As of May 23, 2017, MetaAccess is able to capture custom information, such as an email address, student ID, or a telephone number, from your end-users. You can specify what kind of information is needed and validate it using a regular expression string.

How does it works?

As long as you enable this feature, the MetaAccess will enforce end-users input their information which matches with the regular expression string you specified on MetaAccess console. On devices, an end-user will see a popup to tell her/him input information.

For Windows/macOS users:

For Android/iOS users:

Note that the message on the above popups is defined on your MetaAccess account.

After the end-user inputs their information, it will be reported to the MetaAccess servers and you can view it from a device details view

or you can search devices which uses a specific information

How to enable it?

1. Log into MetaAccess console

2. Navigate to Settings > Global Settings

3. On Advanced tab, check "Enable custom information capture"

4. Specify a regular expression string to validate user input to make sure that the end-user enters your desired information. You can use any regular expression online to test your regular expression.

5. Specify a message you want to show to your end-users to let them know what information they should enter.

6. Click "SAVE"

7. Enter your PIN to confirm the action

How to update regular expression string to validate user input or the message to show to end-users?

1. Log into MetaAccess console

2. Navigate to Settings > Global Settings

3. On Advanced tab, look for "Enable custom information capture"

4. Update the regular expression string or the message.

5. Click "SAVE"

6. Enter your PIN to confirm the action

If you make change on regular expression, it will enforce all end-user re-enter their custom information.

How to enforce an end-users re-enter custom information?

1. Log into MetaAccess console

2. Navigate to the Inventory > Devices

3. Search devices you want to enforce end-users re-enter custom information

4. Select devices you want to do so

5. Click on Actions, select "Re-Identity"

6. Enter your PIN to confirm the action

How to clear all captured custom information?

1. Log into MetaAccess console

2. Navigate to Settings > Global Settings

3. On Advanced tab, uncheck "Enable custom information capture"

4. Click "SAVE"

5. Enter your PIN to confirm the action

Note that only agent version listed below is able to enforce end-users enter custom information. If your devices are running older version, you should upgrade them first. See our KB How do I enable agent auto-update feature?.

• Windows agent: 7.6.65.0+

• macOS agent: 10.4.115.0+

• iOS agent: 2.39.0+

• Android agent: 2.33.0+

This article was last updated on 2018-09-04
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