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Interact with Kaseya's Autotask PSA REST API to manage companies, tickets, contracts, and more.

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Configuration Item Category → Count

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Overview

This node operation counts the number of Configuration Item Categories in the Autotask system. It is useful for scenarios where you need to quickly retrieve the total count of configuration item categories, such as for reporting, monitoring, or conditional workflow branching based on the number of categories.

Use Case Examples

  1. Count the total number of configuration item categories to monitor inventory size.
  2. Use the count to trigger alerts if the number of categories exceeds a threshold.

Properties

Name Meaning
Fields Fields to map for the Configuration Item Category resource during the count operation. This allows specifying which fields to include or map in the operation.

Output

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  • count - The total number of Configuration Item Categories matching the criteria.

Dependencies

  • Requires an API key credential for Autotask PSA REST API authentication.

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure the API credentials are correctly configured and have permissions to access Configuration Item Categories.
  • If the count operation returns zero unexpectedly, verify that the query parameters or filters (if any) are correctly set.
  • Common errors may include authentication failures or unsupported resource errors if the resource name is misspelled.

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