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Uploading user accounting data and application usage data further increases the size
of the uploaded data for any one client. You may not want to store all the possible
information for a given client computer, so you can customize which type of data is
collected, as desired.
Auditing Client Usage Information
With Apple Remote Desktop, you can get detailed information about who has been
using the client computers and how. There are two reports that help you audit
information about how the clients are being used:
User History Report Â
Application Usage Report Â
Generating a User History Report
The User History report is used to track who has logged in to a computer, when they
logged in and out, and how they accessed the computer. The client stores 30 days
of accumulated data, so the requested time can’t be more than the last 30 days.
The report shows the following information:
Computer name Â
User’s short name Â
Access type (login window, tty, SSH) Â
Login time Â
Logout time Â
Remote login host (originating host to the login session: localhost, or some remote Â
computer)
Multiple users logged in with Fast User Switching can lead to confusing or conicting
reports. When a second or third user logs in to a computer, there is no way of knowing
which user is the active user. Session length may not reect actual usage, and login
and logout times overlap.
User History report information is collected by default if you’re installing Remote
Desktop for the rst time. If you have upgraded an older version of Remote Desktop,
you need to enable its collection explicitly in the clients’ reporting policy. For
instructions, see “Setting the Client’s Data Reporting Policy” on page 166.
To generate a User History report:
1 Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3 Choose Report > User History.