Installation manual
Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 107
2 Select the desired task in the Remote Desktop window.
The task status and computers involved are shown in the Remote Desktop window.
3 Click the Stop button in the top-right of the main window.
Getting Completed Task History
After a task has received feedback from all the involved client computers, or they
have experienced a communication timeout, the task is moved to the History list.
The History list is located in the left side of the Remote Desktop window, and has a
disclosure triangle to expand or hide the list. This list stays populated as long as
you’ve set in the Remote Desktop preferences. The History list can also be viewed in
a separate window with the tasks sorted by date.
To view a completed task history:
To view the history in the Remote Desktop window, open the History list by using m
the disclosure triangle and select the desired task.
To view the history in a new window, choose Window > Task History. m
The nal task status and computers involved are shown in a separate window.
Saving a Task for Later Use
You may want to save a task for later, repeated use. If you nd yourself repeating
certain tasks, you can save those tasks and the information about which computers
go with them. Observe and Control tasks cannot be saved.
Saved tasks appear in a list on the left side of the Remote Desktop main window.
To save a task for later use:
1 Open the task you want to save.
For example, if you want to save a Copy Items task, select Manage > Copy Items.
2 Congure the task as desired.
3 Before executing the task, click Save.
4 Name the saved task.
The task appears in a list on the left side of the Remote Desktop main window.
Creating and Using Task Templates
In each task conguration dialog, you can save a task’s settings to a template to reuse
for future tasks of that same type. For example, if you always use certain copy options
for a Copy Items task, you can save those settings as a template, and have them
apply to any newly created Copy Items task. Once a task template is saved, you can
select any one of the saved templates from the Templates pop-up menu. Selecting a
template automatically congures the dialog box according to the saved template.