Notes on Specific Applications
In this page, you can find important notes on specific applications.
Permissions and the Send Notification Service
- The Send Notifications service must be enabled.
- An operator's Can Create Actions and Custom Content permissions must both be set to Yes.
Permissions and the Executive Dashboard
The information that is displayed on the Overview dashboard reflects the permissions of the person who is logged in. For example, operators who do not have permission to use the Software application do not see software package data. Device totals reflect operator device assignments. For example, operators who work on a subset of devices, such as Windows machines only, see device totals for Windows machines only.
Permissions and BigFix Query
Use the Can Submit Queries and Custom Content permissions to fine-tune what operators can see and do in the Query application. They are both set in the Console and can be configured for operators and roles.
- Permission to Submit Queries
- Use the Can Submit Queries permission to control access to the REST API
that supports queries. Operators with Can Submit
Queries set to Yes see the results of
their queries. Operators with Can Submit Queries set
to No see no query results and the message,
The logged in user is not allowed to submit queries.
For more information about BigFix Query and its APIs, see Getting client information using BigFix Query in the BigFix Platform Configuration Guide.
- Permission to Create Custom Content Set to No
- Operators with Can Submit Queries set to Yes and
Custom Content set to No can:
- Run queries in the custom sites they have permission to use. Query targets include individual machines, manual groups, and dynamic groups.
- Filter and search for queries.
- Assign values to query variables.
- Save query results to a file.
These operators cannot add or edit queries, or see the Relevance expressions that they contain.
- Permission to Create Custom Content Set to Yes
- Operators with Can Submit Queries set to Yes and
Custom Content set to Yes can:
- Run queries in the custom sites they have permission to use. Query targets include individual machines, manual groups, and dynamic groups.
- Filter and search for queries.
- Create and edit queries and query categories.
- Load sample queries.
- Create, edit, and assign values to query parameters.
- See and edit query Relevance expressions.
- Save query results to a file.