Audit import
Importing results after files have been scanned is the most important
stage of software audit. In course of the import
process, a real phase of identifying programs on the basis of a pattern base takes place.
If audit has been performed remotely using Agent, results are imported to Agent automatically once files scanning
has been completed. Ifuplook was ended in the meantime or a
connection with Agent was closed,
the import will be carried out just after the following connection with Agent.
If audit has been performed using an external file
scanner, you should follow the relevant import procedure.
From the main menu select Application  Import Audit..., click  on the toolbar or press the
key combination of Ctrl + I. A dialogue box for audit import
will be displayed on the screen.
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1. Select
folder with audit results.
First you need to select the folder with audit result files.
In the Select a folder, which contains audit output files field you should enter an access path for a
drive or a folder, where the scanner has saved the results. By clicking  , you can open a typical dialogue box for selecting a folder.
When you have selected the folder click
Next > button. Now program will search the selected folder for files containing
audit results and move to the next phase of import. |
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2. Select files for
audit. Next operation is selection of files
to import to the database.
You will see the list with audit results, which were read from the selected folder.
The list contains five columns:
- Date - Date of scanning.
- Computer - Name of the machine, where the audit was performed.
- Platform - The operation system where scanner worked.
Possible values in this column include Win32, Win16 or
DOS.
- User - Name of a user, to whom the audit is to be assigned.
Text (Queued for adding) in place of a name means that the database does not
contain that user (computer), so a new entry in the database will be created.
- Status - Import status. Value
Imported indicates that the database already contains results from that audit,
therefore the import operation will not be performed for that file.
When you select a row on the list field a description of audit will apear
in field Description (if user entered it before scanning).
To remove all the files that have already been imported
check Hide imported files. To quickly select all the files for importing
click Select all.
To proceed with import select at least one audit file
and click Next >. If the selection contains an audit for a user,
who does not exist in the database, the group and network selection dialog window will apear.
In other case, program will proceed to Import settings. |
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3. Select network
and group. That page apears only when
at least one of the files selected for importing contains audit results
for a nonexisting user. In this case a new user will be created in the database
in the selected network and group.
Select existing network from the dropdown list Network
or create a new one by clicking
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Select existing group from the dropdown list Group in the selected network or
create a new one by clicking
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When you are done click Next > to continue with importing. |
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4. Import
settings. In import settings page
you can set parameters that influence considerably speed of import process
and amount of data that will be saved in the database.
- Enabling option Do not report errors
causes program not to stop when an error occurs. No error messages
will be displayed. File that generated an error will be skipped
automaticaly. Summary error report will however apear after the
importing operations is completed on the page
Import summary.
- To save space in the database, turn off
storing icons in the database by unchecking field Save file icons
to database. By default uplook stores icons of audited files
to make reports more user-friendly.
- Audit files contains list of scanned executable
files, but it may also contain other types of
user-defined files.
Use checkbox Import non executable files to decide what types
of files you want to import. Other option, Do not import non
executable files less than, lets you set the minimum size
of a file to import.
- To increase speed of data processing database
uses internally indexes. Searching through records in the
database is most time-consuming operation during import. In you
have many audits to import however, you can considerably increase
the speed of importing procedure by disabling indexing in
the database during import. To do so, check option Skip indexing
during import. When the program is done with importing the database
will be reindexed automatically. Note, that it is not
recommended to use this option in case of few audits or small amount
of data to import.
- Checking option Compact database after import
will cause the database to be automatically defragmented
when the import operation is finished. Compaction operation takes time,
especialy when performed on large databases, but in most cases
it saves space used by a database considerably.
When you are done with settings click Next
> to proceed to start importing. |
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5. Import.
Imprt of each audit files takes five steps. First three are
reading audit result file, decompressing data and analyzing information.
Then program identifies applications using
pattern base. Finally, the database
is updated. These steps are repeated for each selected file.
Progress bars on the page show progress of the entire process and the
current operation.
When the import is finished program will display the
Summary report. |
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Summary report.
This page presents reports for each of imported files.
Information on errors will be displayed at top of the list.
If you want to start another import
immediately, check the field Begin next audit import and click Next >.
To finish importing click Finish button.
Import is complete. Now you may create reports
for selected stations (computers) or create audit summary report. |
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