Last week I discussed how to use IP360 reporting filters to exclude or include a list of IP addresses when generating a report. This week I am going to show you how to create a report consisting of only hosts with a specific operating system class. For example, let's walk through the process for creating a report filter that generates a report of only Windows hosts.
First, navigate to 'Analyze -> Reporting Filters' and click 'New' to create a new reporting filter. Give your filter a name such as "Windows Hosts Only" and proceed to the 'OS Groups' tab. Next, select the 'Include' action and double-click 'nCircle: Windows' from the available list. The selection will move over into the selected box. You can now click 'Add', and the filtering rule will appear below. Now that you have completed the filter, click 'Submit' to save.
Now that your filter is complete, you can apply it to any report you are generating to restrict the hosts in the report to Windows boxes only.
If you wish to create your own OS Group, or modify existing ones, you can navigate to 'Analyze -> OS Groups' and either click on 'New' or select an existing filter to view it. In existing filters such as 'nCircle: Windows' you see the operating system tree for Windows is a different colour than the other operating systems in the list, as these are the ones currently selected. Selecting a parent will create a group that includes all of that parent's children.
