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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.
Manage Roles
On this page you define and manage the roles that you want to assign to your users.

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
      This page is available from Administrator >User Management >Create User.
    - Manage Roles
      On this page you define and manage the roles that you want to assign to your users.
    - Create Roles
      This page is available from Administration > User Management > Manage Roles > Create role. It allows you to create a new role with just the specific permissions you want to grant.
    - Global User Options
      It allows you to set some management parameters that are shared by all users.
    - 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. It shows any current errors based on the last action taken.
- Tasks for advanced users
  Tasks unlikely to be needed by the typical user, but which can be of use to advanced users with specific customization needs.

Manage Roles

On this page you define and manage the roles that you want to assign to your users.

This page is available from Administration > User Management > Manage Roles.

Delete roles by clicking the box to the left of the role and then clicking Delete.

There are three built-in roles:

Administrator: Grants top-level privileges, which allow the user to create additional users and set database configurations.
Normal user: Grants ordinary privileges, which allow the user to view the data, but not to create other users, set database configurations, or schedule activities.
Read-only: Restricts a user from creating or modifying public filters, reports, and labels or anything belonging to or visible to any other user. A user with the Read-only role can create, save, and edit only private custom reports.

Click the Create Role link, to define your own custom role, allowing different permissions and scopes.