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Both Global and General Criteria allow you to limit the Dashboard data retrieved by computer. Monitoring hardware can be as important as monitoring users. Computers in a lab or library setting, for example, may be left running under one login account and used by various people throughout the day. By selecting computers as criteria, you can see how these resources are being used. A Master Dashboard user may want to edit the computer names and group computers to simplify criteria selection. See Grouping Computers.
To use Global Criteria to select computers:
On the General Criteria panel, next to Computer(s), select <Use Global Criteria Setting> from the top of the drop-down list. The global setting is always spelled out in the bottom of the General Criteria box, for example, the default setting is "Computers: <All>". Changing the Global Criteria setting automatically changes this setting for all views in the tool that use it.
To view recorded data from all computers:
Select All Computers from the Computer(s) list. Note that you may only view user activity on these computers as permitted by your Dashboard login account.
To include or exclude specific, individual computers:
Select Include Specific Computer(s) or Exclude Specific Computer(s). Include Specific Computers queries data ONLY for the selected, individual computers. Exclude Specific Computers includes data from all computers EXCEPT those selected here. For example, you could exclude your own computer from reports.
In the Computers Selection box, select a computer from the Available Computers list.
Click the > button to move the computer
to the Selected Computer(s) list on the right.
Use the Ctrl and Shift
keys to select multiple computers. Use < to remove a computer from
the search, >> to add all, and << to remove all.
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The Available Computers list orders computers by Computer Name. Click on the Description or Domain column heading to change the order of the list. |
Click OK to close the selection list. Note that your selections are listed in the Global Criteria area or at the bottom of the General Criteria panel.
Computers Excluded in Global Criteria
To include or exclude computer groups:
Select Include
Specific Computer Group(s) or Exclude
Specific Computer Group(s) from the Computer Group(s) list.
Include Specific Computer Group(s) retrieves data ONLY for computers
in the selected group or groups. Exclude Specific Computer Group(s) retrieves
data for all computers EXCEPT those in the selected group or groups. If
no Computer Groups have been defined, a message appears. See Grouping
Computers for instructions on creating Computer Groups.
In the Computer Groups Selection box, select a group from the Available Computer Groups list to include or exclude. Use Ctrl and Shift keys to select multiple groups.
Click > to send the group to the Selected Computer Group(s) list.
Click OK to close the selection list and set the criteria. Note that your selections are listed in the Global Criteria area or at the bottom of the General Criteria panel.
