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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
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 (base don network subnet, for example).
stores the data assets in Groups. Application users have a level of access on a per Group basesbasis. For detailed information see "Information about Users and Groups".
Access is quite granular with Group permissions ranging from none to the ability to change data (and a few in between).
The combination of devices, groups and users is very powerful and access can be very specific if required.
Using the Data
Once Open-AudIT has the asset data, reporting can be readily achieved. Open-AudIT comes with 50 Report definitions already created. Reports can be activated or not (enabled for user access or not). Report definitions are stored in an easy to read XML report definition format. A tutorial on creating a Report can be found in "How to create a Report definition". Reports can be at a point in time or more advanced reporting can show trends or even forecasts. Report data can be requested in the classic web interface format or XML, JSON, Excel, CSV, HTML or HTML table formats. Some Reports can even be requested via RSS for easy consumption in Outlook (or your feedreader of choice).
Open-AudIT Enterprise adds the ability to request reports be run on a pre-defined schedule and emailed or stored.