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Patch Candidate report


This topic lists the columns and prompts available in the Patch Candidate report.

Report columns

The Patch Candidate report shows whether patch packages have been applied to the databases in your environment, and displays the following information:

  • The filters applied to the report

    Note

    Due to a limitation of the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform, the summary of filters applied to the report displays the prompt values selected at the time the report was run. Report filters applied explicitly on the report are not displayed in this summary.

  • Patch package name
  • Host where the patch package was installed
  • Database on the host
  • Database type on the host
  • Version of the database on the host
  • OS on the host
  • OS version on the host
  • OS architecture on the host
  • Domain for the host
  • Status of the patch package
  • Total number of databases shown in the report.

Report prompts

The following prompts apply to this report:

Prompt

Description

Manager Hostname (optional)

The names of servers hosting the BMC Database Automation Manager in your environment that you want included in your report

Database Name (optional)

The names of databases in your environment that you want included in your report

Database Type (optional)

The types of databases in your environment that you want included in your report

Patch Package Name (optional)

The name of a patch package that you want included in your report

Status (optional)

The status of a related object in your environment that you want included in your report
For the Patching Candidate report, this refers to the patching status of a target database, either Not Patched or Patched. For the Activity report, this refers to the status of a Job, either FAILED or SUCCEEDED.

Related topic

Running-and-viewing-reports

 

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