View - Reports Overview What Reports and Smart Groups both use conditions to identify devices. Use a Smart Group when the matching devices should receive an action, such as a deployment. Use a Report when you need to view or track matching devices, such as software rollout progress. When/Why Use Reports to find problem areas, track ongoing projects, and feed aggregate dashboard widgets. How The video below shows a quick example of creating a Report to find Firefox across the environment. Reports support several actions: You can open a Report to view matching devices, edit it to change conditions, remove it, or move it into a group for organization.