Previewing impacted entities in automated device definitions

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program instructions executable in at least one computing device that, when executed by the at least one computing device, direct the at least one computing device to:

• enroll a plurality of client devices with a management service;
• cause at least one user interface to be shown in a display of an administrator device of the management service, wherein the at least one user interface comprises at least one field for defining an automation to be deployed through specification of:
• a condition associated with the client devices enrolled with the management service;
• a trigger that directs the at least one computing device to match the condition against at least one of a plurality of periodically-updated device profiles and a plurality of newly-received device profiles of the client devices;
• and
• an action to be performed automatically when the condition is satisfied;
• prior to generating the automation to be deployed, determine a subset of the client devices to be affected by the condition;
• in the at least one user interface, display a number of the client devices in the subset to be affected by the condition prior to generating the automation to be deployed;
• in response to a manipulation of the at least one user interface, display information associated with individual ones of the client devices in the subset to be affected by the condition in the at least one user interface prior to generating the automation to be deployed, wherein the information comprises at least one of:
• a platform, a user group, an operating system version, an enrollment status, and a device identifier of a respective one of the client devices;
• and
• generate the automation such that, in response to one of the newly-received device profiles being received from the respective one of the client devices that satisfies the condition, the action is performed automatically by the at least one computing device.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• enrolling a plurality of client devices with a management service;
• causing at least one user interface to be shown in a display of an administrator device of the management service, wherein the at least one user interface comprises at least one field for defining an automation to be deployed through specification of:
• a condition associated with the client devices enrolled with the management service;
• a trigger that directs the at least one computing device to match the condition against at least one of a plurality of periodically-updated device profiles and a plurality of newly-received device profiles of the client devices;
• and
• an action to be performed automatically when the condition is satisfied;
• prior to generating the automation to be deployed, determining a subset of the client devices to be affected by the condition;
• and
• in the at least one user interface, displaying a number of the client devices in the subset to be affected by the condition prior to generating the automation to be deployed;
• in response to a manipulation of the at least one user interface, display information associated with individual ones of the client devices in the subset to be affected by the condition in the at least one user interface prior to generating the automation to be deployed, wherein the information comprises at least one of:
• a platform, a user group, an operating system version, an enrollment status, and a device identifier of a respective one of the client devices;
• and
• generate the automation such that, in response to one of the newly-received device profiles being received from the respective one of the client devices that satisfies the condition, the action is performed automatically by the at least one computing device.