placeholders which are replaced by a user, device, or customer property when the policy is assigned.
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%_EMAILADDRESS_%
is replaced by the Email address property of the user assigned to the device. -
%_USERNAME_%
is replaced by the User name property of the user assigned to the device. -
%_DEVPROP()_%
is replaced by a device property.For example,
%_DEVPROP(IMEI)_%
is replaced by the device’s IMEI value (if available).You can use any of the properties listed on the Device properties and Custom properties tabs of the device’s Show device page.
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%_CUSTPROP()_%
is replaced by a customer property.For example if you’ve created a customer property
internal_id
, you can refer to it by%_CUSTPROP(internal_id)_%
.You can use any of the properties listed under Setup > Sophos setup > Customer properties.
For macOS, user properties are replaced as follows:
- For the local Mac user, the properties from the Sophos Mobile user assigned to the device are used.
- For network users, the properties from the LDAP user account are used.