Using a Combination of User Selection Options
For most ControlPoint operations, you can specify a combination of individual users, wildcards, and/or profile properties. When a combination of selection options is used, all users specified through any of these criteria will be included in the operation.
Operations that Include Two People Pickers
When a ControlPoint action includes both a source and a target People Picker, such as Duplicate User Permissions and Delete User Permissions (when permissions are reassigned), additional rules and restrictions for user selection apply. Refer to the operation-specific topic in this guide for details.
Using Discovery to Collect Information for the ControlPoint Database Cache
ControlPoint Discovery is a farm-specific background task that collects information and stores it in the ControlPoint Services (xcAdmin) database cache for the following purposes:
·for use in ControlPoint data analysis and reporting
·to populate SharePoint permissions for members of the ControlPoint Business Administrators group
·to identify ControlPoint users who meet the criteria for "Admins" for scheduled analysis distribution, and
·to populate and update statistics lists used to create dashboards.
Discovery is triggered by the ControlPoint Discovery Service to run on a pre-defined schedule. In addition to collecting data for analysis and reporting, Discovery records the SharePoint permissions of site administrators (that is, members of the ControlPoint Business Administrators group). See Making ControlPoint Available to Business Users (Site Administrators)
If you want to ensure that your ControlPoint analyses have the most recent cached datayou can run the Discovery process interactively from the ControlPoint application. The ControlPoint installer includes the option to configure the Discovery Service.
If the ControlPoint Discovery Service is not installed, the operations and parameters that rely on cached data collected by Discovery are disabled.
Running ControlPoint Discovery Interactively from the ControlPoint Application
ControlPoint Application Administrators can run the Discovery Service interactively from the ControlPoint application interface between scheduled Discovery runs.
NOTE: For Discovery to be run interactively, the Discovery Service must be installed, configured, and running. Refer to the ControlPoint Administration Guide for details.
To run a ControlPoint Discovery interactively:
1From the Manage ControlPoint panel choose ControlPoint Management > Discovery.
NOTE: If you are not a ControlPoint Application Administrator, this option will be hidden.
2Click [Run Now].
The results show each table in the ControlPoint Services (xcadmin) database that the Discovery Service collects data from. The Auto Refresh Setting can be enabled to refresh after a specified number of seconds..
NOTE: The Queue Date is the date and time of the next scheduled Discovery.
