Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 : Running Software Metering Reports

The SMS Report Viewer feature of SMS 2003 provides you with several reports for viewing the collected software metering data. 

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 1. Figure 1. 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 1 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 1, 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 2. Figure 3 shows the result of that last report.

Figure 2. The SMS Report Viewer with Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program selected.

Figure 3. Results of running the report Users That Have Run A Specific Metered Software Program.