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Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
Administering the Program
The Administration section of the program lets you manage activities, filters, addresses, users, and databases.
User Management
The User Management page allows you to add, delete, and edit the properties of your web users.
Identity Provider Permissions
How to specify the Identity Provider Permissions.

Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
- Configuring Web Reports
  Web Reports is used whenever you want to view BigFix data that is spread over multiple databases in your deployment.
- Using the Program
  The Web Reports interface is simple and straightforward.
- Exploring
  The Explore Data section of the program allows you to look at data collected from your entire BigFix network to filter it, and to create reports.
- Reporting
  The Report List section of the program is accessed by clicking the appropriate tab from the top tab bar.
- Administering the Program
  The Administration section of the program lets you manage activities, filters, addresses, users, and databases.
  - Scheduled Activities
    The Schedule section allows you to run reports at a given time or when certain conditions are met.
  - Filter Management
    Filters are used to customize reports, allowing you to highlight any particular subset of the database.
  - Address Book
    The Address Book section allows you to configure the email server settings, and to edit your list of email addresses.
  - User Management
    The User Management page allows you to add, delete, and edit the properties of your web users.
    - Create Users
      How to create users.
    - Identity Provider Permissions
      How to specify the Identity Provider Permissions.
    - Manage Roles
      This page is available from Administration > User Management > Manage Roles.
    - Create Roles
      This page is available from Administration > User Management > Manage Roles > Create role.
    - Global User Options
      This page is available from Administrator > User Management > Global User Options.
    - Edit User
      When editing user accounts, different options are presented depending on whether you are editing your own settings or those of someone else.
  - Datasource Settings
    You can manage the datasources from which Web Reports aggregates information.
  - Errors
    This page is available by selecting Administration > Errors.
- Tasks for advanced users
  This section presents tasks unlikely to be needed by the typical user, but which can be of use to advanced users with specific customization needs.

Identity Provider Permissions

How to specify the Identity Provider Permissions.

Starting from BigFix Platform Version 11 Patch 2, you can use Microsoft Entra ID as Identity Provider in BigFix and you can manage both Microsoft Entra ID users and groups using Web Reports.

Scenario 1: Creating a specific Web Reports operator from an Azure user

Prerequisites to satisfy before running this scenario:

The application has been registered in Microsoft Entra ID.
The identity provider has been successfully added to BigFix.

Perform these steps:

Add the user to the application in the Azure portal. You can either add the user individually or add a group that the user belongs to.
Create the Web Reports operator as follows:
1. Go to the ”Identity provider Permissions" section.
2. Select the identity provider.
3. Locate and select the user from the previously added tenant.
Assign the desired roles to the new operator. The Admin operator can assign them.
The new operator account is now ready to be used.

Scenario 2: Creating Web Reports operators from an Azure group

Prerequisites to satisfy before running this scenario:

The application has been registered in Microsoft Entra ID.
The identity provider has been successfully added to BigFix.

Perform these steps:

Add the group to the application in the Azure portal.
Assign the role to the identity provider group as follows:
1. Go to the ”Identity provider Permissions" section.
2. Select the identity provider.
3. Locate and select the group from the previously added tenant.
Assign the role to the group.

Note:

Initially, no operator account is created.
When an Azure user from the added group logs in for the first time, a Web Reports operator account associated with that user will be automatically created. This account will inherit the permissions assigned to the group in step 3.