Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Eugene Bykov [MSFT]1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:20:34 GMT

The easiest way would be to create a linked report and hardcode your object in the list of objects parameter for the Availability report.

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Vivak — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:30:09 GMT

In case we need to create a Availablity report from the Generic ones , What would be the best way to create it for say a specific windows service. Suppose we have Apache Service running on Server1 , I need to Put this in the Availablity report as an individual object. If i create a basic service monitor for this and target it to all windows Computers .. i cannot find a way to add the Service as object in the report

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Srini — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:30:34 GMT

How to get the current SCOM configuration i.e the MPs, rules, thresholds, overrides that are set up in the system. How do I get a report out or maybe export all the settings ? I wanna report showing current value and threshold value for a particular event. How to get the report? Is it possible to track the hit counter of the website in scom 2007?

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Sandy — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:40:52 GMT

Hi Eugene,

Am looking to get the current SCOM configuration i.e the MPs, rules, thresholds, overrides that are set up in the system. How do I get a report out or maybe export all the settings ? Need help !! Thanks.

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Eugene Bykov [MSFT]1 — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:32:43 GMT

If you are new to SCOM the first thing I would recommend you to look at is linked reports. This is by far the easiest way to author reports in SCOM.

If you need to author custom reports from scratch SSRS Report Designer or Visual Studio will be the way to go.

Also take a look at the Report Authoring Guide: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OpsMgr2007_RprtGuide.doc

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

AscendNick — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:59:27 GMT

Eugene - I'm new to the SCOM 2007 world. I've had previous experience with MOM but I'm limited with SCOM. In that, what would you suggest I use in creating reports in a new environment SSRS, OpsMgr, or Visual Studio? I essentially want to focus on one aspect and take the time to learn that initially.

Thanks!

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Eugene Bykov [MSFT]1 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:55 GMT

Hi, there is no special download for these “extensions”. They ship with the product and mostly used for localization and parameter handling in out-of-the-box reports. Most of the code is in Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code.dll. This DLL is placed in the Report Server bin directory during SCOM setup. If you look at the source code for any SCOM out-of-the-box report, for instance Availability, you will find a reference to this library and bunch of the helper functions under Code section of the report. The reference looks like this:

<CodeModules>
<CodeModule>Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral</CodeModule>
</CodeModules>

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Fabson69 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:22:55 GMT

Hello Eugene, You said that "There is a set of OpsMgr specific extensions available to write a custom report" Where can I found them ? Is there any specific library that I can download. Thanks in advance.

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Eugene Bykov [MSFT]1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:44:24 GMT

The only way to “aggregate” server availability for the group of servers is to create a “Dependency Rollup monitor” for them and then report on the health of the entity you created the monitor for. For instance you can put these servers in a group and then create a dependency rollup monitor for the group. When the data is collected just add the group as an “Object” to the Availability report and it should return the correct roll up.

re: Authoring reports for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Eugene Bykov [MSFT]1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:40:12 GMT

Actually Planned Maintenance is not considered downtime by default. There is a “Down Time” parameter for Availability report that shows that (the last one at the right). To include or exclude any state from the down time calculations just make sure it has a correct check mark in from of it.

Another thing to make sure is that you actually put server in the Planned Maintenance mode during these intervals. To do that check “Planned” checkbox (at the right of the “Category” dropdown) when you start maintenance mode for the server.