Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Displays and Reports
Viewing Dashboards
Dashboards are list of reports that update in real time and provide you with high-level views of your BigFix network.

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
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
  - Web Reports
    The Web Reports program can monitor, print, or archive the status of the local database.
  - Viewing Dashboards
    Dashboards are list of reports that update in real time and provide you with high-level views of your BigFix network.
    - Baseline Synchronization Dashboard
      Use the Baseline Synchronization dashboard to make sure that your baselines, source Fixlets, and actions are in sync. Ensuring that your baseline components are in sync with the source Fixlets prevents issues when you deploy actions across an entire network.
    - Deployment Health Checks Dashboard and Deployment Overview Dashboard
      Use the Deployment Health Checks Dashboard and the Deployment Overview Dashboard to manage and monitor the health of your BigFix environment.
    - License Overview dashboard
      Use the License Overview dashboard to enable the external sites and to get visibility of your license status compliance.
    - Maintenance Windows Dashboard
      Use the Maintenance Window dashboard to define time periods during which BigFix can run actions; mainly maintenance activities.
    - Relay Health Dashboard
      Use the Relay Health dashboard to monitor the status of your relays across the entire network.
- 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.

Viewing Dashboards

Dashboards are list of reports that update in real time and provide you with high-level views of your BigFix network.

Click the All Content domain to see all dashboards that are available in your environment in the Domain Panel navigation tree under Dashboards. If you select a specific content site, you see only the dashboards available with that content site. These reports access the database to provide you with timely and compact views of your network.

To run a dashboard, select it from the Dashboards icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree. The dashboard is shown in the Work Area on the right.

When you install the BigFix Console, you get the following set of dashboards: