Summary report
A summary report is created on the basis of the latest software audit results. To create a summary report, select Applications
 Audit Summary Report..., click the  button on a toolbar or press the key
combination of Ctrl + R. Creating
reports involves three steps.
Selecting
computers
The first step while preparing a summary report is to select computers which
are to be included in a report. On the left side of a dialogue box all
computers, on which software audit has been performed, are visible. Computers
are shown in a tree structure representing the settings of Network tab in the main
program window.
For a summary report you can select single computers, whole groups or
networks. On the right side the list of selected computers is presented. When
you highlight any of them, a date of the most recent software audit for this
computer is displayed in the Date of
audit field. A report includes only the results of the most recent audit.
When you select computers you can move to the following step, which is
selecting applications. For this purpose, click Next >. The button
will remain inactivated until a computer has been selected.
Selecting
applications
Selecting applications involves specifying which of
them are to be included on a printout or while saving data in a file. Contrary
to a report from a single computer, in the
case of which entered changes have no influence on other reports, changes made
in a summary report apply to all other summaries.
The drop-down list Show includes
all audit results types: identified applications, identified applications -
omitted, unidentified, unidentified - omitted and applications found in the
registry. For applications which are found in a registry only an application
list will be displayed.
Producers list includes
names of producers of all applications found during audit. To view applications
of a selected producer, highlight the producer on the list. It is possible to
view programs only for one producer. If you highlight more than one, the
application list will be empty. To exclude all applications of a producer from
printing, you should place a checkmark in the Print column of the
producers list. You can highlight more than one producer, right click the mouse
on the list and from the context menu select Include in Printout to
enable printing Exclude from
Printoutto disable printing
Application list includes applications of a
highlighted producer which were found during the audit. To include or exclude
an application from printing, change the status of a checkbox in the Print column. You can also highlight
more than one application, right click on the list and from the context menu
select Include in Printout enable
printing and Exclude from Printout to
disable printing.
When you select an application, click Next > to proceed to a
final stage of a summary report.
Summary
Summary is the last stage of a summary report. A
report type is selected from the Show list,
which includes identified, identified - omitted, unidentified, unidentified -
omitted, applications found in the registry and operating systems. Using the Layout list you can select one of the
following types to view results:
- By application – programs are presented in a producer/application layout. A total
number of program installations and the number of computers are specified.
Moreover, a total number of applications from a producer is given.
- By
application (users) – programs are presented in a
producer/application layout with identification of a computer, where they
were found. A total number of program installations and the number of
computers, where they were found, are specified. Moreover, a total number
of applications from a producer is given.
- By
users - programs are presented in a
user/producer/application layout. A total number of program installations
on a user’s computer and total number of applications from a producer are
specified.
To print a report, click  . You
can open a print preview using the  button. The program always prints a current
report type (the Show list) in a
layout selected on the Layout list.
To save a report as a Microsoft Excel workbook, click  . A typical dialogue box where you can select a file to save in
will be displayed on a screen. Provisionally, a file name based on the current
report’s type and layout will be entered.
It is possible to save selected reports included in a summary report
from all computers into a Microsoft Excel workbook. To do so, click  . A typical dialogue box
for selecting a target location will be displayed on the screen. In a selected
folder individual reports will be saved in files, the names of which will be
complaint with respective computers’ names.
The last type of saving a summary report as Microsoft Excel workbook is
to save data in a tabular form. Each line includes information on an audit
date, computer, user, software producer, application, package, .exe file and
access path. This enables you to manipulate data freely.
To save a report, click
 . A dialogue box where
you can select a file will be displayed on the screen.
Beside standard elements, the Report section
is displayed in this dialogue box. You should select at least one type of a
report. Reports are saved into a file as separate workbooks.
To save the file, click the Save button.
If audits are performed for a large number of applications and if all reports
are selected, the process of creating an Excel file can be very time-consuming.
The types of saving reports which have been described above can be
executed only if Microsoft Excel has been installed.
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