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BigFix Digital Employee Experience (DEX) overview
Get familiar with the BigFix Digital Employee Experience (DEX) application to get a simplified view of your IT environment and make well-informed decisions to increase the productivity of employees.
DEX Admin Guide
The Admin Guide provides important information for the administrators to monitor the overall employee experience by analysing specific dashboards and underlying metrics.
Upgrading BigFix DEX application
This section provides information on upgrading the MyXalytics installer to seamlessly transition from an existing version to a newer version. When upgrading, a backup of the published folder is maintained for new installations. The backup can be used if there is a need to revert to the previous version.
Selecting the components
The Component Selection page available in the upgrade scenario is similar to the one available in the new installation flow.

BigFix Digital Employee Experience (DEX) overview
Get familiar with the BigFix Digital Employee Experience (DEX) application to get a simplified view of your IT environment and make well-informed decisions to increase the productivity of employees.
- DEX Admin Guide
  The Admin Guide provides important information for the administrators to monitor the overall employee experience by analysing specific dashboards and underlying metrics.
  - Installations in BigFix DEX
    The Installations within BigFix DEX includes the setup of various components and adherence to various prerequisites. The installation procedures and prerequisites are described in their respective sections. Refer to each section to understand the detailed procedures.
  - Upgrading BigFix DEX application
    This section provides information on upgrading the MyXalytics installer to seamlessly transition from an existing version to a newer version. When upgrading, a backup of the published folder is maintained for new installations. The backup can be used if there is a need to revert to the previous version.
    - MyXalytics database information
      The MyXalytics BaseDBInfo page is the initial step in the upgrade flow, where users provide MYDB database details corresponding to the existing installation. This helps in getting the existing installation and populate the onward component pages.
    - Upgrade consent form
      The Upgrade Consent popup serves as a prompt for users to verify that they have successfully backed up all components and subcomponents of their installation. This includes databases and server/service binaries.
    - Selecting the components
      The Component Selection page available in the upgrade scenario is similar to the one available in the new installation flow.
    - Fields across the Component Selection subcomponents
      The section includes the names and values of fields available across the components and subcomponents of the Component Selection page.
    - Recommendations
  - Managing the endpoint Fixlets
    This section provides information about endpoint Fixlets and their deployment.
  - Uninstalling BigFix DEX application
    This section lists the steps to uninstall the MyXalytics components on BigFix DEX server and database server.
- DEX User Guide
  This guide provides information regarding the actions that the user can perform in the BigFix DEX application.

Selecting the components

The Component Selection page available in the upgrade scenario is similar to the one available in the new installation flow.

The Component Selection pages includes the following components and its subcomponents:

Component panel displays items such as MyXalytics, EDS, DME Scheduler, Metric, and Integrations databases are available.
Configuration saved during the last installation, such as load balancing, number of instances, and integrations database, is pre-filled.
The integration panel is enabled for modification. All other panels corresponding to existing components are disabled to preserve their configurations.
Users can add a new integration database.
Users can increase the instance count of the installed integration database. The database instance cannot be decreased once installed.

Note:

All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
Clicking the Next on the screen will save the data and allows you to proceed further.
Clicking the Validate button validates the form as per validation mentioned in the validation section.
Clicking the Test Connection button validates the credentials.