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One of the most important menus in IT Asset Tool is the “SoftwareReport” menu, which includes a control panel for managing and approving all the software used in your company.
This tool allows you to view all new software installed that has not been approved by company policy. The report can be generated by grouping not only by software name but also by software version, depending on how detailed you want the processing to be. In fact, you can set the level of detail using this flag:
It will therefore be possible to analyze the data to generate a detailed report showing, for each software version, the hosts that have status changes (installation/uninstallation) compared to what was previously approved.
If you want simpler and faster management without differentiating the installed version, you can analyze the data by grouping the hosts only by SoftwareName.
Once the data has been analyzed, IT Asset Tool can generate various reports using the appropriate flags in the same panel:
No Windows updates: generates a report discarding Windows update records.
Show changes only: generates a report showing installation or uninstallation changes not approved since the last analysis.
To start generating the software report, click on the “Analyze” button and the progress bar will indicate the progress of the analysis.
Once the analysis is complete, the IT manager can begin the approval process.
They must decide whether to accept or reject each new software installation or removal. To approve software on a single computer, simply activate the flag next to its name.
To approve the same software (installed or removed) on all computers at once, press the Space bar and use the ‘Mass Approval’ flag.
Approved software will not appear in subsequent reports.
If the IT manager identifies unauthorized software on a computer on the network, they must not approve it and must uninstall it.
In the same tab, the Print button allows you to generate three types of reports:
- only newly installed software;
- only removed software;
- all installed software.
With the export button you can generate the report in csv extension to see in Microsoft Excel.