Application menu structure

Since BigFix Inventory version 11.0.6, the main application menu (Reports and Management sections) was moved to the left navigation section, providing an option to collapse it and with an additional link to the homepage, while preserving the menu structure.

Changes in version 11.0.8

The left-hand navigation menu has been redesigned. The previous two-section layout; Reports and Management has been replaced with a new area-based structure containing six distinct top-level sections, each with a dedicated icon. The Management section has been renamed to Administration. The SaaS Management link has been moved from the top header bar into the vertical menu.

The menu is structured as the following:

Audit Reports
  • All IBM Metrics
  • IBM Product Bundles
  • IBM Subcapacity
  • Product Metrics per Group
  • Oracle Measurements
  • Oracle Databases
  • Resource Utilization
  • Software Users
  • All Metrics
  • Audit Trail
Software
  • Software Classification
  • Software Summary
  • Software Installations
  • Unified Software View
  • Catalog Components
  • Package Summary
  • Package Data
Hardware
  • Computers
  • Hardware Inventory
  • Computer Groups
  • Shared Disks
  • Containers
  • Metering Data
  • Usage per computer
  • Scanned File Data
  • Unrecognized Files
Procurement
  • All Contracts
  • Purchases in Contracts
  • Products & Metrics
  • Contract Custom Fields
The top right corner shows the Import bell, Feedback option, Information, and user profile stays on the upper right corner of the interface.
Last import status
The last data import date and timestamp is shown in local time
Feedback option
The option to provide feedback to the development team is available.
Information menu
  • About
  • Supplementary Data Collection
  • Technical Documentation
  • Need Help
Account menu items
  • Set as homepage
  • Profile
  • Logout

Changes till version 11.0.8

Refer to the old and new screenshots for your reference:

Reports menu structure in the previous version

Management menu structure in the previous version

Reports: The menu is structured as the following:

Reports
General
  • Overview
  • Saved Reports
Software Inventory
  • Software Summary
  • Software Installations
  • Software Classification
  • Unified Software View
  • Usage per Computer
  • Package Summary
  • Package Data
  • Scanned File Data
  • Unrecognized Files
  • Metering Data
Business Applications
  • Oracle Databases
  • Oracle Measurements
License Metrics
  • IBM Subcapacity
  • All IBM Metrics
  • All Metrics
  • IBM Product Bundles
  • Audit Trail
  • Resource Utilization
Users
  • Software Users
Infrastructure
  • Computers
  • Computer Groups
  • Containers
  • Shared Disks
  • Hardware Inventory
Catalog
  • Catalog Components
  • Signatures
  • Catalog Audit
Contracts
  • Products & Metrics
  • All Contracts
  • Purchases in Contracts
  • Products Metric per Group
Management

  • Users and Roles

    • Users
    • Roles
    • Directory Servers
    • Single Sign-On Settings
    • User Provisioning

  • Configuration

    • Mail Settings
    • Server Settings
    • Session Settings
    • Preview Feature Settings
    • Advanced Server Settings

  • Data Imports

    • Data Sources
    • Data Imports
    • Computer Properties
    • Part Numbers Upload
    • Metric Table Upload
    • Custom Rules

  • License Metrics

    • Metric Custom Fields

  • Infrastructure

    • Computer Groups
    • Scan Configurations
    • VM Managers
  • Catalog
    • Server Software Catalog
    • Catalog Customizations
  • Contracts
    • Contract Custom Fields

The information menu and the account menu are in the upper right corner

This top right icons induce the: To Do List, Run and Import bell, SaaS Management, Feedback option, Information, and user profile stays on the upper right corner of the interface.
Information menu
  • About
  • Supplementary Data Collection
  • Technical Documentation
  • Need Help
Account menu items
  • Set as homepage
  • Profile
  • Logout