Friday, October 10, 2008
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 for Dummies
System Center Configuration Manager - Dashboards
How to Create a Dashboard
Dashboards in Configuration Manager 2007 display multiple reports on a single page. You can create dashboards to monitor information about related hardware or software or to group the reports you use most frequently. New dashboards can be created by specifying the dashboard properties or by cloning an existing dashboard. Use the following procedure to create a new dashboard by specifying the dashboard properties.
Procedure
How to create a new dashboard
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Dashboards.
2. Right-click Dashboards, and then click New Dashboard to open the New Dashboard Wizard.
3. Specify the following dashboard properties:
· Name: Specifies the name for the dashboard. This setting is required.
· Comment: Specifies the description for the dashboard. This setting is optional.
· Limit cell height: Specifies whether to limit the height of the dashboard display. When this property is selected, type the maximum height, in pixels, in the Height text box. The default value is 250.
4. Click Next.
5. Specify the dimensions for the dashboard, and then click Set. By default, the dashboard is made of two rows and two columns.
6. Select the row and column for the dashboard report, click the Select Report icon, select the report from the Select Report dialog box, and then click OK.
· Note The dialog box will display only the reports that do not contain a report prompt and reports for which the user has Read access.
7. Repeat step 5 to add additional reports to the dashboard.
8. Use the Move Up and Move Down icons to change the dashboard position for a highlighted report.
9. Click Next, and then click Close.
How to Add Reports to a Dashboard
Dashboards in Configuration Manager 2007 display multiple reports on a single page. Use the following procedure to add reports to a dashboard.
Procedure
To add reports to a dashboard
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Dashboards.
2. Right-click the name of the dashboard that you want to modify, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Reports tab. All reports that are used in the dashboard are listed in the Dashboard reports area, along with the position (row and column) for each report.
4. To add or remove columns or rows from the dashboard, specify the dimensions and then click Set.
· Note When the dimensions for a dashboard are reduced, the reports assigned to the rows or columns are removed from the dashboard temporarily, but they can be restored by increasing the dimensions to the original size. The reports are permanently removed when clicking OK or Apply.
5. Double-click a dashboard position, select a report from the Select Report list, and then click OK to insert the selected report into the position.
· Note The dialog box will display only the reports that do not contain a report prompt and for which the user has Read access.
6. Use the Move Up and Move Down icons to change the dashboard position for a report.
7. Click OK to save the dashboard and exit the dialog box.
How to Run a Dashboard
Dashboards in Configuration Manager 2007 are used to display one or more reports on a single page. Dashboards are opened in the Report Viewer, which can be opened from the Configuration Manager console or by using a Web browser. Dashboards can be opened from any computer that has access to a reporting point for the site and for users that have sufficient rights to view the reports in the dashboard.
Use the following procedures to open a report from the Configuration Manager console and from a Web browser.
Procedure
To run a dashboard from the Configuration Manager console
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Dashboards.
2. Right-click the name of the dashboard that you want to run, and then click Run. The dashboard will either open within the Configuration Manager console or be displayed in a Web browser window.
To run a dashboard from a Web browser
1. Open a Web browser, enter the URL for the dashboard, and then press Enter. The default URL for a dashboard is a http://reporting point name/SMSReporting_site code/Dashboard.asp?DashboardId=DashboardID.
2. Alternatively, you can go to Report Viewer, select the dashboard from the list, and then click Display. The default URL for the reporting point is http://servername/SMSReporting_site code.
How to Remove Reports from a Dashboard
Dashboards in Configuration Manager 2007 display multiple reports on a single page. Use the following procedure to remove reports from a dashboard.
Procedure
How to remove reports from a dashboard
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Dashboards.
2. Right-click the name of the dashboard that you want to modify, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Reports tab. All reports that are used in the dashboard are listed in the Dashboard reports area, along with the position (row and column) for each report.
4. To remove an individual report while keeping the original number of rows and columns in the dashboard, double-click the report to open the Select Report Properties dialog box, select -Blank- from the Select Report dialog box, and then click OK.
· Note Several reports can be removed at the same time by decreasing the number of rows or columns in the dashboard. Decreasing the number of rows will remove entire rows of reports, starting from the bottom of the dashboard. Decreasing the number of columns will remove entire columns of reports, starting from the right-hand side of the dashboard.
5. Click OK to save the dashboard and exit the dialog box.
How to Delete a Dashboard
Dashboards in Configuration Manager 2007 display multiple reports on a single page. Use the following procedure to delete a dashboard.
Note The reports displayed in a dashboard are not removed from the database when the dashboard is deleted.
Procedure
To delete a dashboard
1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Dashboards.
2. Right-click the name of the dashboard that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
3. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
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