Modules > Asset Management > Client Operations - Workstation Data Assistant

Tasks are individual jobs to be done on the target client. Tasks are defined using the MIE and can be set to be run on a repeated (scheduled) basis. Alternately, a task can be set to run once.

Tasks can be set to run as normal processes or they can be set as Windows start-up tasks, to be automatically started by Windows each time it starts.

Tasks can be set to interact with the end user (such as a task that solicits input from the end user), or tasks may be set to run in the background (such as auto-discovery).

Tasks that can be run include:

•Installation or de-installation of client software (requires proper installation/de-installation packaging)

•Update of components of the Workstation Data Assistant

•Usage monitoring of installed software

•Auto-discovery (both hardware and software)

•Notification and messaging

Tasks are managed from the Manage Tasks screen which can be found by selecting the Clients (WDA) function from the Asset Management left-hand menu, and then selecting Manage Tasks from the sub-menu. It is often the case that software that runs on a client machine will require two tasks, one task to install the program on the client’s machine (the install task) and a second task that describes the program itself. The latter task (the one describing the task to be run) refers to the install task, and is the one that is added to the client’s schedule.

Tasks that “push” software to client machines are typically defined only as an install task, and are not placed on a schedule, but are instead added to the “run-once” schedule.