Inventory management

Exactly what assets are deployed on the network?

Where is each asset located?

What changes were made since the start of this year?

Knowing precisely what is on your network can save you money in increased productivity and efficiency. It’s also vital to know if something is on your network that shouldn't be, such as a rogue wireless device. That’s the kind of knowledge that Paglo can help you with.

Let's start with a simple example: What devices are on your network? One easy way to find the answer is to check the Community Searches on the Search page of your Paglo Web account, and run the Inventory Devices search. Or click this link to run an Inventory Devices search right from this page:

Paglo finds all of the servers, workstations, printers, and other devices that your Paglo Crawler discovered on your network. In this screenshot example, the results of the search are displayed on a Paglo dashboard in an easy-to-read table format. The results of this search also include the IP address of each device, and the date it was last seen.

Try your own search

You'll want to try conducting other types of searches too. Try a basic search using words or phrases in plain English. In the search field below, click Search to look for network adapters on your network. Or insert your own search terms:

One of the easiest is the click-to-keep search, where you refine a basic search so it returns precisely what you want. Do this by clicking the relevant items that you want to keep in the results.

Paglo recognizes wildcards and boolean operators too. And then there's the template search, which presents a list of variables such as IP addresses that you can choose from to focus the search.

Find useful searches

You'll find that you don't need to create that many searches yourself. You can take advantage of what your fellow Paglo users have developed by modifying a community search to suit your own circumstances. To find a list of existing searches:

In your Paglo Web account, click the Search right arrow, and select
Show All Searches:
Filter by your own company, the greater Paglo community, and a list of the history of your own previous searches.

Other inventory-related searches might be useful:
- Shared Devices
- All Devices by Subnets
- User Devices

Post it to a dashboard

You can create a dashboard to display top-priority information at a glance — a virtual Network Operation Center (NOC). And as your Paglo Crawler reports fresh data from periodic scans, your Dashboard self-updates.

It's simple: when you have a search that's a keeper, click the Show/Hide button and pick Add to Dashboard to post the search to a dashboard for easy reference. Set up as many dashboards as you like.

Want to find out more?

If you’re curious, there are lots more examples of Paglo searches. If you’re new to Paglo, get acquainted with the basic search capabilities. If you’re a power user, check out the advanced search options. Or simply find out all about Paglo.