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For a detailed account of how Open-AudIT determines what is a current attribute and what is an attribute that has changed or does not exist, see "Information about how Open-AudIT processes and stores data".
Accessing the Data
As of v2.0, Open-AudIT no longer uses groups as the primary method of access. Users of Open-AudIT now have one or more Roles which in turn have permissions on collections within Open-AudIT. Examples of collections are devices, discoveries, locations, etc. Permissions are simple - create, read, update and delete or CRUD. In combination with a user's roles, a user also has access to one or more Organisations (Orgs). Every item in a collection is assigned to an organization. We combine what (roles) they are allowed to do with which items (orgs) they are allowed to do it on.
Groups are now simply a list of devices. User A can view the same group as User B, but if they have a different list of orgs they are allowed to operate on, they will likely see a different list of devices.
The old way of working (pre v2.0) is below.
Open-AudIT classifies devices into Groups. A device may belong to more than one Group. A Group can be based on any attribute a device has. Groups are readily created in XML format or via the web page. Open-AudIT comes with over 40 Groups pre-defined. Groups can be activated or not (turned on or off). Some Groups are automatically created (based on network subnet, for example).
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Once Open-AudIT has the asset data, querying this data can be readily achieved. Open-AudIT comes with nearly 50 Query definitions already created. Queries can be activated or not (enabled for user access or not). Query definitions are stored in an easy to read XML format. A tutorial on creating a Query can be found in "How to create a Query definition". Queries can be at a point in time or more advanced queries can show trends or even forecasts. Query Queries and Summaries already created. All data can be requested in the classic web interface format or XML, JSON, Excel, CSV , HTML or HTML table formats. Some Queries can even be requested via RSS for easy consumption in Outlook (or your feed reader of choice)formats using the (new for v2.0) restful API.
Open-AudIT Professional and Enterprise adds add the ability to request Reports be run on a pre-defined schedule and emailed or stored.