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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
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File Menu
The File Menu offers the following commands.

Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
  - File Menu
    The File Menu offers the following commands.
  - Edit Menu
    The Edit Menu offers the following commands.
  - View Menu
    The View Menu offers the following commands.
  - Go Menu
    The Go Menu allows you to quickly select Domains and to change the focus area of the Console.
  - Tools Menu
    The Tools Menu offers the following commands.
  - Help Menu
    The Help Menu offers the following commands.
- The Dialogs

File Menu

The File Menu offers the following commands.


Import	Import .bes files, which can be default Tasks, Actions, Baselines, or other content that you might have created or customized.
Export	Export a Task, Action, Fixlet, Baseline, and so on. that you or another Console user can subsequently import. Exporting provides a useful mechanism for creating customized content. Simply export the content, edit it with any text editor, and then import the customized version.
Preferences...	Set refresh, BigFix Client heartbeat, colorizing, caching, and other persistent Console preferences.
Change Database Password...	Change the sign-in password for the currently connected user.
Exit	Quit the program.