Patch Approval Categories

Summary

This dataview provides detailed information about the patches that are auto-approved, denied, or ignored based on their category for each approval policy.

Dependencies

The Auto Approval Policies dataview should be reviewed to understand the exact purpose of this document.

Columns

Column	Description
Approval Policy	Name of the Approval Policy.
Category	Category of the patch, such as Updates, Upgrades, Exchange, Office 365, Bing, Drivers, etc.
Category Approval Status	Indicates whether the auto policy mentioned in the next column is disabled or enabled. This includes whether approval is enabled or disabled, denial is enabled or disabled, or if it is ignored, or if nothing is set against that category for that Approval Policy.
Auto Policy	The policy applied to that Patch Category for that Approval Policy, such as Approved, Denied, or Ignored.