NetChk Protect provides the ability to use a patch group to scan for a particular set of patches.
Example 1: Suppose Company A has a patch approval process under which they've certified four patches as being mandatory for their organization. They want to scan just for those four patches, receive compliance reports, and then be able to patch for those specific items. By creating a patch group, they can then scan for only those selected patches.
Example 2: Suppose you identify a certain patch as being critical for your organization. You can create a patch group with just this patch. When you create the group, you can browse patches from the list and select a product and service pack and then a patch. NetChk Protect will scan for all instances of that QNumber, not just for the product and SP that you select. You can perform a scan using the patch group and a scan will be done just for the selected patch.
Note: When NetChk Protect uses a patch group to scan for selected patches, it always scans for all service packs and reports on the status of all service packs.