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## Creating a Template Data Reporting Policy

To speed up client configuration for data reporting, you can set a default time and frequency of report data collection. This template must be applied to any computer or group of computers that you want to use it. Afterwards, the setting can be customized on a per-computer or group basis.

According with the collection schedule you set, each client computer connects to a central reporting database and uploads the information you specify. There are certain trade-offs to the frequency of these updates. If you require all the clients to update their information too often, you run the risk of added network traffic and slower client performance during updates. If you don't require the clients to update often enough, the report data that you receive may be out of date. You should take care to balance your reporting needs and your network and client performance needs.

The collection policy includes four kinds of information: system data, file search data, user accounting data, and application usage data.

System data includes all possible reported information for the following reports:

- System Overview
- Storage
- USB Devices
- FireWire Devices
- Network Interfaces
- Memory
- PCI Cards

The file data includes all possible reported information for the following reports:

- File Search
- Software Version
- Software Difference

The user accounting data includes all possible reported information for the following report:

- User History

The application usage data includes all possible reported information for the following report:

- Application Usage

1. Choose Remote Desktop > Preferences.
2. Select Task Server.
3. Check which additional data types the clients will collect: Application Usage Data, User Accounting Data, or both.
4. Check "Upload report data to the Task Server on a schedule."
5. Click Change Schedule.
6. Choose the day or days the data collection should occur.
7. Set the time at which the collection should occur.
8. Choose which data types to upload: "System Data," "File Search Data," "Application Usage Data," "User Accounting Data," or any combination.
9. Click OK.

See also:

- Setting the Client's Data Reporting Policy.
- Designating the Task Server and Setting the Report Data Collection Location.