The Ad Hoc Query screen appears.
Select Control Manager: Specifies that information originates from the Control Manager server to which the user is currently logged on.
Specifying this option disables the Product Tree, because the information only comes from the Control Manager server to which the user is logged on.
Select Product Tree: Specifies that information originates from the managed products the Control Manager server manages. This can include managed products from child Control Manager servers.
After specifying this option, the user must then select the managed products or directory from which the information originates.
Selecting the managed product or directory on this screen affects the available data views on the following screen. For example, by selecting OfficeScan in the product directory, only data views associated with OfficeScan display in the Available Data Views list.
The Step 2: Data View screen appears.
The Step 3: Query Criteria screen appears.
The Select Display Sequence screen appears.
Selected columns highlight.
Select the columns one at a time or use the Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple columns.
Selecting and adding one column at a time is one method that allows users to specify the sequence in which the information displays.Selected columns appear in the Selected Fields list.
The Step 3: Query Criteria screen appears.
Specify a Summary Time for the data, and for spyware/grayware data views, whether you want COOKIES to appear in your results.
The custom criteria options appear.
All of the criteria: This selection acts as a logical AND function. Data appearing in the report must meet all the filtering criteria.
Any of the criteria: This selection acts as a logical OR function. Data appearing in the report must meet any of the filtering criteria.
If you do not specify any filtering criteria, the Ad Hoc Query returns all results for the applicable columns. Trend Micro recommends specifying filtering criteria to simplify data analysis after the information for the query returns.
From the left-most drop-down list, select the column to filter.
From the middle drop-down list, select the matching condition for the filter.
In the right-most field, provide the filter criteria. A list box or text box appears here depending on the column selected to filter.
Click the + icon to add another filter criterion for the data view.
Control Manager supports sharing saved Ad Hoc Queries with other users. Saved Queries appear on the Saved Ad Hoc Queries screen.
The Ad Hoc Query Results screen appears displaying the results of the query.
For more detailed information about a given item, click the underlined link for the item.
Export to CSV: Exports the query results to CSV format.
Export to XML: Exports the query results to XML format.
Click Open to view the query results immediately in CSV or XML format.
Click Save. A Save As dialog box appears. Specify the location to save the file.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
The saved query appears on the Saved Ad Hoc Queries screen.