Secure Configuration Manager handles all reports and actions as jobs that run asynchronously and then stores the scheduled and completed reports in job queues. Once you submit a job to Core Services, you can perform other jobs in the console.
From the Job Options window, you can change settings for how long the console retains data in the Completed and Job History queues and the Alerts window. In addition, you can set the console to filter all job queues by a specified user.
Use the Prev and Next buttons at the bottom of the console to navigate to the previous and next set of records.
Secure Configuration Manager purges completed jobs, alerts, and job history log data at the conclusion of the defined retention period. By default, the retention period is global and not saved by the user. However, you can set the retention period for completed jobs on a per-session basis in the Job Options window. In the Jobs Queue, right-click Completed and then click Options.
You can indicate specifically how long Secure Configuration Manager keeps job queue, history log, or alert information on the Job Options window. You can set the console to retain job queue information for completed jobs based on the session. You can also specify when Secure Configuration Manager deletes Job History queues and Alert logs on a global basis from this window. In addition, you can set the console to filter these windows to show all job queue windows for only a specified user.
WARNING:Secure Configuration Manager purges data from the database after the time specified in the purge settings in the Configuration Utility or in the Job Options retention fields. To preserve this information, run reports before the report retention period elapses, and then export the report data to a file. For more information about exporting report data to a file, see Exporting Assessment Results, Exporting a Delta Report, and Creating Groups of Custom Tasks.
Available only in the Windows console.
Secure Configuration Manager allows you to organize completed jobs such as policy template reports. In Job Queues, you can create folders, move jobs from the Completed jobs queue to user-defined folders, and delete jobs and folders. For example, you can create a folder called Passwords to contain reports generated from password-related security checks and policy templates.
You can create an unlimited number of user-defined folders to organize completed jobs. Once you have created folders, you can move jobs from the Completed jobs queue or move jobs from user-defined folder to user-defined folder by right-clicking the job and selecting Move to from the options.
NOTE:
You cannot rename a user-defined folder, so ensure that you name the folder appropriately.
You cannot use special characters, such as @”#$), in the user-defined folder name.
You can change a user-defined folder description.
Before deleting a user-defined folder, you must remove or delete the jobs within the folder.
Although you cannot edit a user-defined folder name, you can create a new folder with the name you want, then move all jobs from the current folder to the new folder. After all jobs are removed, you can delete the unneeded folder.