Control Pass/Fail Report
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Tell me about the Control Pass/Fail Report

The Control Pass/Fail interactive report shows you the compliance status for the selected controls (maximum 25). Interactive reports are not saved to your reports list.

Note: Policy Compliance Interactive Reports are not supported in SCA only subscriptions. PC is required to run these reports.

How do I do it?

You can quickly run interactive reports from the Policy Summary. Click any control (under Top Failing Controls) to run the Control Pass/Fail report. Show meShow me

Optionally, you can create a new Control Pass/Fail report from the Reports tab. Show meShow me

  1. Select New > Interactive Report > select Control Pass/Fail > Run.

    control pass/fail report
  2. In the Reports Setup window, for Policy, select the policy for the report.
  3. Select the required Asset Group.

    Report setup window with policy and asset group selected
  4. Click Select to select the required control(s) for your report.

    Select control window with all controls displayed
  5. On selecting the controls click Add.
    Select control window with some controls selected
  6. To generate the report, click Run.

    Report setup window with policy, asset group, and controls added.

    The report is generated and displayed in a new browser window.

 

Note: When selecting the control(s) for a policy you can select a maximum of 25 controls.

What's in my report

Tell me about the resultsTell me about the results

Hosts included in the report are listed with a compliance status (posture) and control ID for the specified control.

Click on any row in the Results to see specific scan results and evidence for the control, including the Expected value (set in the policy) and the Actual value (returned by the most recent scan) for the control on the host. 

Tell me about compliance status (posture)Tell me about compliance status (posture)

Possible values are:

Passed - The expected value for the control matches the actual value returned during the last compliance scan on the host.

Failed - The expected value for the control does not match the actual value returned during the last compliance scan on the host.

PassedE - The host is exempt from the control. This means that an exception was requested and accepted for the control on the host.

Error - An error occurred during control evaluation on the host. (Tip - Reporting options in user defined control settings allow you to ignore errors and show a different status.)

How to request exceptionsHow to request exceptions

Select the Request link in the Exception column for a single host that requires an exception. To include multiple hosts in your request, select the check box next to each host in the results and then click the Request Exception button at the top of the report. You'll need to assign the exceptions to a user and provide comments.

What does Deprecated Control Icon mean?What does Deprecated Control Icon mean?

This appears next to deprecated controls. A workflow is provided in the Policy Editor for replacing deprecated controls.

How to show/hide the Setup Pane and Preview PaneHow to show/hide the Setup Pane and Preview Pane

Select the Setup Pane option from the View menu to choose another control to report on or change report settings. You can also show/hide the Preview Pane.

Did you run your report from the Policy Summary?Did you run your report from the Policy Summary?

You can go back to the Policy Summary at any time to choose a different control to report on. Note that you won't have the option to change report settings from within the report or view the Setup Pane.