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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Baselines
Hiding Baselines
You can hide a Baseline with the following procedure.

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
  - Introducing Baselines
    Baselines are collections of Fixlet messages and Tasks.
  - Viewing Baselines
    Baselines allow you to group Fixlet messages and Tasks into a group for simple, one-click deployment.
  - Monitoring Baselines
    When Baselines become relevant somewhere in your network, the BigFix Console adds them to the list of Baselines to be displayed under the Baselines icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree.
  - Commenting on Baselines
    You can attach a comment to a Baseline, which other operators can read.
  - Creating or Customizing Baselines
    Baselines allow you to gather multiple Fixlets and Tasks into groups that can be applied immediately to any set of target computers.
  - Hiding Baselines
    You can hide a Baseline with the following procedure.
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Hiding Baselines

You can hide a Baseline with the following procedure.

From any Baseline List Panel, select the Baseline you want to hide.
Right-click the Baseline and select Globally or Locally Hide Baseline from the pop-up menu (or from the Edit menu).

The selected Baselines are no longer displayed in the Baseline list. If you chose to hide the Baseline locally, it is still visible to other Console users. If you are a Master Operator, you can hide a Baseline globally, to hide it also from all non-master users.

Items that are hidden are still available and you can restore or unhide them at any time. Here is how:

Click the Show Hidden Content button in the Console toolbar.
Click the Baselines icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree, which now shows all the hidden content.
From the List Panel, choose a Baseline and choose Edit > Hiding > Locally/Globally Unhide or right-click and choose the same option from the context menu. You can also open the hidden Baseline and click the Unhide button in the Work Area below.

Generally it is not necessary to hide Baselines, because you can simply ignore them. The main reason for hiding a Baseline is if you think that the message is not relevant to your network and you want to avoid viewing the Baseline every time you launch the Console.