BIOS
BIOS report reveals provides a view of the hardware operating system information for the Windows systems that WhatsUp Gold discovers on the network.
- . Device hostname, IP address, or custom label.
- . Device primary IP address.
- . Name of the BIOS manufacturer.
- . Additional BIOS manufacturer description information.
- . Device serial number.
Click a column heading (
) to display the column selection listing 
. You can also include:
- . Manufacturer's description.
- . Assigned category based on functional characteristics uncovered during discovery.
- . Hostname of the device (if available/defined).
- . Primary role of device.
- . Contact information/responsible individual associated with this device.
- . Location information associated with this device (building, floor, and rack, for example)
- . Brand of the device.
- . Operating system role delegated by Discovery (given the information available).
- . Short description of the BIOS.
- . BIOS release date information.
- . Manufacturer of this software element.
: Results data displayed by this report are as fresh as the last device rescan/refresh. To ensure the most up-to-date information per device is reported here, you should Rescan/Refresh or rediscover. (If information is incomplete or lacks detail, ensure you applied the necessary layering of credentials to your discovery scan.)
Generate a report
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Choose one or more host devices you want BIOS measurements for.
Use the Select Device dialog for one of the following:
Control
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Purpose
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Device 
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Browse and choose a single device.
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Single Interface 
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Choose an interface on a device.
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Device Group 
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Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.
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: You can organize devices into custom or dynamic groups. For more information, see Grouping Devices.
. Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and customize your data view.
Filter and pick by column
Click a report heading () and use the "column picker" () from the drop down list.
Control
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Purpose
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Columns.
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Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
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Move Column.
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Click on a column heading and drag it to reorder your table's columns.
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: This report only returns BIOS metrics for devices that already have the appropriate credentials. For more information, see Using Credentials.
: WMI credentials must be applied to each Windows host device for which you want to collect software inventory, operating system inventory, BIOS inventory, and warranty inventory information.
Export report data
Report data can be exported from WhatsUp Gold, reused, and distributed in multiple formats. Select (
) from the Dashboard Options (
) menu. After the report has been expanded, select the Export Data icon to access the following options:
- . Generate and download a .htm file presenting your report data as it appears in the WhatsUp Gold user interface.
- . Generate and download a .xml spreadsheet containing your report data.
- .Generate and download a .csv file containing your report data.
- Generate and download a .txt file containing your report data.
- . Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.
: Current report data file format options are only applicable to export schedules created using WhatsUp Gold version 2021 and later. Any report data export schedule created using an earlier version of WhatsUp Gold will still result in a .PDF output until that schedule is removed from, then recreated in the Scheduled Reports Library using the latest version of WhatsUp Gold.
Choose Device. 