A user asked for help accessing a custom Insights report "Teams Trends 7days" - they were provided with the full URL to access it both for cloud (https://insights.controlup.com/home/application-trends/) and on-premise (https://insights.domainname.com/teams_trends_7days). Unfortunately, this didn't help and the page comes up blank.
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ControlUp Insights Related Training & Support Archives
ControlUp Insights training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Analyzing Hive Health and Scout Health in ControlUp Portal
This discussion focused on the difference between hive health and scout health, and the health metrics available in the scout details on the ControlUp portal. It was suggested that a "dead man's switch" be included to better help Scoutbee users with a metric to rule out hive-related issues. Hive availability can also be monitored to understand the reason for no test results in a certain period. The URL for the feature "Scout malfunction alert" is https://support.controlup.com/docs/alerts-for-stopped-scouts.
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Where Does ControlUp Solve Get Its Data?
A user asked why Solve was displaying data and where it was being sourced from - it was clarified that it came from Monitor In-RAM DB and could also be accessed programmatically with the Monitor Cluster Cmdlets.
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Investigating an Automated Insights Export Issue
The team experienced an issue with automated Insights export emails being sent to all their users. After investigation, it was found that the agent on the license server was not correctly collecting the data and sending it to Insights. The export was deleted and a possible solution was suggested.
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Historical Data stopped updating in ControlUp
The user had difficulty seeing historical data since February 23 despite service restart, and opened a support ticket. It was suggested to restart the service or to wait for an upgrade to 8.7. A large mass of data tickets were uploaded, and it will take a day or two for the data to be processed and the issue to be resolved. 8.8 with its multi-tenancy feature is due to be released and the user was excited by the news.
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Newly Added Citrix ADCs Not Showing Up In ControlUP Insights or Solve
The user needed help with adding Citrix ADCs to CUP with Insights and Solve not displaying. It was suggested that the user should check if they used shared credentials and use a data collector. It was also suggested to add credentials to the monitor settings and change the connection settings to the shared credential, with a link to https://support.controlup.com/docs/configuring-shared-credentials. The user was thankful for the help.
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How to view (in the user reports) how long the session was idle on ControlUp?
The user wanted to track idle time in user reports, but couldn't find the column in the default view. It is available in the User Activity historical report. Wouter and Joel advised to access this data from Insights or the Solve button, but the column has not been ported over due to inaccuracy. The user eventually found it.
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Any plans to upgrade ControlUp with Splunk to a version 9+?
The IOP team is looking at upgrading Splunk to a version 9+ after a customer's security scan revealed multiple vulnerabilities for versions below 9.x. In the meantime, exceptions have been put in place. IOP is a Splunk OEM product and cannot be incorporated into another Splunk solution, and multiple support requests have been sent as well. Ref #132898.
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Understanding Desktop Load Time in CU Insights for VDI Environments
The user asked for an explanation of the Desktop Load Time parameter in CU Insights for Citrix VDI environments - this is the average duration of the desktop initialization phase, including the Active Setup phase if it is the first time a user logs on to a Windows computer. The user also asked what can affect the duration and if any methods are available to fight the parameter and make the Logon Duration Score lower. Further information is available at https://support.controlup.com/docs/logon-duration-report and https://www.controlup.com/resources/blog/entry/troubleshoot-and-speed-up-windows-logons-in-desktop-virtualization-environments/.
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Differences Between Solve and Insights by ControlUp
A user asked about the differences between ControlUp's Solve and Insights. The user was told that Solve is the main interface and Insights will be incorporated into Solve. The webinar https://www.controlup.com/webinars/webinar-optimize-your-daas-environment-with-controlups-next-gen-web-interface/haha is a good source for more information. The user was told that some reports and functions are not yet in Solve and there is a separate license for Solve.
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