AuditWizard - Using AuditWizard - Network View

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The Network View tab displays your assets, grouped by location or domain.

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Audit

The following options relate to functionality involved in the auditing of network computers.

Upload Audits

This option will display the Upload Audits dialog from where the results of audits can be uploaded into the main database. In most cases this option will not be required as the AuditWizard Service will automatically upload the audit results as and when they become available.

Audit Now

This option will flag the computer selected to be audited immediately irrespective of any minimum re-audit interval specified. This option is only applicable where the Audit Agent has been deployed and is active on the selected computer(s).

Operations Log

Displays the Operations Log dialog which gives information on the progress of requested operations.

View

These options will affect the way in which computers are displayed within AuditWizard.

Locations View

Displays a list of locations, configured by the user, with the assets in those locations.

Domain View

Displays a list of domains, taken from audits, with the assets in those locations.

Show Assets Based on Stock Status

AuditWizard provides four statuses to indicate whether an asset is Stock (still valuable and potentially to be used), In Use (currently being used, the most common status), Pending Disposal (marked for disposal but still on hand) and Disposed (has been disposed and no longer in possession). These checkboxes can filter assets based on any of these statuses independently.

Filters

These options allow the data being displayed to be filtered to zoom in on the Publishers or Applications which are of most interest.

Export

Use the buttons to export the current data set to PDF, Excel or Microsoft XPS formats.

Search Database

This button will open a dialog where you can specify a number of criteria to search the complete list of assets.

Assets Pane

The left-hand pane contains the names of all assets. By expanding a node, you will be able to see a summary for the computer and also a list of the applications which have been discovered on that computer.

Installed Applications

By selecting the Applications branch beneath a computer for which an Audit has already been performed, you will see a list of the applications that were discovered. Depending on the number of publishers defined within the publisher filter, you may find it useful to group the list by Publisher. To do this, drag the header for the Publisher column into the Group By box which appears at the top of the list above the column headers. Additional columns can be added to the grouping in a similar manner; simply drag the column header into the group by area of the list.

Each entry in the list relates to a single instance of an application discovered on the computer. In some cases you may see a serial number and/or a CD Key which have been recovered for the application. AuditWizard is able to recover serial numbers and/or CD Keys for specific applications where the serial number is defined either within the Add/Remove Programs section of the Windows Registry or its location in the Windows system registry has been pre-defined. AuditWizard ships with many of the more popular applications already configured with their serial number registry location however it is possible to add additional mappings using the functionality in the Administration tab.

Deploying and Controlling the AuditWizard Agent

Deployment and control of the AuditWizard Agent is managed in the AuditWizard application. It is a Windows system service which must be deployed to each computer that you want to audit via that method.

Typically, a Network Discovery operation will be done prior to deployment of the Agent. You need to have the computer names in order to have computers to deploy to. Secondarily, a computer audited via the Scanner can be deployed to.

Next: Application Licensing.

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