- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Overview
- Search
- Managing your PC fleet and groups
- Managing a single PC
- Recommendations for your PC fleet
- Custom catalogs for your PC fleet
- Managing SupportAssist alerts
- Remediation rules for your PC fleet
- Application experience for your PC fleet
- Security for your PC fleet
- Configuring settings
- Data exports
- Performance indicators
- Audit trail
- Email notifications from SupportAssist
- Retrieve SupportAssist data using WMI
- Retrieve SupportAssist data using APIs
- Features and enhancements in previous versions
- Resources
- Contact Dell
SupportAssist for Business PCs Administrator Guide
Modifying update catalogs
Before you deploy the customized catalog, you can modify the type of PC updates that you want to include or exclude in the catalog.
To modify the type of PC updates, expand the catalog definition, select
, and then select one of the following options depending on the catalog states:
NOTE:When you select
Edit Production, the current catalog version is archived, and a new incremental version is created.
The PC updates that are displayed are based on your selections while creating the catalog. You can modify the components, updates, and criticality. The latest updates are preselected by default. A roll-up count is also displayed for each filter option.
The following table describes the options that you can modify to include or exclude in the catalog:
| Category | Filter options | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Component Display | Selected | Components that you have selected. |
| Unselected | Components that you have not selected. | |
| Version | Latest | Latest version of the components. |
| Recent | Latest version and the previous two versions of the components. The current version of the component is selected by default. | |
| Older | Components older than the n-2 versions, where n is the latest version. | |
| What's New | New Availability | New components that are available when you create a draft or test version of the catalog from an existing production catalog. The latest components are starred. |
| Discontinued | Components that are no longer available. Expand the list to review the alternate components and select the appropriate ones. The latest components are starred. | |
| Model Names | - | Enables you to search for model names, and view and edit the components for those models.
NOTE:If you want to modify or delete components for a model, ensure that it does not affect any other model.
|
| Release ID | - | Enables you to search for release IDs. If the release IDs do not have associated software components, a
 icon is displayed.
|
| Driver Pack ID | - | Enables you to search for a driver pack. The Name column displays the software components that are associated with the release IDs in the driver pack. |
| Update Type | Application | List of Dell application software updates. |
| BIOS | List of BIOS updates. | |
| Driver | List of driver updates. | |
| Firmware | List of firmware updates. | |
| Importance | Critical | Updates that are necessary to ensure that the PCs are healthy. |
| Recommended | Updates that improve the performance of your PCs. | |
| Optional | Updates that you can choose to install on your PCs. |
NOTE:The settings are not autosaved. You must click
Save after you modify the settings.
The following table describes the information about the components and update packages:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the update package. |
| Type | Type of the PC update, for example, Firmware. |
| Release ID | Unique identifier of the update package. |
| Version | Version of the update package. |
| Criticality | Severity of the update package, for example, Recommended. |
| Release Date | Date on which the update package was released. |
| Size | Size of the update package. |
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