Help with building a custom report
Updated: 19 Aug 2010 | 7 comments
Hello Experts,
I need some help with building a custom report in NS. Following is the info/requirements:
Our NS: 6.0.6074 + SP3 R9
Required report:
1. Columns required
****************** *************
Computer Name User Name
******************* *************
2. This report should be generated by NS on a schedule once a month and the output needs to be in .csv format.
Happy to provide more info if required
Thanks in advance,
Vithal
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I found a report in NS for
I found a report in NS for Primary Users. It is close to what I was looking for but this report looks to be very unreliable as it comes up with some values when queried for months after Feb.
Also I will have to select a month manually every time I run this report which I want to avoid.
Thanks,
Simplest...
The simplest report would be a SQL report with the following SQL:
Select
guid, Name, User
from
vComputer
Normally, I avoid the vComputer view like the plague, but it sorts through all the "Primary User" stuff pretty well, and comes back with one row per computer.
I agree
I'm with Jeff; in this case vComputer is the way to go. The other option would be something like this:
Also...NS6 does not have built-in support for sending .csv files. You can automate the report running and email it using a Notification Policy, but it won't send it as a .CSV. If you copy the report results out of the report you can paste it into Excel and save as a CSV.
Thanks,
Kyle
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Connector
Do you have Asset Management Suite? If so you could use connector to do that
- Matt
Can you e-mail?
Never tried to do a "Connector" e-mail...I know you could dump the results to a CSV on a file share, but never tried e-mail.
One other option is to install SQL Server Reporting Services on your SQL box, and build a report there that does the vComputer query I have above...then you can subscribe to the report and send it as a PDF, CSV, XLS or a few other formats. Freebie, even with SQL Express I think now.
Being mostly Altriris focused
Being mostly Altriris focused I keep forgetting about things like SSRS. That's probably a good idea.
If you used connector you wouldn't put it out to an e-mail you'd want to send it directly to a file share that your altiris service account had rights to access.
- Matt
Just another SQL DB
At it's heart, the Altiris DB is nothing but a big complex set of SQL tables!
SSRS works great, I've even used SSIS to manipulate data.
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