Available only in the Windows console.
Secure Configuration Manager provides the Run from Database option for creating an aggregated report about your assets. When you run a security check or policy template, Secure Configuration Manager compiles the results into a report. Each run against your endpoints adds a unique report to the Completed jobs queue and updates the database. The Run from Database option enables you to collect the results from multiple runs into one report. The database always provides the results for the most recent run of the selected policy template or security check during the time period you specify for the aggregated results.
Running reports from the database can be beneficial in certain circumstances. For example, you have a large environment with assets in Texas, New York, and Florida. You organized your assets into managed groups to represent the regional areas. Then you scheduled a CIS Benchmark policy template to run against each of the groups every Friday night at staggered times. This means you have a separate report for each group. However, management wants to review the status of the systems in Texas, Florida, and New York as a whole. You can use the Run from Database option to aggregate the policy template results into a single report.
In a different scenario, you run a policy template against a group of endpoints. The report lists some endpoints as failed, indicating that they might have been offline. You run the template again for the failed endpoints. You now have separate reports for the same policy template and the same group of endpoints. Once you are satisfied you have results for all endpoints, you can run the template against the database for an aggregated report.
NOTE:The Run from Database option applies only to multiple runs of the same security check or policy template. Each run must use identical parameter settings to ensure accurate reporting.
For more information about running reports from the database, see the Help in the Run Security Check and Run Policy Template wizards.