A user asked if it is possible to create a report based on the last time a device connected to the company's network using EdgeDX. EdgeDX provides the 'netcfg_info' and 'location_history' indexes with information on the public IP and network adapter IP associated at that time. Alternatively, a script can be used to send data to a custom index when an internal IP address is reachable.
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ControlUp for Desktops Training & Support Archives
ControlUp for Desktops (Edge-DX) training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Sivan’s “Did You Know”: Edge DX Dashboards?
This weeks Did You Know focused on Edge DX's dashboards, in particular "Applications- Performance", which offers a graph of applications by frustration. @member thanked for the treat and wished everyone happy holidays.
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Getting Started with Securely Exporting ControlUp Metrics
A user asked if a ControlUp Solve dashboard can be published externally without authentication; it's not possible for security reasons. Alternatives include exporting metrics with PowerShell and HTML and using the Power Platform, or leveraging ControlUp DEX with its username/password authentication. More information on ControlUp DEX can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/get-started-with-the-new-dex-platform.
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Investigating 404 Error using ControlUp Edge DX API for Device List
A user encountered a 404 error when using the API to call a script against a device list. A Network check script was supplied which could address the 414 devices before it broke, with 1 per device ID specified. The issue was discovered to be due to a machine having an altered Device ID within 3 minutes. The EdgeDX API URLs mentioned in the message were 'Global-EdgeDX Download Manager' = 'downloads.sip.controlup.com', 'Global-EdgeDX tenant' = "$edgetenant.sip.controlup.com" and 'Global-Google Maps' = 'maps.google.com'.
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Creating a Custom Report or Data Index with ControlUp
A user asked if there was a way to import external data from CSV files into ControlUp to create a custom report or data index - the only way is to run a script on endpoints. An example of this is used by a customer to create an asset management index. The data is available in the registry, and can be accessed and used to create the data index with ControlUp using a login script run from a GPO.
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Improving Location Data Accuracy with Customization Options in ControlUp
Location data often has inaccuracies when pulled from GPS info or ISP IP databases. Though enabling Location Services on a laptop provides more exact house locations, improvements are coming that will let the user assign a custom location. This can be assigned to all devices with a certain range of IP addresses, for example, all devices with X IP addresses in Office Site A.
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Viewing and Acknowledging Alerts in ControlUp Solve/Dex
A user asked how to view and acknowledge alerts in Solve/Dex, and if not possible, if it is included in any plan. It is only possible in the real-time console, and not in Solve/Dex. The closest option to this is Enrich for AVD/ServiceNow and Edge, which can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/en/url-access-directly-into-controlup-monitored-resources?highlight=URL%20Access%20Directly.
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Troubleshooting Event Log Trigger Alerts for Applications and Services Logs
A user asked if anyone had any experience getting custom Event Viewer trigger alerts to work for applications and service logs, and whether they were able to get the process working correctly. It was suggested to ensure that the console was correctly collecting events before setting up triggers, and that the events were accessible in Powershell. The user was then referred to a ControlUp article (Real-Time Console - Events Pane [https://helpcenter.controlup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015114517-Real-Time-Console-Events-Pane]) before it was suggested they use the "scheduled task trick" to create an event in the application.
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Configuring ControlUp for Automatic Reboot and Maintenance Mode Removal
This discussion covers how to configure ControlUp to restart a server with the CU Agent when no users are on, including removing it from maintenance mode after reboot. Suggested actions include using a trigger that checks for session count and maintenance mode, and separate scripts for Reboot and Disable Maintenance mode. The benefits of using this method compared to scripts are explained.
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How to Determine Which Version of MS Teams Users Are Using?
The user was trying to determine how many users in the company were using New MS Teams vs classic MS Teams and wanted to use Edge DX to get the information. The Installed Applications by Version report and custom report filters were suggested as possible ways to determine which version of Teams users are actively using.
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