Running Software Metering Reports

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The SMS Report Viewer feature of SMS 2003 provides you with several reports for viewing the collected software metering data. Using reports will be discussed in greater detail in Chapter 16, 'Queries and Reports.' However, I'll give you a brief overview of how to view these reports here.

To launch the reporting tool, complete the following steps:

  1. In the SMS Administrator Console, navigate to the Reporting node, right-click it, and select All Tasks, then Run, and then the name of the reporting point that contains the software metering data to start the SMS Report Viewer, shown in Figure 15.8.

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    Figure 15.8: The SMS Report Viewer with Software Metering reports expanded.

  2. Select the report that you want to run from the list of reports on the left side of the viewer.

  3. Enter any information required for the report, such as time period or software metering rule name that you're prompted for on the right side of the viewer.

  4. Click Display to display the report results.

Figure 15.8 displays a list of the reports available for viewing software metering data. As you select each report, you'll be prompted for information specific for that report. For example, if you select the report All Software Metering Rules At This Site, as highlighted in Figure 15.8, all you need to do is click Display to see a list of all the rules configured for this site. However, if you select the report Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program, you'll need to specify the rule name, the month, and the year for which you want to view reported data, as shown in Figure 15.9. Figure 15.10 shows the result of that last report.

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Figure 15.9: The SMS Report Viewer with Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program selected.

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Figure 15.10: Results of running the report Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program.



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Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Administrator's Companion
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Administrators Companion (Pro-Administrators Companion)
ISBN: 0735618887
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 178

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