Applications.
The ‘Applications’ folder is intended for organizing all application objects. Within this system folder administrators can create normal folders to further organize their applications.
Computers.
The ‘Computers’ folder can contain Configuration Scope objects for computer configuration.
An administrator can create these computer scopes and configure settings for it.
Users.
The ‘Users’ folder can contain Configuration Scope objects for user configuration.
An administrator can create these user scopes and configure settings for it.
Scripts.
The ‘Scripts’ folder is intended for organizing all script objects. Within this system folder administrators can create normal folders to further organize their scripts.
Scopes.
The ‘Scopes’ folder can contain Global Scopes. Within this system folder administrators can create normal folders to further organize their Scopes.
Printers.
The ‘Printers’ contains Printer objects. These Printer objects can be organized in folders and sub-folders as well.
Administrative Tools.
The ‘Administrative Tools’ system folder contains several sub folders intended for the Scense administrator. This folder will only show up in the ‘Expert’ operation mode which can only be set by Scense Administrators.
Active Administrators.
The content of the ‘Active Administrator’ folder displays an overview of all current Scense Explorer users. This folder uses services of the Scense Community Service.
If the Scense Community Service cannot be found, the content of the Active Administrator folder will be composed of database queries.
When using the Oracle database system, the Scense database user name has to be authorized to read the V$SESSION system view to be able to show administrative session information.
The following details are shown for each item:
- Computer
The workstation on which Scense Explorer has been started. - UserName
The log on name of the user that is running Scense Explorer. - FullName
The full name of the user - Program
Name and version of the program - Connected
The moment at which Scense Explorer connected to the database and the Scense Community Service. - Last Transaction
Moment of the last user action. - Monitor
Indicates whether the user has utilized the monitor function. - Current View
Indicates in which folder the user executed the last action.
Licenses.
All Scense licenses can be viewed and administered in the ‘licenses’ folder.
The next details are shown for each item:
- Holder
Name of the license owner. His can be e.g. workstations in a certain domain, or the Scense system itself (Master License). - Type
Definition of the license type:- Master License.
- Console License.
- Client License.
- Service License.
If necessary, licenses can be removed from this folder after clicking the ‘View all licenses’ link.
Configuration Settings.
The Configuration Settings system folder holds several categories for Configuration Setting Templates. These templates are provided by Scense and cannot be edited.
In the ‘Custom’ category administrators can create their own custom settings.
Location Root.
The Location Root is the system folder in which the administrator can create a location tree.
A location tree is a hierarchical representation of the physical locations.
More information can be read in the Locations chapter.
Messages.
Messages the administrator organization wants to send to the users can be stored in the ‘messages’ folder.
Unlike conventional messaging or e-mail systems, these messages can easily be sent to a group of users, e.g. an applications users group.
Messages can be scheduled very precisely, and can be given a certain priority which influences the appearance of the messages on the users screen.
Per item the following details are shown:
- Name
Logical administrative name of the message. - Source
Source of the message. - Priority
Specification of the message’s priority. - Domain
Domain in which the message should be available. - Group
User group to which the message should be available. - Start
Moment at which the message should become available. - Expiration
Moment at which the message expires. - Text
Actual text of the message.
Messages can be activated and deactivated by checking or unchecking the box in front of a message.
Sites.
The ‘Sites’ system folder contains all defined Site-objects.
Per item the following details are shown:
- Description
Descriptive name of the site object. - Code
Unique site code. - ReferenceName
Domain group to which the site is connected.
System Logging.
If the SiteParameter ‘VerboseSystemLog’ has value ‘1’, every change in the Scense database made by the administrator will be logged in the system log book.
If the SiteParameter ‘VerboseSecurityLog’ has value ‘1’, all security violations will be listed in the system log book as well.
Per item the following details are shown:
- TimeStamp
Time stamp of the moment the event occurred. - UserName
User name of the individual that caused the event. - Computer
Name of the workstation on which the event occurred. - Text
Description of the event. - Source
Reference to the object that concerned the event.
User Information.
The moment Scense_Executive writes-in logging in the database, user objects will automatically be added to the ’User Information’ system folder.
This means users do not necessarily have to be defined before they can use the Scense system.
A user object contains both an ‘executive’ and a ‘user’ logging.
Per item the following details are shown:
- Name
Logon name of the user. - UserName
The user’s full name. - Domain
Domain the user was logged onto. - AvgLogontime
Average time the logon script takes for this user. - LogonTime
Duration of the logon script at most recent logon. - ProfileLoadTime
Time Windows needed to load the user profile. - Totaltime
Logontime + ProfileLoadtime. - LastLogon
Moment of user’s most recent logon. - AvgLogoffTime
Average time the Logoff script needs to finish. - LastLogoffTime
Moment of most recent logoff. - Workstation
Name of the workstation the user most recently used. - Domain
Name of the workstation’s domain.
The information in the preview windows will also show any applications, network drives and printers this user might have.
Computer Information.
The moment Scense_Executive writes-in logging in the database, user objects will automatically be added to the ’Computer Information’ system folder.
This means users do not necessarily have to be defined before they can use the Scense system.
A computer object contains an ‘executive’ logging.
Per item the following details are shown:
- Name
Logon name of the user. - UserName
The user’s full name. - Domain
Domain the user was logged onto. - AvgLogontime
Average time the logon script takes for this user. - LogonTime
Duration of the logon script at most recent logon. - ProfileLoadTime
Time Windows needed to load the user profile. - Totaltime
Logontime + ProfileLoadtime. - LastLogon
Moment of user’s most recent logon. - AvgLogoffTime
Average time the Logoff script needs to finish. - LastLogoffTime
Moment of most recent logoff. - Workstation
Name of the workstation the user most recently used. - Domain
Name of the workstation’s domain.
Both User- and Computer objects offer direct access to the remote desktop.