diff --git a/device_filter.xml b/device_filter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+  <ns2:query xmlns:ns2="query.rest.mgmt.acs.nm.cisco.com">
+    <criteria xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns2:AndFilter">
+      <simpleFilters>
+        <propertyName>name</propertyName>
+        <operation>CONTAINS</operation>
+        <value>ROUTER123</value>
+      </simpleFilters>
+    </criteria>
+    <numberofItemsInPage>100</numberofItemsInPage>
+    <startPageNumber>1</startPageNumber>
+  </ns2:query>
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diff --git a/tpl_location_filter.xml b/tpl_location_filter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+  <ns2:query xmlns:ns2="query.rest.mgmt.acs.nm.cisco.com">
+    <criteria xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns2:AndFilter">
+      <simpleFilters>
+        <propertyName>Location</propertyName>
+        <operation>EQUALS</operation>
+        <value>{0}</value>
+      </simpleFilters>
+    </criteria>
+    <numberofItemsInPage>100</numberofItemsInPage>
+    <startPageNumber>1</startPageNumber>
+  </ns2:query>
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