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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
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.
Viewing the details of an action run
Follow the indications provided in this topic to see the details about an action that is being deployed.

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.
  - Taking actions
    At the heart of the BigFix is the ability to take actions to apply policy or fix one or many computers. This topic describes how to do it.
  - Monitoring an action taken
    This topic explains how you can keep track of the progression of the deployment of an action taken.
  - Viewing the details of an action run
    Follow the indications provided in this topic to see the details about an action that is being deployed.
  - Running commands on actions
    This topic explains how and which commands you can run on actions.
  - Adding a comment
    BigFix Console operators can make comments on most of the BigFix objects. This topic describes how to add a comment to an action.
  - Making an offer using a custom action
    Follow the instructions provided in this topic if you want to offer to users a set of downloads that they can select at their own discretion. This capability is also referred to as self-provisioning.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Viewing the details of an action run

Follow the indications provided in this topic to see the details about an action that is being deployed.

To view this information do the following:

Click on the Actions icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree.
Click an action in the List Panel. The details about the action run are displayed in the Work Area beneath.

There are three tabs in an action document. They are:
Summary
This tab summarizes the action, with sections on the status of the action and the progress of the download. It displays information about the behavior of the Action, including:
- Progress of the download
- Action ID
- Users
- Run options
- Post actions
- Relevance clause
- Text of the action script
- Success criteria
At the bottom of this dialog there is a text box where you can insert a comment that can be viewed by other operators accessing the same content site.
For more information about the content of this tab see Action: Summary.
Computers

It shows the computers affected by the specified action and the states of the action on each of them.
The deployed action progresses through a series of well-defined stages on a given computer.
For information about the values displayed in this tab and the status of the action on a computer across the different stages, see Action: Computers.

Target

It shows the targeting method and the subset of computers that was originally targeted by the action. The content of this tab is read-only and it can be static or dynamic depending on the targeting method specified when the action was taken, explicitly from a list or indirectly by retrieved property.
For more information about targeting methods and their results, see Action: Target.