Viewing devices in policy groups

You can open a policy group and view details about the Active devices associated with it.

To view a policy group's devices:

  1. Log in to the Secure Endpoint Console as a user with View permissions for Policies.
  2. On the navigation bar, click Policies > Policy Groups.
  3. On the Policy Groups sidebar, click the policy group that you want to view.
  4. Under the policy group name, click <#> devices. The policy group's Devices page opens to show the list of devices that belong to the policy group.
  5. To close the Devices page when you're done, click .

By default, the following filters are used to generate a policy group's Devices page:

Agent status is Active and

Policy group is <policy group name>

Note that if you are viewing a policy's ineligible devices, the following filter is also applied to the page:

Base license > Name is not <name of product or products that are required to activate the policy>

The Devices page includes the following information:

Column Description
Device name The name assigned to the device in the operating system. For Chromebooks, device name is not applicable and therefore shows as "Chrome" in the Secure Endpoint Console.

The device's device name The name assigned to the device in the operating system. For Chromebooks, device name is not applicable and therefore shows as "Chrome" in the Secure Endpoint Console. and serial number The identification number assigned to the device by the device manufacturer. For Windows devices, this value may correspond to the serial number of the BIOS, the motherboard, or the chassis, depending on the manufacturer.

To view the device's Device Details page, click the linked device name.
Base license > Name

The name of each Absolute base product assigned to the device

Hover of a name to view the full name and expiration date of each license in a tooltip.
Add-on license > Name

The name of each Absolute add-on product assigned to the device

Hover of a name to view the full name and expiration date of each license in a tooltip. If there are no add-on licenses assigned to the device, No Data shows.
Username Username of the user who was logged in to the device when an agent connection occurred. If no user was logged in during the most recent agent connection, the last detected username shows. If you are viewing a report and want to see if a user was logged in during the most recent connection, add the Current Username column to the report. If no user was logged in at the time of the connection, "No Data" or two em dashes (— —) show in the column. The username of the user that was logged in to the device when the most recent agent connection occurred.
Activation date A field and report column that shows the date and time that the device completed its first check-in to the Absolute Monitoring Center and the device's Secure Endpoint Agent was activated. The date and time when the device first checked in to the Absolute Monitoring Center and its Secure Endpoint Agent was activated
Last connected The date and time when a device's component manager last connected to the Absolute Monitoring Center. For online devices, the component manager connects every 15 minutes. Also see component manager (CTES). The date and time when the device last checked in to the Absolute Monitoring Center
Device compliance > Status

The device's compliance status as determined by the conditions set in the associated Device Compliance policy

  • Compliant — the device has met all of the conditions set in the policy

  • Non-compliant — the device has not met one or more of the conditions set in the policy

  • No data — the device is not associated with a Device Compliance policy or is not supported by the policy
Device compliance > Details

The reasons for non-compliance when the device is reported as Non-compliant, or "Unsupported" when the device is not running a supported OS
Device compliance > Last updated

The date and time device compliance results were last updated in the console as a result of:

  • Updated data

  • Changes in compliance configuration

  • Changes in device licensing
Added to policy group The date and time when the device was added to the policy group
Platform type The name of the device platform, such as Windows, Mac, or Chrome. The platform of the device
Make The manufacturer of the device
Model The model of the device

By default, the data is sorted by the Last connected column, in descending order. You can change the sort order by clicking a column heading.

You can edit the Devices page by performing the following tasks:

To revert to the default view of the page, click > Reset to default.

You can also view the location of your devices.

To add devices to the policy group, click to close the policy group's Devices page, and then click (Add devices).

Depending on the Absolute licenses associated with your account, and your user role, you may be able to perform some or all of the following tasks on the devices in this report: