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Active Dashboard

The Active sessions dashboard shows all active sessions. Create an Activity Session to grant temporary privileges and gain access to the resources defined by a previously created Access Policy. See the Access Policy Page topic for additional information.

Active Dashboard page

The dashboard has the following features:

  • Search — Searches the table or list for matches to the search string. When matches are found, the table or list is filtered to the matching results.

  • Filter — Provides options to filter results based on a chosen criterion:

  • All Active tab — Shows all sessions for all users

  • Mine tab — Shows sessions for the logged in user

  • Recording data — Filter by keystroke data and, when enabled, RDP Windows event activity. See the Install Remote Desktop Monitor Service on Target RDP Hosts topic for additional information.

  • Create Session — Open the Activity Request window. See the Create Activity Session topic for additional information.

  • End Session — Cancel the selected sessions

  • View Logs — Opens the Session Logs window to view the action log for the selected session. See the Session Logs Window topic for additional information.

  • Lock Activity — Opens the Lock Session window to prevent the user from interacting with the host but keeps the session active. See the Lock Session topic for additional information.

  • Unlock Activity — Unlocks a session to allow the user to interact with the host

  • Refresh — Reload the information displayed

The table has the following columns:

  • Checkbox — Check to select one or more items

  • Expand icon — Click the expand () icon to show additional information for the session:

  • The live session viewer allows an admin to watch a remote session that is in progress for another user. See the Live Session Viewer Window topic for additional information.

  • If the user has logged into the remote session more than once, multiple session recordings displays. If a recording of the session is available, the replay viewer allows an admin to watch a replay of the remote session. See the Replay Viewer Window topic for additional information.

  • Status — Shows status information for the session:

  • Provisioning — Pre-Session stage of the Activity is processing and assigning permissions to the login account

  • Waiting for Approval — The session requires approval to begin. See the Approvals Dashboard topic for additional information.

  • Available — The activity session is ready. Click the icon to begin the session, or log in through a client. See the Start Activity Session topic for additional information.

  • Failed — Pre-Session stage of the Activity has encountered an error

  • Logged In — User is successfully logged in to the Resource either directly or via the Proxy. Direct log-in is detected by polling the Resource at regular intervals and may not update immediately.

  • Canceling — The session is either expired or was canceled manually by the user or an Privilege Secure administrator.

  • Locked — The session has been locked by an Privilege Secure administrator. See the Lock Session topic for additional information.

  • Requested — Date and time of when the session was created

  • Requested By — User who requested the session. Click the link to view additional details. See the User, Group, & Application Details Page topic for additional information.

  • Host — Resource that the user run the activity on. Click the link to view additional details.The details vary based on the type of resource. See the following topics for additional information:

  • Host Details Page

  • Domain Details Page

  • Website Details Page

  • Microsoft Entra ID Details Page

  • Secret Vault Details Page

  • Database Details Page

  • Login Account — Displays the account used to log onto the resource

  • Activity — Displays the name of the activity. Click the link to view additional details. See the Activities Page topic for additional information.

  • Start — Indicates when the activity started. This refers to when the activity’s actions were executed and not when the user was logged on to the resource.

  • End — Indicates when the session is scheduled to end the activity, which is determined by the start time plus the maximum session duration set by the access policy Connection Profile

  • Notes - Any notes added by the session requestor

  • Ticket Number - Ticket number added by the session requestor