Security patch automatic approval rules view

About

This view is related to patch management, and it lists automatic security patch approval rules.

Automatic security patch approval rules can be used to automate the approval and downloading of security patches according to their severity, type,  product family, vendor or title.

Automatic patch approval rules are handy for patching software that get patches frequently or which otherwise are important to keep as quickly patched as possible.

For more information, please read How to use automatic security patch approval rules.

About items

Security patch automatic approval rules item

Security patch automatic approval rules item attributes

Location in navigation menu

Administration > Feature settings > Patch management > Automatic approval rules

View content

Section

Available attributes

Catalog columns

Asset groups, Download, Name, Patch name contains, Patch name not contains, Patch product families, Patch severities, Patch types, Patch vendors, Status

Summary dimensions

Asset group, Download, Status

View filters

Asset groups, Download, Name, Patch name contains, Patch name not contains, Patch product families, Patch severities, Patch types, Patch vendors, Status

Note! this may not be the full list of available attributes

View properties

Property

Description

Data update interval

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Data calculation interval

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Excluded items

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Default filters

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View tools and actions

Task

Description

Create new

Creates a new Security patch automatic approval item.

Export

By default, this task exports all the view contents in the selected file format. However, you can use the check boxes in the view to export selected rows only. You can select rows for the export from one page of the view at a time.

The supported file formats for the data export are CSV, Excel, and PDF. In some views, configuration items can be also exported to a group distribution.

Print

Prints the view contents.

See also

How to use automatic security patch approval rules

System settings for patch management

Related processes

Patch management

Additional information

How to export data?

How to work with the views?