Create a Baseline from a file

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Currently we have Auditors scanning some of our systems and producing lists of patches needed to pass an audit

is there a way to create a baseline (or something) from a list or textfile or something :slight_smile:

the problem is there producing lists of hundreds and hundreds of patches, so getting these into a baseline(s) could

be a huge amount of work, plus the human factor of missing or mistyping something

the list could be like thisā€¦

MS09-002

MS09-005

MS10-029

ā€¦

the servers could also be in a computer group if needed

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

I am having a hard time of thinking of a way to import Fixlet groups from a text fileā€¦

Do you only need a report or do you need to apply the baseline?

Ben

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

I really only need a Baseline, because we do need to remediate these systems

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

Hi Mark,

Itā€™s possible to create a baseline from the Dashboard API. Youā€™d probably want to engage our professional services team to help out, but you could potentially piece all the bits together from various posts on the forum. Basically Iā€™d envision a work flow something like this:

  1. Launch a dashboard

  2. Input the list of MSXX-YY definitions

  3. Click ā€˜Show matching Fixletsā€™ button --> runs a relevance query and populates a list/data grid

  4. Select the fixlets youā€™d like to include from the list of matching fixlets

  5. Click ā€˜Import Baselineā€™ --> runs a relevance expression to select the fixlet objects and casts them to xml using the ā€œas xmlā€ cast. You take the XML objects, wrap them in baseline XML and pass the result to the ImportXML() function to create the baseline.

I actually have been working with our professional services department on a very similar project (perhaps the same? I donā€™t who the customer is). It is probably worth shooting them an email with your requirements.

Jesse