Activation report

After the Secure Endpoint Agent is installed, you can you use the Activation report to confirm that devices have successfully enrolled in your account.

Specifically, the Activation report shows the following devices:

  • Devices that have completed a first check-in to the Absolute Monitoring Center
  • Devices that have been activated at the factory but have not yet called in to the Absolute Monitoring Center

On the Reports page, you can access this report from Absolute view or the Device category.

The Activation report applies to all supported devices.

By default, the following filter is used to generate this report:

Agent status is Active or Agent status is Inactive or Firmware persistence status is Active

The Activation report includes a default collection of device information organized in the following columns:

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.

Device name, which includes 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.
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 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.
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 that the device completed its first check-in to the Absolute Monitoring Center
Last connected The date and time when a device's Secure Endpoint Agent last checked in to the Absolute Monitoring Center. The date and time when the Secure Endpoint Agent on the device last checked in successfully to the Absolute Monitoring Center
Agent status The operating condition of a device's Secure Endpoint Agent. Possible values are Active (indicates that the device's agent has connected to the Absolute Monitoring Center), Inactive (indicates one of the following: the device was moved to another account; the device was unenrolled, but it is now set to be reactivated; or the device had Persistence enabled at the factory, but it has not yet called in to the Absolute Monitoring Center), and Disabled (indicates that the agent is either flagged for removal or removed from the unenrolled device). Inactive and Disabled devices do not consume a license. The status of the Secure Endpoint Agent
Firmware Persistence > Status The status of the Absolute Persistence module, which is embedded in the firmware of a Windows device by the device manufacturer. The module is responsible for monitoring the health of the Secure Endpoint Agent and restoring it if it's missing, damaged, or tampered with. Possible statuses are: Active, Deactivated, Not Supported, Pending, Pending Removal, and Unknown.

The status of the Absolute Persistence module embedded in the firmware of the device

Status Definition
Active The Absolute Persistence module is activated on the device.
Deactivated The Absolute Persistence module has been deactivated on the device.
Not Supported

The Absolute Persistence module is not installed in the firmware/BIOS of the device

This status is always shown for Mac, Chromebook, and unsupported Windows devices..
Pending The Absolute Persistence module is not yet activated on the device.
Pending Removal The Absolute Persistence module is flagged for deactivation, but the process is not yet complete.
Unknown Currently unable to detect a valid status of the Absolute Persistence module. If this issue persists, contact Absolute Technical Support.
Firmware Persistence > Version The version number of the Absolute Persistence module, which is embedded in the firmware of a Windows device by the device manufacturer. The module is responsible for monitoring the health of the Secure Endpoint Agent and restoring it if it's missing, damaged, or tampered with. Possible values are 1.0 or 2.0.

The version number of the Absolute Persistence module embedded in the firmware of the device

This column applies to supported Windows devices only.
Make The manufacturer of a device. The manufacturer of the device
Model The model of the device
OS > Name The name and version of the operating system detected on a device. The operating system is software that manages the software and hardware installed on a computer and allows programs and services to run. It is responsible for the basic operations of a computer system. The name of the operating system that is detected on the device
Hardware > Status

The icons in these columns indicate the status of each policy on the device:

: The policy is activated on the device.

: The policy is not activated on the device.
BIOS > Version The serial number, version, and manufacturer of the device's BIOS or firmware
BIOS > Version date The version of the BIOS and the date that it was last updated

If No Data shows in a column, the information was not detected on the device.

You can use most of the device information as search criteria to search for a device, or a group of devices. You can also include other device information in the report, such as custom fields, by adding more columns. To refresh the report's data, click in the page footer.

You can use the Activation report to monitor factory activated devices that are in transit and haven't yet called in to the Absolute Monitoring Center. The Absolute Persistence module Absolute Persistence® technology is embedded in the BIOS of most Windows devices during the manufacturing process. The Persistence module is activated during theSecure Endpoint Agent’s first connection to the Absolute Monitoring Center. This software checks the status of the agent and initiates self-healing to restore the agent if it's missing, damaged, or tampered with. is activated at the factory. The Secure Endpoint Agent will activate the first time the device is powered on. As the device has not yet called in to the Absolute Monitoring Center, limited information is available about the device. The following columns are populated:

By default, the report data is sorted by the Device Name column, in ascending order. You can change the sort order by clicking a column heading.

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 Activation report:

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: