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Executive - Executive Summary

The Executive Summary report definition generates a summary report of the status of all selected machines. This includes a network health score representing the overall health of all selected machines as a group.

Configure your report definition using the following parameters:

Time Selection

  • Summarize Data collected in the last N days - Number of days back from the current date/time to include in the report.

Report Parameters - Report Selection

  • Show Client Information - Displays the number of machines, both servers and workstations, and the names of the primary points of contact for this group.
    • Contact Person - Optionally enter a customer contact name, representing the point of contact inside the organization receiving the IT service.
    • IT Manager - Optionally enter an IT manager name, representing the person responsible for delivering IT services to the client organization.
  • Show System Activity - Specify search criteria for counting the number of times certain log events occurred. Examples include the number of times machines were audited and scanned for missing patches. Click Change Rows... to fully customize this section.
  • Show Ticket Status - Displays a summary of ticket counts over the specified number of days. If Service Desk is installed and activated, displays tickets count only for Service Desk tickets. Additional ticket counts display for the number of tickets in each Service Desk Status defined. Uncategorized Tickets displays if one or more tickets are not set to any Status.
  • Show Anti-Virus Statistics - Displays Anti-Virus protection and threats statistics.

    Note: The Show Anti-Virus Statistics section only displays if you have installed the Antivirus add-on module.

  • Show Disk Space Used for - Displays a graph of the percentage free disk space on all selected machines. Restrict this chart to servers only by selecting Show servers only.
  • Show Percent Uptime for - Displays a graph of the percentage machines are up for on all selected machines. Restrict this chart to servers only by selecting Show servers only.
  • Show Network Health Score - Displays individual component scores and an overall health score for all the selected machines as a group. See Network Health Score for details. Click Change Score... to fully customize this section.
  • Show Operating Systems - Displays a pie chart showing the break down of operating systems in the selected group.
  • Show Patch Status - Displays a pie chart summarizing the state of missing patches for all selected machines.
  • Show Security - Lists statistics for untreated security protection threats.

    Note: The Show Security section only displays if you have installed the Endpoint Security add-on module.

  • Show Alarm Notifications - Summarizes alerts issued for the specified number of days. This section breaks the alarm count down by category of alarm.
  • Show License Summary - Summarizes the OS and MS Office licenses found by audit.
  • Show "How to read" notes at end of report - Displays standard explanatory notes at end of the report. Click Edit Notes... to customize these notes.