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You can apply a Scan Profile to
one or more reports to restrict the list of computers during report generation.
This is especially useful if you want to generate reports for a subset of
computers. Please note that Scan Profiles can be applied only to Standard
Reports.
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This page covers the following topics with regard to usage of
Scan Profiles:
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Scan Profiles and Power Export Tool (off-line report
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Scan Profiles and Interactive Report Generation |
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Scan Profiles and Power Export
Tool (off-line report generation)
You can apply a Scan Profile to
one or more reports using the Power Export Tool (for off-line generation) to
restrict the domain scope and to scan and collect data for a subset of computers
in the network. The report data will be collected for all computers in the
applied Scan Profile. However, if the applied Scan Profile becomes unavailable
during report generation (likely to happen if the Scan Profile is accidentally
deleted), the report data will not be collected at all and will result in an
error. Furthermore, if there are no computers to be found in the Scan Profile
for a domain for which the report is being generated, then the report generation
will fail as well. This is likely to happen if the domain is not included in the
Scan Profile or none of the computers in the domain are running the Windows
version setup in the Scan Profile.
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Scan Profiles and Interactive
Report Generation
You may also apply a Scan Profile
to reports and view the data in interactive mode. The way in which a Scan
Profile is applied and the data collection methodology adopted slightly differs
in interactive mode from off-line report generation mode (using Power Export
Tool). The data collection methodology adopted also depends on the type of Scan
Profile applied (static or dynamic) to the report.
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For instance, if a Scan Profile
is associated with multiple domains, in interactive mode, data will be collected
only for computers that belong to the currently selected domain. On the other
hand, if there are no computers to be found for the currently selected domain,
in the applied profile, the report data will not be collected at all. This is
likely to happen if the currently selected domain was not included in Scan
Profile (if it is a static profile) or the Scan Profile includes a Windows
version filter, say Windows XP computers only, and the domain does not have any
computers running Windows XP.
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In addition, in interactive mode,
there are differences on how Scan Profiles are applied to Domain-based
Reports and Server-based Reports.
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Scan Profiles and Domain-based
Reports
In interactive mode, for
domain-based reports, you can apply a Scan Profile by using the Scan
Option Dialog. The report will be generated for the list of computers in the
applied Scan Profile for the currently selected domain as mentioned earlier.
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Scan Profiles and Server-based
Reports
For server-based reports, you can
apply a Scan Profile by clicking the 
button in the report window. The
Scan Profiles Manager will show up on screen, select a Scan Profile, and then
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For server-based reports, however, a Scan Profile when
applied reloads the tree view, in the left pane in the report window, with the
list of computers in the selected Scan Profile. After a Scan Profile is applied,
you can select the desired computer in the tree view in the report window to
generate the report. Click the Clear button to clear the applied profile.
This will reload tree view with the list of all domains in the network.
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