How It Works

StaffCop is a client-server application and consists of two main parts - the administrative module and agents.

The administrative module is used to administer the entire StaffCop package. It is used to install agents over the network, remove them, change their properties, generate reports.

It is not recommended to use more than one administrative module in one local area network The reason for it is that the agent automatically deletes logs on remote computers after they are uploaded to the administrative module to save disk space. Thus, two administrative modules will receive different incorrect reports.

The administrative module also includes:

• Report Wizard
  The Report Wizard is used to build reports about the use of computers by the company's employees. It can download logs from remote computers, save them to the administrator's computer and create reports for the specified time period for all employees or only for some of them.
  
  
• Scheduler
  The scheduler is used to automatically download logs from users' computers and build reports. It works automatically according to the settings of the StaffCop administrative module.

Agent It is a system service running on the user's computer. It is used to automatically collect all necessary data and to send it to the administrative module on request.

The agent is always active and monitors the computer activity. It should be noted that the user can neither remove nor disable the agent if the network is configured correctly. However, it is possible if the user has administrator rights or uses the administrator's account, which is actually incorrect and postentially dangerous.

Report Generation They can be generated either on request from the administrator or at certain intervals according to scheduled tasks. A report about users' network activity may include either complete information about their work or partial information. For example, you can specify some restrictions, build the report only for particular users, particular operations, a particular time period and so on. The report is presented in a convenient HTML form.