Edit Audits and User Defined Fields

You can add a number of User Fields at all stages of the audit process.

• PRE-AUDIT
  
  You can store 2 fields of data that will be added to all PCs in an automated audit in the configuration file. 
  
  These cannot be changed post-audit and they are not visible at the user's PC even if you run an audit where the user must interact with the scanner to enter answers to questions.
  
  You set these in the configuration tool.  Click to view an example.

• WHEN DEPLOYING NEW PCs
  
  You can add two fields that are PC specific. 
  
  These fields are nominally titled Location and Misc. but of course you can enter anything you want that's useful to you. 
  
  Create a text file using Notepad with the format below and save it as ezaudit.ini to the C:\ root.  Yes, we know that C:\ is locked in many environments, but it is universal and there are ways as an admin to write to C:\

  LOCATION=NEW YORK BRANCH, 12TH FLOOR, OFFICE #25A
  MISC=INTERNAL ASSET TAG: A8F9K

  These cannot be changed post-audit and they are not visible at the user's PC even if you run an audit where the user must interact with the scanner to enter answers to questions.
  
  

• AT AUDIT TIME
  
  There are four fields that can be entered manually at the PC being audited. 
  
  You can ask your users to enter information into these fields when you configure your scan, including the option to require answers before they continue, or you can use these yourself if doing a hands-on scan to enter anything you want.

  In a configured audit for your users you can also set whether you want them to answer the questions each time an audit is run, or to retain the answers for future audits.

  For more details read about configuring audits.

• POST AUDIT
  
  You can add four Admin Notes at the Admin Console to each audit.  These are your notes related to the specific PC that remain even when the PC is audited again.  Example: to note when that PC was put in service, an in-house service tag, etc.

  You can add Generic Notes that apply to all PCs in the folder you have opened that remain with these audits even when the PCs have been audited again. Example: The location name for those audits, the reason for those audits, etc.

Additionally, you can edit the PC name, user name, Make/Model/Serial Number for any PC.  These are also retained for that particular machine across new audits. Why?  Users asked for that.  We can't imagine a good reason for it, but enough users said they can use it so we did it.