Schedule Reports

Schedule Reports present a list of patch management operations that have been scheduled to be executed. It is a task-wise grouping of the following tasks :

• Scanning systems
• Patch Deployment
• Patch Undeployment
• Patch Download
• Service Pack Installation
• Service Pack Download

The Schedule Reports views are alike for all the above patch management tasks, and they constitute the following information :

• Task ID : A unique ID assigned to any patch management task
• Task Type : The nature of the patch management operation (whether it is Scan, Patch Installation, Uninstallation or Patch Download)
• Creation time : The time at which the task was created
• Scheduled time : The time at which the task will be executed
• Status : The completion status of the task
• Task Frequency : Whether the task is scheduled to be executed instantly, once at some interval or periodically
• Admin Status : This field controls the scheduled task. An admin user can Enable or Disable the task from here, by clicking on the link

Schedules can be deleted by selecting the tasks from the list and clicking on the 'Delete' button. This will remove all the references about the task.

Scheduled Task Type Count Graph

The Schedule Report is enriched with a pie-chart which presents 'at a glance' information about what patch management task has been scheduled. It depicts the number of schedule tasks created for each task type (listed above), created in PatchQuest.

Each item on these charts is a link, on clicking which you will be led a corresponding patch list in the table view down below the graphs.

System Schedule Report

System Schedule Report groups all the tasks scheduled for each system. It is system-wise grouping of tasks.

To access this report, from the Systems view, click on the icon from the menu option that appears on mouse-over icon, against the system name. It displays a report on the different patch management tasks (Scan, Patch Deployment) scheduled for this system. If there are no tasks scheduled, then this icon is grayed out . The information displayed in this report is :

• Task ID : A unique ID assigned to any patch management task. A link to this leads to the Task Audit report this task, which gives more detailed information on the task. Say for example, a patch deployment task for a system, will display what particular patch is scheduled for deployment
• Task Type : The nature of the patch management operation (whether it is Scan, Patch Installation or Uninstallation)
• Creation time : The time at which the task was created
• Scheduled time : The time at which the task will be executed
• Completion time : The time at which  the task will be completed
• Status : The completion status of the task
• Task Frequency : Whether the task is scheduled to be executed instantly, once at some interval or periodically
• Admin Status : This field controls the scheduled task. An admin user can Enable or Disable the task from here, by clicking on the link

Schedules can be deleted by selecting the tasks from the list and clicking on the 'Delete' button. This will remove all the references about the task in this system.

Patch Schedule Report

Patch Schedule Report groups all the tasks scheduled for each patch. It is patch-wise grouping of tasks.

To access this report, from the Patch Information view, click on the icon in the 'Views' column, against any patch. It displays a report on the patch management tasks (Patch Download, Patch Deployment and Undeployment) scheduled for this patch. If there are no tasks scheduled, then this icon is grayed out . The information displayed in this report is :

• Task ID : A unique ID assigned to any patch management task. A link to this leads to the Task Audit report this task, which gives more detailed information on the task.
• Task Type : The nature of the patch management operation (whether it is Download, Installation or Uninstallation)
• Creation time : The time at which the task was created
• Scheduled time : The time at which the task will be executed
• Completion time : The time at which  the task will be completed
• Status : The completion status of the task
• Task Frequency : Whether the task is scheduled to be executed instantly, once at some interval or periodically
• Admin Status : This field controls the scheduled task. An admin user can Enable or Disable the task from here, by clicking on the link

Schedules can be deleted by selecting the tasks from the list and clicking on the 'Delete' button. This will remove all the references about the task on this patch.

Service Pack Schedule Report

Service Pack Schedule Report groups all the tasks scheduled for each service pack. It is service-pack-wise grouping of tasks.

To access this report, from the Service Pack Information view, click on the icon in the 'Views' column, against any service pack. It displays a report on the patch management tasks (SP Download and SP Install) scheduled for this service pack. If there are no tasks scheduled, then this icon is grayed out . 

The Service Pack Schedule Report displays a graph of the scheduled tasks, along with the tabular information about the SP.

The information displayed in this report is :

• Task ID : A unique ID assigned to any patch management task. A link to this leads to the Task Audit report this task, which gives more detailed information on the task.
• Task Type : The nature of the patch management operation (whether it is SP Download or SP Installation)
• Creation time : The time at which the task was created
• Scheduled time : The time at which the task will be executed
• Completion time : The time at which  the task will be completed
• Status : The completion status of the task
• Task Frequency : Whether the task is scheduled to be executed instantly, once at some interval or periodically
• Admin Status : This field controls the scheduled task. An admin user can Enable or Disable the task from here, by clicking on the link

Schedules can be deleted by selecting the tasks from the list and clicking on the 'Delete' button. This will remove all the references about the task on this patch.

Export and E-mail Report

You can export this report to any of these formats namely : pdf, html and xls. Click on the 'Export' link on the top of the screen to view the reports in an export-format of your choice.

Reports can be viewed and saved in a particular export format or they can be e-mailed to an address. Click on the 'E-mail' link and select the format which needs to be e-mailed, along with the e-mail ID and a custom message.