Installations in BigFix DEX

BigFix DEX runs on the BigFix Platform and leverages a dedicated reporting interface (DEX application) powered by DRYiCE MyXalytics. When the BigFix DEX site is enabled and gathered, the Fixlets to instruct the BigFix Agent to measure and collect the DEX-specific KPIs. These Fixlets can be applied to all the managed endpoints that you want to include in the scope of BigFix DEX. All the collected data, metrics, and KPIs are measured on the managed devices and uploaded by the BigFix Agents to the BigFix Server through the archive manager mechanism. For more information, refer to Archiving client files on the BigFix Server. In addition to the regular BigFix Platform components, a node designated for database storage must be identified. For this purpose, BigFix DEX specifically requires Microsoft SQL Server 2019 or 2022 (2022 Enterprise or Standard is recommended). The database (DB) server node is separate from the BigFix root server, but it can share the same server where the other BigFix databases are hosted. On the DB server node, a specifi(c component called DEX Importer is installed and configured as a Windows service. To facilitate this process a specific Fixlet from the BigFix DEX site is used to automate the installation step, provided thatthe BigFix Agent is deployed on that node as a prerequisite for executing any Fixlets.