Inventory Dashboard

With version 11.0.4, BigFix Inventory brings a new 'Inventory Dashboard' which provides overall and breakdown data about your software database. The new dashboard is displayed by default if the preferred homepage is not set and you have the required permissions to view it.

Required permission: View Endpoints

Note: The To Do list is displayed in Reports Dashboard only.

Inventory dashboard widgets

Software Instances
The Software Instanced tile shows the number of present, not suppressed instances:
  • Total
  • Proprietary—Having License Type ‘Proprietary Software’
  • Freeware—Having License Type ‘Freeware and Open-Source Software (FOSS)’
  • Shareware—Having License Type Shareware
Drill down to Software Classification with an additional filter by License Type.
Discovered in Last 2 Weeks
  • Computers—Shows the number of computers with First Seen starting 2 weeks ago
  • Software—Shows the number of instances with Discovery Start starting 2 weeks ago.

Drill down to Computers/Software Classification with the related filter.

Computers per OS
The Computer per OS tiles shows the number of computers for the following operating systems:
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac OS
  • AIX
  • Solaris
Drill down to computers filtered by the clicked operating system name (starts with…).
End of Support Status
The End of Support Status tiles shows the number of present, not suppressed software instances with the following attributes:
  • Out of Support—End of Support is in the past, or Component Creation was at least 6 years ago.
  • In 1 month—end of support within the next 1 month
  • In 3 months—end of support within the next 3 months
  • In 6 months—end of support within the next 6 months
  • In 1 Year—End of Support within the next 1 year

Drill down to Software Classification additionally filtered according to the clicked item.

Software Category
The Software Category tile shows the number of instances (present, not suppressed) for the component categories having any instance. Drill down to Software Classification additionally filtered by the clicked category.
Key SAM Software Vendors
The Key SAM Software Vendors tiles shows the number of instances (present, not suppressed) with the following component vendor name:
  • Adobe
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • RED HAT
Drill down to Software Classification additionally filtered by the clicked publisher name.
Top 5 Software Instances
The Top 5 Software Instances tile shows the top 5 component names of instances, present and not suppressed. Drill down to Software Classification, additionally filtered by the clicked component.
Top 5 Blocklisted
The Top 5 Blocklisted tiles shows the top 5 component names of instances having a 'blocklist' or 'blacklist' tag (at the instance or component level), present and not suppressed. Drill down to Software Classification, additionally filtered by the clicked component. If no such instances are available and there is no 'blocklist' or 'blacklist' tags on the component level, the widget displays 'Define blocklist' and a link to Software Components. If no such instances is available and there is a ‘blocklist’ or ‘blacklist’ tag on the component level, the widget displays ‘No blocklisted instances found.’ information.
Inactive Software Instances
Presents a number of inactive software instances for three periods: 1+, 3+, and 6+ months. Clicking any chart bar or legend item opens the matching Inactive Software report, wich lists detailed instance information.