Is there a way to create a dashboard to show hosts over time?
For example, we're trying to hunt down our last remaining Windows 7 hosts and we would like to track that over time in a dashboard. It's easy enough to do track something over time with custom filters in Spotlight and then making a dashboard based upon that custom filter but I can't see a way to do it within Discover or Host Mgmt.
Has anyone done this successfully that might be able to comment?
Posted Nov 14, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC
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Hi there. A few options, you can use Host Management and just filter by "Last Seen."
https://imgur.com/a/ATO4wgt
Or you can make a custom dashboard and use Discover data:
https://imgur.com/a/YeRII8a
Mine is filtered by week, but you can change it to month as well.
I hope that helps.
I had previously setup that 2nd example and it's close to what I was hoping for, it will have to do. The drawback seems to be the last seen part, was hoping for a more real-time look at things. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
How real time are you looking to get? We can setup a query to count these systems, but the narrower the bucket the more variability you have — example: if I'm counting things in 15 minute buckets, and my Windows 7 laptop has been closed for 8 hours, you may end up with skewed data.
Yes I see what you mean. My end goal is to have an accurate monthly number to produce for mgmt. Will your previously shown graph be ok for that?
Yup! You can use Discover data and do weekly and/or monthly. That's likely the best.