Power Consumption Summary dashboard

The Power Consumption Summary dashboard is a composite report that includes separate sections highlighting different aspects of your power usage.

The Power Consumption Summary dashboard captures the following information:

Aggregate Power Usage
Average day breakdown of the activity states (Idle, Active, Standby, Powered off)
Power Management (PM) Efficiency Rating
Idle Time breakdown for last week
Total tracked computers and computers removed from calculations
Power profile settings
Average Statistics
PM Efficiency Rating
Powered on computers

Aggregate Power Usage

The Aggregate Power Usage section displays the overall power used by your deployment and compares it with your estimated Minimum Power Consumption. The section shows the different scenarios of your power usage, in terms of power, cost, and carbon for various computer types in your deployment.

The following image shows the Aggregate Power Usage section:

In the power spectrum, the letters A, B, and C correspond to usage scenarios that are described on the left side of the Aggregate Power Usage section.

Minimum Power Consumption: The amount of power used when computers are powered on only when users are active, as opposed to idle, standby, or hibernate modes, and powered off at all other times.
No Idle Time Outside Office hours: The amount of power used when there is no idle time outside office hours. Power usage is calculated by converting idle state to standby state.

No Idle Time During Weekends: Occurs when there is no idle time during weekends. Power usage is calculated by converting idle state to standard state.

You can also view potential savings in the table found under the power spectrum.

Average day breakdown of the activity states

This section shows the amount of time the average computer spends in various power states in an average day. The computers can be in Idle, Active, Standby, or Powered off power states. Move the mouse pointer over the pie chart sections to see the values for each power state. You can also view the Average Day Breakdown values in pie chart, graph, or tabular form.

Note: Ensure that RESTAPI is set up correctly to avoid results that are not accurate in the Power Consumption Summary dashboard and the Power Consumption Analysis result. RESTAPI is supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and later.

PM Efficiency Rating

The Efficiency Rating measures the total amount of user idle time that is spent in the standby power state. The lower the rating, the more opportunity an organization has to save power. The rating is calculated as follows: standby time / (standby time + idle time).

Average Idle Time breakdown for last week

Shows the weekly idle time breakdown per computer over a selected period of time.

Total tracked computers and computers removed from calculations

This table captures the distribution of computer types such as laptops, desktops, and servers, in the deployment, and computers excluded from power calculations due to errors and insufficient data. Click the values in the System column to see details of the endpoints under a particular computer type.

Power profile settings

The Power Profile Settings displays the distribution of the following power management settings in your deployment:

Computers with system standby enabled
Computers with monitor standby enabled
Computers with hard drive spindown enabled

Average Statistics

Daily power consumption of an average computer in your deployment.

Powered on computers

The Powered on Computers section shows the number of computers that were powered on during various periods. The graph displays the following settings:

Minimum: Shows computers that were on continuously through the whole interval.

Maximum: Shows computers that reported on at least once during the interval.

Average: Shows computers that were on more often than off during the interval.

The graph displays trends of when users turn off their computers throughout different intervals: hour, day, week, or month.

Note: The Powered On Computers graph cannot be filtered.