Performance Packs

Performance Packs are for optimizing how you use and report on FileWave. Performance packs include content like how to deploy and configure TeamViewer or a Dashboard to report on the state of your environment. They are meant to be used at any time to improve how you use FileWave.

FileWave Overview - Content Pack

Description

About Content Packs: FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by example!  Each content pack is meant to be a "whole solution", putting together all of the pieces of FileWave to accomplish a goal.

About This Content Pack: This FileWave Content Pack focuses on reporting instead of distributable content, and gives you some really great reporting and a dashboard built on standard inventory data to show overall FileWave system and environment status. The purpose of this pack is provide the information you need to proactively manage your environment and is comprised of all of the contents listed below:

What You Get in this Content Pack

This content pack provides:

Reports (aka Inventory Queries):

Reports are a great way of measuring the effectiveness of distributing content, and can be used for all sorts of compliance purposes as well.  Trust, but verify is what reports are all about.  In this pack we have included the following  reports:

Dashboards:

Dashboards build upon reports and are an incredibly powerful tool for showing aggregated data in charts and graphs.  This pack provides the following dashboard:

Ingredients

(Only one of the following is needed, based on your admin device's OS platform)

Windows Content Pack Windows Content Pack Download

macOS Content Pack (ARM based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/326

macOS Content Pack (Intel based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/327

Directions

  1. Download the appropriate content pack above  (based on your admin device's platform) and unzip it

  2. Run the user_interface tool in the user_interface folder, using appropriate credentials for your environment (check out our overview article on importing content packs here)
  3. Once completed, verify the new content in your system (and import the dashboard)

Sample Screenshots

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Notes

Note that you can freely edit any of the content in this content pack.  We do recommend reviewing each of the types of content as provided first though so that you can get a feel for how things "fit together" before modification.

FileWave Power/Battery Reporting

Description

FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by example!  Each content pack is meant to be a "whole solution", putting together all of the pieces of FileWave to accomplish a goal.

This FileWave Content Pack is built to report on battery health and power use settings for macOS and Windows clients.  It is comprised of all of the contents listed below:

What You Get in this Content Pack

This content pack provides:

Custom Fields:

"Custom Fields" are a terrific way to extend the "inventory attributes" of your devices.  In this content pack we have included:

Note that the battery information collected above does not try to account for multiple batteries, so you may want to adjust if you have that scenario in your environment.

Reports (aka Inventory Queries):

Reports are a great way of measuring the effectiveness of distributing content, and can be used for all sorts of compliance purposes as well.  Trust, but verify is what reports are all about.  In this pack we have included the following  reports:

Dashboards:

Dashboards build upon reports and are an incredibly powerful tool for showing aggregated data in charts and graphs.  This pack provides the following dashboard(s):

Ingredients

Windows Content Pack Windows Content Pack Download

macOS Content Pack (ARM based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/397

macOS Content Pack (Intel based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/399

On macOS, Apple's Gatekeeper will quarantine the download if you don't use curl to download the zip.  Quarantine may be removed, after unzipping the download, with the following command which will allow the tool to run:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine <path to unzipped folder>

Directions

  1. Download the above content pack and unzip it

  2. Run the <app name> tool, using appropriate credentials for your environment
  3. Once completed, verify the new content in your system (and import dashboards, if applicable)

Sample Screenshots

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Notes

Note that you can freely edit any of the content in this content pack.  We do recommend reviewing each of the types of content as provided first though so that you can get a feel for how things "fit together" before modification.

MDM Command History Content Pack

Description

FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by example!  Each content pack is meant to be a "whole solution", putting together all of the pieces of FileWave to accomplish a goal.

This FileWave Content Pack is built to give you an overview of everything that FileWave is doing from an Apple MDM perspective and is comprised of all of the contents listed below:

What You Get in this Content Pack

This content pack provides:

Reports (aka Inventory Queries):

Reports are a great way of measuring the effectiveness of distributing content, and can be used for all sorts of compliance purposes as well.  Trust, but verify is what reports are all about.  In this pack we have included the following  reports:

Dashboards:

Dashboards build upon reports and are an incredibly powerful tool for showing aggregated data in charts and graphs.  This pack provides the following dashboard(s):

Ingredients

Windows Content Pack Windows Content Pack Download

macOS Content Pack (ARM based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/418

macOS Content Pack (Intel based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/417

Directions

  1. Download the above content pack and unzip it

  2. Run the import tool, using appropriate credentials for your environment
  3. Once completed, verify the new content in your system (and import dashboards, if applicable)

Sample Screenshots

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Notes

Note that you can freely edit any of the content in this content pack.  We do recommend reviewing each of the types of content as provided first though so that you can get a feel for how things "fit together" before modification.

Windows Client Health Dashboard

Description

FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by example!  Each content pack is meant to be a "whole solution", putting together all of the pieces of FileWave to accomplish a goal.

Once you use this dashboard, please consider giving us feedback so we know how helpful this was to you: Submit Feedback

This FileWave Content Pack is built to do extensive reporting on the health of managed Windows clients and is comprised of all of the contents listed below:

What You Get in this Content Pack

This content pack provides:

Custom Fields:

"Custom Fields" are a terrific way to extend the "inventory attributes" of your devices.  In this content pack we have included:

Reports (aka Inventory Queries):

Reports are a great way of measuring the effectiveness of distributing content, and can be used for all sorts of compliance purposes as well.  Trust, but verify is what reports are all about.  In this pack we have included the following  reports:

Dashboards:

Dashboards build upon reports and are an incredibly powerful tool for showing aggregated data in charts and graphs.  This pack provides the following dashboard(s):

Ingredients

Windows Content Pack Windows Content Pack Download

macOS Content Pack (ARM based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/384

macOS Content Pack (Intel based)

On macOS, we need to use curl to download so that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app...the example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/385

Directions

  1. Download the appropriate content pack above  (based on your admin device's platform) and unzip it
  2. Run the FileWave Uploader tool in the unzipped folder, using appropriate credentials for your environment (check out our overview article on importing content packs here)
  3. Once completed, verify the new content in your system (and import the dashboard)

Sample Screenshots

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Notes

Note that you can freely edit any of the content in this content pack.  We do recommend reviewing each of the types of content as provided first though so that you can get a feel for how things "fit together" before modification.

Once you use this dashboard, please consider giving us feedback so we know how helpful this was to you: Submit Feedback

Apple Client Health Dashboard

Description

FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by example!  Each content pack is designed to be a "whole solution", putting together all of the pieces of FileWave to accomplish a goal.

Once you use this dashboard, please consider giving us feedback so we know how helpful this was to you: Submit Feedback

This FileWave Content Pack is built for extensive reporting on the health of managed Apple MDM clients and is comprised of all of the contents listed below:

What You Get in this Content Pack

This content pack provides:

Custom Fields:

"Custom Fields" are a terrific way to extend the "inventory attributes" of your devices.  In this content pack we have included:

Reports (aka Inventory Queries):

Reports are a great way of measuring the effectiveness of distributed content and can be used for all sorts of compliance purposes as well.  Trust, but verify, is what reports are all about.  In this pack we have included the following  reports:

Dashboards:

Dashboards build upon reports and are an incredibly powerful tool for showing aggregated data in charts and graphs.  This pack provides the following dashboard(s):

Ingredients

Windows Content Pack Windows Content Pack Download

macOS Content Pack (ARM based)

On macOS, we need to use curl for downloading, such that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app.  The example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/422

macOS Content Pack (Intel based)

On macOS, we need to use curl for downloading, such that Gatekeeper doesn't quarantine the import application.  You can copy and paste the following into Terminal.app.  The example provided downloads import_pack.zip to the desktop

 

curl -o ~/Desktop/import_pack.zip https://kb.filewave.com/attachments/420

Directions

  1. Download the appropriate content pack above  (based on your admin device's platform) and unzip it
  2. Run the FileWave Uploader tool in the unzipped folder, using appropriate credentials for your environment (check out our overview article on importing content packs here)
  3. Once completed, verify the new content in your system (and import the dashboard)

Sample Screenshots

image.png

Notes

You can freely edit any of the content in this content pack.  We do recommend reviewing each of the types of content as provided first, though, so that you can get a feel for how things "fit together" before modification.

Once you use this dashboard, please consider giving us feedback so we know how helpful this was to you: Submit Feedback