Viewing detailed results

The Results page gives the user access to compliance validation results based on their level of security. There are a number of different views in the Results tab, where validation results can be viewed and analyzed.

1. The results page allows the user to see the compliance results of individual compliance validation processes. Using the drop down menu on the left hand side of the screen, the result panel to view can be chosen.
2. Selecting the Validations result panel invokes the Process execution Summary screen. Compliance validation results for the most recently run processes are displayed in this Summary.
3. When it is first opened it shows the processes that have been started in the past 24 hours and the processes that have been scheduled to run in the next 24 hours. The Process execution summary screen captures the process name, state, number of devices validated, as well as other important information used in analyzing process execution.
4. Use the following table to understand the columns displayed on this screen.

   Table 1. Process execution summary fields

   Field Name	Description
   Name	Name of the Process/Policy Validation
   State	States may be: Scheduled, Queued, Running, Finished, Error
   Executed By	The User ID of the user executing the validation is captured. The User ID is "System", if the process is scheduled or automated
   Devices	The number of devices the validation was run against
   Process Type	The Process Type is always "Compliance"
   Execution Type	Types may be : adhoc, one-off scheduled, recurring scheduled, unscheduled, automated
   Start Time	Date/time the validation started at
   End Time	Date/time the validation finished at
   Process RCK	Unique ID used in Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance database for Process
   Revision	Process revision number
   Worker ID	The name of the evaluation engine being used

5. Users may take advantage of the paging feature at the bottom of the Process Execution Summary screen, which provides the user with the ability to show all results at once, or to customize the number of results they see on the screen at a time. The paging buttons allow easy navigation through results.
   The paging feature only pages processes which are in a Finished state.
6. By selecting one of the process icons in the centre of the screen, the user can view finished processes (Finished), currently active processes (Running) and scheduled processes (Scheduled).
7. To view further information from the results provided in the Process execution summary, simply select one of the processes to view the Policy Validation Summary at the bottom of the screen. The Policy Validation Summary provides information on Policy name, Severity, Revision, Date, Count of Results - Pass, Failed, Not Assessed, Exempt.
8. Further information can be obtained on each Policy, by selecting Details.
9. The user can generate an ad-hoc process report from the Results tab, by clicking on the Run Report icon. When this is invoked a Report dialog is displayed. The parameter options here allow the user to configure a report as required.
   Large Validation reports may take a while to generate. On average every 1000 pages of detailed validations will take around 1 minute to generate.
10. The user has the ability to drill down on the validation to view the results, and then drill down on the results to see the device details. Users have the ability to click on Policies for which there are results, that is, those with Pass, Fail, Exempt or Not Assessed, and access further information on the Policy. This can be achieved by clicking on the Details icon on the bottom of the pane, which displays the sub options available for each device.
    Note: The 'View modelled config' option is only available for smart model devices.