Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Analyses
Commenting on Analyses
You can attach a comment to an Analysis that other operators can read.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Platform Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Platform documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix.
Detailed system requirements
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Platform guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Platform user guides in PDF format:
Common Criteria Certification
BigFix 10.0.1.41 complies with the requirements of the standard ISO/IEC 15408 (Common Criteria) v. 3.1 for the assurance level: EAL2
Getting Started
Use this section to become familiar with BigFix infrastructure and key concepts necessary to understand how it works.
HTTPS across BigFix applications
This topic describes how the SSL/HTTPS communication works in BigFix applications and links the tasks on how to configure it.
Installation Guide
Learn the system requirements, licensing and installation instructions, and how to configure and maintain BigFix.
Configuration Guide
Learn how to configure BigFix according to your needs.
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
  - Introducing Analyses
    An Analysis is a collection of property expressions that allow an Operator to view and summarize various properties of BigFix Client computers across a network.
  - Viewing Analyses
    How to display an Analysis.
  - Monitoring Analyses
    When an analysis is activated, BigFix adds it to the list displayed by the Analyses icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree.
  - Commenting on Analyses
    You can attach a comment to an Analysis that other operators can read.
  - Creating Analyses
    Analyses allow you to create and track specified properties of your managed BigFix Clients.
  - Editing Analyses
    How to edit an Analysis.
  - Hiding Analyses
    You can hide an Analysis.
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs
- Disabling local operators on BigFix Console
  Starting from BigFix Version 10.0.8, you can decide to disable the local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, to use LDAP operators instead.
Asset Discovery User's Guide
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
BigFix Explorer Guide
Learn how the BigFix Explorer feature extends the power of BigFix.
WebUI User's Guide
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
WebUI Administration Guide
Read this guide for information about installing and administering the WebUI.
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the Modern Client Management for BigFix software and products.

Commenting on Analyses

You can attach a comment to an Analysis that other operators can read.

Perform these steps:

Select the Analyses icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree and choose one of the subcategories underneath it to narrow down your list.
Select an Analysis from the resultant List Panel on the right by clicking it.
In the Work Area below, select the Details tab. Scroll to the bottom of this dialog to the comments text box.
Type your comment into the text box and click the Add Comment button.

Your comment is name- and time-stamped for other operators to view it. As well as Analyses, you can attach comments to Fixlets, Tasks, Actions, and Computers.