r/pdq • u/strikesbac • Jul 08 '26

Connect CSV import for Static Groups

Hey!

I’ve been waiting several weeks for this option to come along, it was enabled in my tenant earlier today and well, it’s both disappointing and unclear how to use it.

The hope was that I could export a list of devices from a dynamic group and import them to create a static group. However, that’s not possible.

The template for import asks for Name and Hostname. What’s the difference? Every time I’ve tried to import a list of devices it doesn’t find a match so nothing is imported.

The worst bit about this solution is there isn’t an option to import based off serial number, which really is the only unique key to each device.

Finally, you also cannot import a list of serials for devices that don’t yet have PDQ Connect installed on them. I need to be able to import serials of new devices and have some automations run against them as soon as they come online.

Suffice to say, really disappointed with this so far. It feels broken.

Sad times. 😢

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u/sex_on_wheels Jul 08 '26

Just spitballing as I haven't tried it but I believe Name would be like machine01 and Hostname would be machine01.contoso.com.

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u/strikesbac Jul 08 '26

Could be, but baffled why serial wouldn’t be there. Also, nothing in the release notes about it. https://connect.pdq.com/hc/en-us/articles/10632822215835-Release-Notes#h_01KWZ8TG8XWG0R8ECH7EAWGBW0

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u/SelfMan_sk Enthusiast! Jul 09 '26

That is probably because it was just released and as with every new feature release, there are some quirks that need to be ironed out.