Edit Datatables Console Dashboard

Objectives:

Edit and Use a JQuery DataTables Dashboard
- Steps 1 through 7
- Optionally Steps 8 & 9
View the Dashboard as a Custom Web Report
- Step 10

Prerequisites:

Open BigFix Console Presentation Debugger
Debug a Dashboard In the BigFix Console
(recommended) Patches for Windows (English)
- Have the site enabled, gathered, and computers subscribed.

Steps:

Put Dashboard Files in Folder
- Example: GenericDataTables.ojo
Open the Debug Menu
- If missing, See here on how to enable the Debug Menu: Open The BigFix Console Presentation Debugger
Select “Load Wizard…”
- Note: Wizards and Dashboards are basically the same
Load Dashboard into Console
- Navigate into temp folder ( _tmp_Dashboard )
- Select the OJO file
- Click Open
View the Dashboard:
- Should load automatically
- If not, check under Dashboards -> All Dashboards
Try Searches in the Dashboard
- Example: block ie x64 2008 r2 sp1
Edit the GenericDataTables.ojo file
- Open GenericDataTables.ojo in Visual Studio Code or similar editor
- Edit Line 30 changing bes tasks to bes computers
  - '( html concatenations of tds of (name of it; id of it as string) ) of bes computers'
- Save the file ( Ctrl + S )
- Reload the Dashboard to see the changes
Edit the GenericDataTables.ojo file further
- Edit Line 30 to add operating systems
  - '( html concatenations of tds of (name of it; id of it as string; operating systems of it) ) of bes computers'
- Save the file ( Ctrl + S )
- Reload the Dashboard to see the changes
Experiment with other changes
Copy the Dashboard <HTML> into a Web Report
- Copy Lines 18 through 67 from the GenericDataTables.ojo
- Open Web Reports
  - https://localhost:8083/webreports?page=CustomReport
    - localhost will need to be set to the FQDN or IP of your web reports server
    - 8083 will need to be set to the port of your web reports server
- Paste Lines 18 through 67 into the Custom Web Report
- Scroll Down and Click the Preview button on the far right
- Scroll Up and Click the Hide Source link on the top left
  - This will show what the Custom Web Report will look like normally
- View the Web Report
  - Experiment and Compare the Functionality to the Dashboard