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System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed
- By Garth Jones, Dan Toll, Kerrie Meyler
- Published Apr 26, 2016 by Sams. Part of the Unleashed series.
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Description
- Copyright 2016
- Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 416
- Edition: 1st
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- ISBN-10: 0-672-33778-9
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33778-9
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager’s SQL Server database contains valuable information about your users, computers, hardware, operating systems, applications, compliance status, and much more. Microsoft has provided excellent tools for extracting this information in meaningful ways, including SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI). System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed shows you how to make the most of these tools.
World-renowned System Center reporting guru Garth Jones and his expert coauthors guide you through all facets of custom reporting with System Center. You’ll walk through installing and configuring SSRS, using SQL views to find the data you need, writing SQL queries, creating basic and advanced reports, and using role-based administration to securely deliver those reports to the correct individuals.
Jones brings together reliable, comprehensive, and up-to-date System Center reporting techniques you’ll find in no other book or website. Using this guide, you can consistently retrieve the right information to solve immediate problems and quickly respond to management concerns.
Detailed information on how to…
• Install and configure SQL SSRS for optimal System Center reporting and easier troubleshooting
• Understand the data stored in the ConfigMgr site database
• Efficiently retrieve ConfigMgr data by writing SQL queries in SQL Server Management Studio
• Learn best practices for developing and designing System Center reports
• Create report templates, customize content with report parameters, and embed charts
• Customize logos, color palettes, and other report elements for your own organization
• Construct advanced drillthroughs to provide deeper understanding
• Strengthen report security by integrating ConfigMgr role-based administration into SQL queries
• Leverage reporting to measure KPIs and gain a better understanding of your environment
• Tailor your reports to the needs of end-users or management
• Foreword by Wally Mead, Principal Program Manager, Cireson
The only book entirely dedicated to Configuration Manager reporting, this guide complements Meyler's System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed, offering far more in-depth coverage of reporting than the single chapter in that book. Most of the content in this new guide will be equally valuable in both System Center 2016 and 2012 environments.
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Understanding Configuration Manager Data
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Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
Introduction 1
PART I: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SSRS FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGER
Chapter 1 Installing SQL Server Reporting Services 7
Installing the SQL SSRS Component 8
Configuring SSRS 16
Configuring the SSRS Installation 16
Configuring Email 24
Enabling Remote Errors 26
Installing Client Tools for SSRS Reporting 31
Installing Client Tools 31
Installing SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence 38
Summary 41
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring Configuration Manager Reporting 43
Creating the Reporting Services Point 44
Using ConfigMgr Security Reporting Roles 52
Creating a Security Reporting Role 52
Restricting Access to Reports 57
Removing a Security Role 58
Exporting and Importing Security Roles 58
Working with Security Roles 62
Applying a Security Role to a Security Group 62
Removing Permissions 70
Accessing ConfigMgr Reports 71
Changing the ConfigMgr Report Logo 72
Demonstrating Creating and Assigning ConfigMgr Security Roles 75
Working with the Report Reader Security Role 75
Working with the Software Updates Report Reader Security Role 76
Working with the Inventory Report Reader Security Role 76
Summary 77
PART II: ABOUT DATA AND RETRIEVAL
Chapter 3 Understanding Configuration Manager Data 81
Using Data Classes and SQL Views 81
Using Discovery Classes 82
Using Hardware Inventory Classes 84
Using Software Inventory Classes 86
Using Software Update Inventory Classes 87
Using Software Metering Inventory Classes 89
Using Status Message Classes 90
Using State Messages 91
Using Collection Data Classes 92
Using Tools for Creating Reports 93
Introducing SQL Server Management Studio 94
Connecting to the ConfigMgr Database Server 94
Executing a Query in SQL Server Management Studio 95
Using the Object Explorer 95
Demonstrating SQL Server Management Studio 97
Creating and Executing a Query 98
Looking at Views 98
Summary 98
Chapter 4 Transact-SQL Primer 99
Understanding the Basic SQL Sections in a Qu
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