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Web reports overview
The systemhound reports can be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (SP1) and above or Mozilla Firefox. If you chose to configure systemhound to make use of IIS during the installation then the website address will be as follows:
| http://your_server_name/systemhound |
If you did not have IIS installed or would rather not use IIS, then the website directory (Program Files\systemhound\Website\) should be shared using standard Microsoft Networking share techniques. Having shared the directory, the systemhound database can be viewed by double clicking on the ’index.htm’ file.
To view the web reports on the systemhound server itself, go to Start/Programs/systemhound/Web Reporting.
The web reports are optimised for resolutions of 1024x768 and above.
There are three main menu options available at the top of each website reporting screen:
- Home – takes you to the website home page, where you can view a summary of your hardware installation and your licensing details.
- Hardware – where you can select one of the hardware summary reports or the hardware change history report.
- Software – where you can select one of the software summary reports or the software change history report.
In addition, there are additional menu options on the right of the screen to take you directly into selected hardware and software summary reports.
Hardware Summary Reports
Click on the Hardware button on the top menu to show the hardware summary report options.Each option shows a different selection of information about each PC. The summary report by machine shows the Machine host name, Model, Processor, RAM (Mb), and Date Last Updated – when the machine details were last uploaded to the systemhound server.
Alternatively, you can also choose to display the hardware summary report with details of manufacturer, IP address, Operating System or User.
The Maintenance options are described below and the Changes option in the next section.
Each machine name is a link; clicking on a machine name opens the detailed hardware report for this machine.
Choose the number of machines to display from the drop down list – up to 200 can be displayed on one page. As you move through the database, the status bar display on the right hand side of the options menu shows you where you are in the database. (Note: the status bar automatically displays once there is more than one page of machines.)
To search for a particular machine, enter in a partial or full name into the search box. Note that the fields are sorted by model, Manufacturer, Operating System etc the search box allows you to search for a specific model, Manufacturer or Operating System
To sort any of the fields in the report, click on its name on the header bar. The column that is currently sorted will be identified by a small triangle on its right, as shown next to the ’Memory’ column in Fig 1. Click again to reverse sort the field.
Sorting the fields by Model, Operating System, Processor, Manufacturer or Memory generates a pie chart to the right of the report. For example, sort by Operating System to display a chart with totals of the different Operating Systems by service pack across your enterprise.
Sorting/Reverse Sorting on the Updated field enables you to see which machines have not reported to the systemhound server recently.
- The xls button
lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
- The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
- The settings option allows you to adjust the look and feel of the report.
- The View select option repeats the selection options on the top menu and also lets you display the screen in Rev4 format by machine or user.
This format shows more information on each machine but does not display the pie chart.
In addition, from the top menu or via View select you can show machines that have been selected for deletion in the Hardware Maintenance option on the console or machines that may have duplicate GUIDs.
See the section on the Console for further information.
Hardware Change Report
View hardware changes across your enterprise by selecting Hardware changes within the hardware menu option.
Select the type of changes you wish to see from the drop down list at the foot of the Hardware Change report. These are grouped into five areas: Memory, Processor, Disk, Network Adapter and Other. Other items are the BIOS, registered user, video adapter and modem information.
At the foot of the screen, you can also select by date and choose "installed only" or "installed and removed" hardware.
Examples of hardware changes logged are shown in Figs
systemhound also maintains a record of hardware changes for each individual machine. This comprises all changes logged.
There are two ways to see the changes for an individual machine:
click on a machine name in the Hardware Change Report.
click on the This machine tab on the Detailed Hardware Report for that machine.
The xls button 
lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
Detailed Hardware Report
To view the detailed hardware report, click on a machine name from the hardware summary report. This opens a detailed report, as shown in Fig. The information is listed under the following headings:
- hardware
- operating system
- disk drives
There are options to show further information:
by clicking on view on the left to show full "device manager" details
by clicking on Database Drivers, Networking or Printers under "show more information" at the bottom of the report.
Custom information. This is entered via User defined fields (see below).
Free format Notes. These are entered via Hardware Maintenance in the console program (see below).
If the information cannot be retrieved, not all fields will be shown. This generally only applies to older machines or manufacturers that do not have the information within SMBIOS. In this case, the field may show as ’unknown’.
This screen can also show user-defined information. For details on how to enter this data, see the User Defined fields section.
Free form notes can also be entered, see the hardware maintenance in the Console Section.
On the This machine tab at the top of the Detailed Hardware Report are three menu options allowing you access to the hardware and software change logs for that machine, as well as its software report.
It is also possible to include images of your PC models on the hardware detail report. To do this, make an image of the pc model and save it to Program Files\systemhound\Website\images\devices. The filename should exactly match the PC model name. It will now display at the top of the hardware detail report.
Master Software Report
The master Software Report is accessed by clicking on the Software button shown at the top of the each Reporting screen. This report displays all applications discovered by systemhound in alphabetical order, along with the number of copies found.
There are five options under the Software button:
- all applications (excluding Windows updates)
- grouped applications
- licensed applications
- Windows updates
- Software changes (see below)
Grouped applications shows only the applications that you have defined as groups in the Software Maintenance option in the Console.
Licensed applications shows licenses purchased (entered in the Software Maintenance option in the Console) against copies installed for each software application.
Applications that do not have a sufficient number of licences will be highlighted.
Windows updates show Windows updates and patches separately.
Software changes is covered below.
Within the report, there are a number of further options for controlling what is displayed:
Hide Services program data
Hides applications discovered by looking at services running on a machine.
Hide Add/Remove program data
Hides applications discovered by looking at the ’Add/Remove programs’ facility in Windows.
Hide Registry program data
Hides applications discovered by looking in the system registry
Only display software counted more than ’n’ times
Use this option to hide software that has not been discovered on many machines. For example in an estate of 1,000 machines you may want to focus on applications that are located on more than one or two machines. Setting the value to ’2’ in this case would allow you to do this.
Manufacturer
Selecting a manufacturer name from the pull down list of manufacturer names will only display applications provided by this company.
Application Name search
Use this box to search for a specific application. You can just enter the first few letters.
Default view
Click this button to restore the view to the default state.
Applications per page
Use this pull down list to specify the number of applications to be displayed on each page. Use the ’Next’ and ’Previous’ buttons to move through the data.
Settings
This option allows you to adjust the look and feel of the report.
Remember my settings
Site preferences will be reset if the systemhound easy audit website is not used for a period of 15 minutes unless you have selected the ’Remember my settings’ option, in which case the preferences will be retained for 12 months.
The xls button lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
Software can be hidden from the Software Reports via Software Maintenance in the Console.
Software Report for a specific application
Each entry in the master software report links to display a report for that particular application (Fig 6). The individual software report contains details of all the machines currently logged as having that product installed. Alongside the machine name, the version and registered user is also displayed. The report can be sorted on any of these three fields by clicking on the column header.
Sorting by version generates a pie chart to the right of the report to show how many copies of the application you have on each different version.
There are four views under View select at the foot of the screen.
- Registered user (the default view)
- Application location (to show where the software is installed on each machine)
- Not installed (to see the machines that do not have this software)
- Blacklisted machines that have this software
To search for a particular machine or user or version, select machine or user or version from the drop down list at the foot of the screen and enter a search string in the search box. You must either enter the full machine/user name, or the first part of it. For example, to search for a machine called saturn, you should either enter saturn or sat (and not urn).
Hide duplicate named software is checked by default.
The xls button lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
Software Report for an Individual Machine
In addition to the master software report, you can also view all the software discovered on an individual machine. This report can be accessed in two ways:
- From the hardware details page. Click on a machine name in the hardware summary report to take you to its details page. Click on the This machine button at the top of this page.
- From the software report for an individual application. Click on an application name on the master software report to view its individual software report page. Click on a machine name on this page to display that machine’s software.
This page can be customized by choosing any of the options shown, such as Hide Add/Remove program data, Hide Services program data or Hide Registry program data.
To search for a particular application, manufacturer or version, select application, manufacturer or version from the drop down list at the foot of the screen and enter a search string in the search box. You must either enter the full machine/user name, or the first part of it.
There are also six different views you can select from the drop down menu at the foot of the screen.
- all applications (excluding Windows updates)
- Windows updates only
- Application locations
- Serial numbers
- Product keys
- Package Applications
The xls button lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
Software Change Report
The software change report displays all software changes as recorded at the time of the inventory scan. The report shows whether an application was installed or uninstalled and the changes can be viewed by date.
You can also view an individual machine’s software change report with the same view and date selection options; this is a record of all changes logged on that machine.
Changes are restricted to 5000 entries per week. It is possible to increase this but please note that the report will take longer to display. To change this figure, please consult systemhound support.
The xls button lets you export to Excel the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
The Print button lets you print the entire contents of the report based on your current selections.
Note: The software change reports do not correspond to the actual date of occurrence; it corresponds to when the data logfile was received by the server. For example, if an application was installed on 1st March but the machine was then switched off before a scan took place and the client reported to the server, it will only show in the software change report at the time server received the logfile. Therefore if the machine is switched on 10 days later and a scan takes place, it will show up as an installed application in the report for the 2nd week of March.
