Using the Dashboard Management Tool

Master Dashboard Logins

Any Dashboard login with access to the Management tool can view the contents of Management folders, but only a Master Login can MANAGE lists and groups of users and other resources, or set up centralized Spector 360 policies.   

• Dashboard resources—All computers, domains, programs, and users that have been detected in Spector 360 recording appear in lists. A Master Login can add to and edit the lists, as well as organize these "resources" into groups for easier criteria and chart selection throughout the Dashboard.  

• Dashboard policies—Scheduled Reports, Alerts, and Web Filtering—do not exist until defined. Online Search recording can be refined and customized by adjusting the rules Spector 360 uses. These allow you to set up customized rules from a centralized location and apply policies for reporting, alerting, filtering, and capturing searches across the entire network.  

Management Folders include:    

• Dashboard Logins
  Use to add new Dashboard login accounts, change passwords, and set permissions for Dashboard users. Initially, this folder includes only the System Administrator (sa) account and the SQL Server service account. A Master Login can add accounts and set permissions for other users to log in to the Dashboard and access the Database. More...

• Computers
  Use view available computers and give them recognizable descriptions. This folder lists all computers currently detected by Spector 360, by description, name and domain. The Master Login can add and delete computers from the database, and edit descriptions to simplify Dashboard criteria selection. More...

• Users
  Use to view available users and give them "friendly" names. This folder lists all users detected by Spector 360, by domain, login type (network or local), serial number and date of last activity.  The Master Login can add and delete users from the database, and edit display names to simplify Dashboard criteria selection. More...

• Programs
  Use to view available programs and give them recognizable names. This folder contains all programs on the network known to Spector 360. The Master Login can edit display names to simplify Dashboard criteria selection.  More...

• Domains
  Use to add domains that you expect to see in user activity recordings. This folder contains all domains detected by Spector 360 recording. You can add known domains that haven't yet been detected. More...

• Computer Groups
  Use to organize computers into groups (by location, by department, etc.). Initially empty, this folder lists groups defined by the Master Login to allow criteria selection by computer group. More...

• User Groups
  Use to organize users into groups (by department, by job level, etc.). Initially empty, this folder lists groups defined by the Master Login to allow group criteria selection and to simplify assignment of Dashboard login account permissions. More...

• Program Groups
  Use to organize programs into groups (administration, technical, communication, graphics, blacklisted, etc.). Initially empty, this folder lists groups defined by the Master Login to allow criteria selection by program group. More...

• Domain Groups
  Use to organize domains into groups (competitors, customers, entertainment, blacklisted sites, etc.). Initially empty, this folder lists groups defined by the Master Login to allow criteria selection by domain group. More...

• Schedule Reports
  Select any report from the Reports folders to be automatically produced and distributed on a regular basis. Initially empty, this folder lists all scheduled report tasks and allows the Master Login to schedule new tasks. More...

• Alert Events
  Provides a set of tools for setting up conditions to capture an "Alert Event" anywhere on the network. When an alert is detected, an "alert operator" can be notified. Select Alert Profiles to view the profiles that watch for activity. More...

• Online Search Rules
  Lists domain-specific search tags used by Spector 360 to collect and record Online Search events. The Master Login can add new domains and tags, or change the existing tags, to ensure capture of search phrases. More...

• Web Filtering
  Provides a set of tools for a network-wide filtering policy that blocks and/or allows access to web sites. The filtering rules are applied in order of priority and enforced at all recorded computers on the network by the WFS service. Select Website Filtering Summaries for an overview of the filtering currently in place. More...