4.6 Configuring Patch Dashboard and Trending Behavior

  1. Click the Configuration tab in the left panel to display the Configuration page:

    Configuration Page

  2. Click Patch Management to display the seven links (Subscription Service Settings, Subscription Service Content Download, Email Notification, Dashboard and Trending, Vulnerability Detection Schedule, Patch Policy Settings, Mandatory Baseline Settings):

  3. Click the Dashboard and Trending link to open the Dashboard and Trending page.

    Dashboard and Trending Page

    The Dashboard and Trending page allows you to configure the Patch Dashboard and trending behavior for the Patch Management Server, according to the patch impact status. You can decide the time when the Dashboard receives daily updates. This page also enables you to specify the number of days the Patch Management Server database stores Dashboard and Trending information.

    The following table describes each option on the Dashboard and Trending page:

    Item

    Description

    Dashboard and Trending

    Enables you to specify for how many days the database stores Dashboard information.This information is then used to create dashboard and graph information.If you want to turn off data collection for the dashboard, select 0 days.

    This section also includes a check box for saving a record of patch status history for every day in your database (this data is also used to show trends in the Patch Compliance dashboard graph). Enterprises with 10k+ nodes shouldn’t use this option because when the data for all nodes and patches is saved, it can consume a large amount of your database very quickly.

    Impacts to include

    Lets you select the impact status of patches for which Dashboard information will be collected. Depending on the impacts you select, the Patch Compliance by Device Dashboard report will display the data.

    Custom Patch Agent Status report Filter time

    The interval at which the Patch Agent status report refilters itself.

    Dashboard Report Schedule

    The schedule by which the patch Dashboard retrieves updates. You can either choose the Default option (which will update the dashboard once daily) or Select a schedule to generate dashboard report (which lets you choose a custom schedule).

If you want to turn off data collection for the dashboard, select 0 days in the Days to store data in database field.

The following table describes the action of each button on the page:

Button

Action

OK

Enables you to go back to the Configuration page.

Apply

Enables you to save the changes made to the page.

Reset

Enables you to reset the selected options.

Cancel

Enables you to cancel the last action performed.

The Dashboard report can be scheduled in the same way as a Deployment. There are 3 ways to generate a schedule for the Dashboard Report

  • Default: Selecting Default schedules the report at a time chosen by the Patch Subscription Service.

  • Date Specific: Selecting Date Specific schedules the report according to the selected date. Further options can set the time and frequency of the report

  • Recurring: Selecting Recurring schedules the report on the selected day at the selected time, and produces the report: On Refresh, Every day/week/month, and if defined, ends on a specific date. There are also options for producing the report on a Fixed Interval.