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Patch on BigFix UI
The Patch Overview dashboard gives you a consolidated, risk-prioritized view of missing patches and vulnerable devices across your environment, with drill-down navigation into Fixlets, Devices, and Deployments.
Patch Dashboard
Patch in the BigFix UI provides a fully integrated patch management experience in the Resolve menu, giving IT administrators and patch managers a single, risk-prioritized view of missing patches and vulnerable devices without requiring the BES Console.
KPI cards
KPI cards are summary metric tiles shown at the top of the Patch Dashboard Overview page.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
BigFix Platform
Patch Overview
Learn how BigFix Patch offers an automated and streamlined patch management solution, simplifying the patching process that is administered from a single console.
Patch guides in PDF format
Below is a comprehensive list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides available in PDF format, designed to assist users in navigating and utilizing the software effectively:
Patch User Guides
Explore how BigFix Patch streamlines automated patch management, enhances vulnerability remediation, and facilitates seamless update deployment from a unified console. This comprehensive solution ensures efficient system maintenance and security, making it an essential tool for IT professionals.
Patch on BigFix UI
The Patch Overview dashboard gives you a consolidated, risk-prioritized view of missing patches and vulnerable devices across your environment, with drill-down navigation into Fixlets, Devices, and Deployments.
- Get started with Patch
  Patch in the BigFix UI has two entry points: the Fixlet explorer under Explore, where you find the patches that apply to your devices and deploy them, and the Patch dashboard under Resolve, which gives you a risk-prioritized overview of what is outstanding.
- Patch Dashboard
  Patch in the BigFix UI provides a fully integrated patch management experience in the Resolve menu, giving IT administrators and patch managers a single, risk-prioritized view of missing patches and vulnerable devices without requiring the BES Console.
  - How to access Patch Dashboard
    Open the Patch dashboard from the Resolve menu in the BigFix UI.
  - KPI cards
    KPI cards are summary metric tiles shown at the top of the Patch Dashboard Overview page.
  - Charts and widgets
    Charts and ranked-list widgets visualize patch risk and impact across your environment.
  - Filters
    Narrow the whole Patch Dashboard Overview page to a subset of Fixlets. Filters are applied to all KPI cards and charts simultaneously, except the Deployment Backlog card.
  - Drill-down navigation
    The Patch Dashboard does not deploy patches itself. Use the click-through links on each card and chart to reach the page where you take action.
  - Viewing and exporting dashboard data
    Display any widget's underlying data as a table, and export the whole dashboard or an individual widget.
- Patch Compliance Report
  The Patch Compliance Report shows the update health of your environment by tracking, for every applicable patch, how many of the targeted devices have been successfully remediated. Use it to isolate outstanding vulnerabilities and to produce audit-ready evidence of patch compliance.
- Tooltip text
  The following text is shown when you hover over the information (i) icon of each card or chart.
- Troubleshooting
  Understand these common issues and known considerations so that you can effectively troubleshoot the Patch Dashboard Overview page.
Detailed system requirements
The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system requirements for BigFix 11.
Technical Reference
Detailed documentation of system components, configurations, and patch management processes.
General Information
Overview of key concepts, features, and basic usage of the patch management system.
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix® Patch software and products.

KPI cards

KPI cards are summary metric tiles shown at the top of the Patch Dashboard Overview page.

Table 1. Patch Dashboard KPI cards
Card	What it shows	Where it takes you
Latest Relevant Fixlets	Patches released in the last 30 days, with the count of those patches that are applicable to devices in your environment.	Explore > Fixlets (Fixlet Explorer list view with a custom filter applied).
Deployment Backlog	Total number of patch deployments that are Open, Expired or Stopped. Dashboard filters do not apply to this card.	Explore > Deployments
High-Risk Devices	Unique devices that have at least one applicable patch that has not yet been deployed. By default, only Critical, High and Mandatory severities are counted; use the dashboard filter to change this.	Explore > Devices

Note: If a Fixlet is deleted on the BigFix server, deployments that reference it are no longer counted, so the Deployment Backlog number can change. This is expected BigFix behavior and not a defect of the dashboard.