You can choose to manage patches by bulletin or by computer. The Patch Management window provides many filters to help you refine your search using patch information, hotfix ID, and location information. The following options help you organize the search results so you can view and manage patches as needed:
Patch
Sorts the search results by Bulletin ID. This organization can help you explore individual patches and start workflow cases based on a patch. For example, you might want to test a specific patch for a planned site update, and this view allows you to select that patch and start a testing workflow case.
Computer Systems for which the patches are Applied
Groups the search results by computer. You can click the arrow icon to the left of the computer name to display a list of patches matching your filters that have been installed on that computer. This view helps you see where a patch has been installed so you can determine whether there might be issues with that patch.
Computer Systems for which the patches are Required
Groups the search results by computer. You can click the arrow icon to the left of the computer name to display a list of patches matching your filters that need to be installed on that computer. This view helps you see which computers need a set of patches, but those patches might also require testing.
Computer Systems ... patches are Released for Implementation and Required
Groups the search results by computer. You can click the arrow icon to the left of the computer name to display a list of patches matching your filters that are ready to be installed on that computer. This view helps you identify a set of patches that have been approved for implementation on a computer.