Working with Tools

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Working with Tools

Tools are popular sys admin utilities (built-in and non PDQ) that can be run remotely against individual computers, or in some cases, against groups of computers. In addition to the default tools included with PDQ Inventory, you can create your own tools to integrate your favorite sys admin utilities with PDQ Inventory (Enterprise mode is required to create and edit Tools) or import tools from the Tools Library (Enterprise mode required). The default tools allow you to inspect certain elements of a computer, manage a computer, deploy a package using PDQ Deploy, remotely connect to a computer, or wake a machine that is Wake-on-LAN capable (Enterprise mode required for distributed Wake-on-LAN).

This chapter contains the following topics:

Introduction to Tools

Default Tools

Default Tools Descriptions and Configurations

The Tools Library

Viewing the Tools Library

Importing Tools from the Library

Creating and Editing Tools

Creating a New Tool

The Computer Tool window

Variables

Tools Examples

Managing Tools

Organizing Tools

Duplicating Tools

Exporting and Importing Tools

Editing Tools

Launching a Tool

 

 

 

© 2018 PDQ.com Corporation. All rights reserved.

PDQ.com is a trademark of PDQ.com Corporation. All other product and company names are the property of their respective owners.

Help Version: 16.5.0.0