Discussion Forums/PDQ Inventory/Inventory - Feature Requests
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Increased granularity in scan modules
Tech^2
suggested this on December 16, 2011 14:44
Simple need lead to a bigger thought. I just wanted a super quick way to update the current user, but it seems that is embedded in the larger scan package. A way to break out smaller bits might be helpful to raise efficiency when only a small bit of info is needed.
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If you're in Pro Mode you can create a scan profile with just the "Computer Info" scanner. This gets current user, uptime, O/S version and such things. It's very fast. You can schedule it to run every couple of hours, or how often you think would be necessary.
I use different scan profiles in the pro version. It looks like the smallest interval you can use for scan intervals is 30 minutes, so every 30 minutes my computer info profile kicks off. I did add the applications scanner to be scanned in that profile too. It's pretty fast.
I also have a profile that scans only windows shares and another one that scans for membership in local administrator groups.
My usage is more an on-demand thing so I'm not dropping packages or rebooting machines out from under a user. I have users all over the clock and quite a few kiosk-style machines so I need to check before I hit the button. Just one of those bits of utility that seem simple on face, but very few things do it well.
Just got the Pro version, been mucking with free for some time. Great stuff! I look forward to seeing what comes next.