Reporting Groups

Reporting Groups allow you to create and manage groupings of devices within the same organization using different criteria. Their goal is to cover specific needs of departments, locations, or user collectives.

From this feature, you can:

• Check which users and roles have access to each group.
• See which devices are part of the group.
• Assign an update policy.
• Activate or modify remote assistance functionalities configured through FlexxAgent.
• Define a fishing pattern to automate device inclusion.

Creation of a reporting group

1. Go to Portal -> Settings -> Reporting Groups.

2. Click on New.

3. Fill out the form with the following fields:

   • Name. Group identifier.

   • Environment. Dropdown to choose the environment.

   • Fishing Pattern. Regular expression (RegEx) used to automate the inclusion of devices based on the content of the selected attribute in the Search Pattern Field. The pattern evaluates the value stored in that attribute, whether it's text, numbers, or any other string represented in it.

     note

     In versions prior to FlexxAgent 25.10, the fishing pattern is applied only to the device name.

   • Search Pattern Field. Device attribute on which the regular expression configured in the fishing pattern will be applied.

   • Patch policy target. Update policy assigned to the group.

Fishing pattern

The fishing pattern allows you to define regular expressions (RegEx) compatible with Java 8 for the automatic incorporation of devices into a report group.

The configured expression is compared with the content (value) of the attribute selected in the Search Pattern Field, whether it's text, numbers, or any other string represented in that field. It can be used to look for exact matches, texts that start or end in a specific way, or more advanced patterns. For partial matches, you can use * as a wildcard to indicate preceding or following content.

Examples:

RegEx	Matches...
.*2023$	any text ending in 2023.
.*abc.*	any text containing abc.
^item	texts starting with item.
\d{3}	strings formed by exactly three digits.

tip

To create and test regular expressions before configuring them in the production environment, Flexxible recommends using specialized tools like Regex101.

Considerations

• The system runs every hour an automatic process that searches for devices whose attribute value matches the configured expression. If found, it adds them to the corresponding reporting group.
• Regular expressions can have a maximum length of 250 characters.
• It is recommended to periodically review active expressions to avoid overlaps and conflicts among groups.

Fishing pattern scope

This field determines which device attribute the regular expression defined in the fishing pattern will be applied to.

Available options

• Full Name. Applies the expression to the device's full name.
• Description. Applies the expression to the content of the device description field.
• OU. Applies the expression to the organizational unit.
• Current Subnet. Applies the expression to the string of the device's current subnet.

info

The Search Pattern Field is available from FlexxAgent version 25.10. In previous versions, the phishing pattern applies only to the device's name.

Auto update of FlexxAgent

Allows activating the auto update of FlexxAgent on devices belonging to a group.

Settings

1. In the reporting group table, select the group(s) you want to configure.

2. Click on Edit auto update.

3. Choose one of the following options:

   • Enable auto update
   • Disable auto update
   • Reset auto update

   

note

In organizations with the FlexxAgent Versions feature, auto update always targets the Production environment, not Early.

Uninstallation Protection

This functionality prevents users from uninstalling FlexxAgent from the device. It can also be applied at the Product level.

Cases where protection is active

• The feature is enabled in the reporting group to which it belongs.
• The feature is deactivated in the reporting group (it is neither enabled nor disabled), but it is enabled at the Product level.

Requirements

• The configuration can only be performed by a user with the Organization Admin role.
• Available from FlexxAgent version 25.4.2.

Settings

The feature can be enabled in one or more groups:

1. Go to Portal -> Settings -> Reporting Groups.
2. Select the group and in the Action field, click on Agent settings.
3. Edit the Uninstallation protection option via the edit button.
4. Click on Save.

info

Reporting groups inherit the settings made at the Product level; however, they can overwrite them.

tip

For more information, see the documentation on Uninstallation Protection.

Reporting groups list

The list view shows the reporting groups with the following information:

• Name
• Environment
• Product
• Fishing pattern
• Fishing pattern scope
• Patch policy target
• Policy
• Automatic Update
• Uninstallation protection
• Action (See details and Agent settings)

Details of a reporting group

Upon accessing the details, several tabs are displayed:

1. Details

Contains the general information of the group.

Through Edit, you can modify: Name, Environment, Fishing pattern, Fishing pattern scope, and Patch policy target.

2. Roles

List of roles that can access the group. Includes:

• Name
• Assigned users
• Assigned tenants
• Created by
• Updated by
• Creation and update dates
• Action (Role details)

3. Users

List of users with access to the group. Includes:

• Full Name
• Email
• Department

4. Devices

List of devices associated with the group. Includes:

• Name
• Intel vPro Enterprise (compatibility)
• IP Address
• Operating System
• CPU Cores
• RAM
• Type (physical or virtual)
• Last connected user

5. Magic link

Users with the Organization Administrator role within a partner-type organization can generate and send Magic links to users so they can download FlexxAgent on their devices without requiring prior authentication.

This tab displays a table listing the magic links created in the reporting group, both from the Generate magic link button on the Portal homepage and from this tab.

The Create button allows you to generate magic links in the reporting group to optimize access to downloading FlexxAgent on devices, by defining their expiry time in advance.

Export allows exporting the list in .xlsx format and Refresh updates the list of magic links displayed in the table.

The table provides information about specific data of the created Magic link, such as the author, creation, and expiration dates; it also shows if it has been revoked and when. From here it is also possible to copy the generated magic link to share it and revoke it when deemed convenient.

More information about Magic links

FlexxAgent Configuration (Flexxible Remote Assistance)

Administrators can define the type of remote assistance:

• Interactive (attended)
• Unattended
• Dynamic
• None

This configuration is set from Products. However, specific configurations can be made for report groups.

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Download FlexxAgent

In FXXOne, you can download FlexxAgent directly from the reporting groups view. Simply click on Download agent to perform this action and then follow the installation steps.

This action can also be performed from the Portal home page.

info

Some of the FlexxAgent configuration options are not visible to users with the Organization Administrator role.

Report Group Verification

It's possible to check the group a device belongs to from the Workspaces section in Portal, by accessing the device details. The history of assigned groups is also displayed there.

Removal of a device from a reporting group

1. Access the Workspaces module -> Level 2 -> Reporting groups.
2. Select the corresponding reporting group.
3. In the Devices tab, select the device.
4. Go to Operations -> Delete workspace.