Use the Dashboard and Trending page 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.
To configure Dashboard and Trending behavior, select Configuration in the ZENworks navigation menu, and go to Configuration > Patch Management > Dashboard and Trending.
Refer to the descriptions below to understand how to configure the options on the Dashboard and Trending page:
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Description |
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Dashboard and Trending |
Enables you to specify 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 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. |
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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 and Patch Compliance by Device reports will display the data. |
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Custom Patch Agent Status report Filter time |
The interval at which the Patch Agent status report refilters itself. |
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Patch Compliance Update 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 update Patch Compliance data (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 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 based on the selected criteria: refresh, days of the week, monthly, or fixed interval.
Click More Options under the latter three Recurring options to further define the reporting criteria, including end dates.