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Patch Management

Reports > Patch Management

The Patch Managements page creates a report that lists the patch state for all selected machines. Reports can be filtered by patch category or knowledge base article number. Reports can include patches denied by patch policy. Reports include links to KB articles.

Patch Management Sections

The Patch Management report can include the following sections:

  • Show machine patch summary pie chart - Display a pie chart showing the number of machines that are:
    • Fully patched systems
    • Missing 1 or 2 patches
    • Missing 3, 4, or 5 patches
    • Missing more than 5 patches
    • Have never been scanned
  • Show machine patch summary table - Display a machine patch summary table.
  • Show missing patch occurrence bar chart - Display a bar chart illustrating which patches have the most machines that are missing that patch.
  • Show table of missing patches - This is a composite report that shows all patches that are missing from any and all machines in the selected group. This table lists a section for each missing patch showing: patch ID, knowledge base article number, and patch title. If Show list all machines missing each patch is also checked, then the report lists each machine ID missing the patch.
  • Show table of installed patches - This is a composite report that shows all patches that are installed on any and all machines in the selected group. This table is basically the opposite of the Show table of missing patches section. This table lists a section for each installed patch showing: patch ID, knowledge base article number, and patch title. If Show list all machines containing each patch is also checked, then the report lists each machine ID with the patch installed.
  • Show patch status for each machine - For each machine ID a list of both installed and missing patches are shown. Patches are grouped by application. If Show summaries for each patch is checked the summary describing the patch is also displayed.
  • Show missing patches for each machine - For each machine ID a list only of missing patches are shown. Patches are grouped by application. If Show summaries for each patch is checked that the summary describing the patch is also displayed.
  • Show patches installed in the last <N> days - For each machine ID, a list of patches are displayed that were installed during the last number of days specified in the text box.

Report Filtering

The Patch Management report can be filtered as follows:

  • Filter patches by - Select a filter criteria for the patch report.
  • Show patches denied by Patch Approval Policy – By default, only missing patches that have been approved for installation are included in the report. Check the checkbox to ignore the Patch Approval Policy and include all patches whether approved or denied.
  • KB Article Numbers and/or Security Bulletin Numbers - Enter a comma delimited list of KB Article numbers and/or Security Bulletin numbers to generate a report that only lists patches for these numbers.

Running the Report

  1. Select the data you want to display in the report.
  2. Filter the data you want to display in the report.
  3. Enter the title of the report.
  4. Either run the report or export the report to HTML, Word or Excel output.

Share Report / Private Report

These two options only display for master administrators. Reports are always private for standard administrators. As a master administrator select Shared or Private to assign access to a report. By default, Private access is selected. Private reports can only be viewed and run by the administrator that created the report. Shared reports can be viewed and run by all administrators. Saved reports are identified as either private or shared in the left-hand navigation pane.

Save

Click Save to save the current settings.

Save As...

Click Save as... to save the current report under a new name.

Rename...

Click Rename... to rename the report.

Delete...

Click Delete... to delete the report.

Enter title displayed on report header

Enter the title that displays at the top of the report.

Update

Reports are saved with the Machine ID / Group ID filter settings that were current at the time the report was first saved or last updated. These saved or updated filter settings are used when a report is run, regardless of the current machine ID/group ID filter settings. Once a report has been saved, the Update button displays just below the field used to enter the title of the report. Click Update to apply the latest machine ID / group ID filter settings to a saved report. The machine ID / group ID filter settings of a saved report can be overridden using Schedule Reports.

Run...

Click Run... to run the report using the report options previously selected.

Save the report as HTML, Word or Excel

Click Export... to display the report as HTML, Word or Excel output. If you do not have Excel or Word loaded on your local machine, the page displays as plain HTML.

Remove header from the exported report

If checked, the title, report date and machine filter information do not display at the top of the exported output.