Getting started with the power bi sccm template sccmentor. Create sccm collection based from computers that ran program. I managed to sort out the issue by removing rulechg. Queries software metering rules software updates task sequences user state migration data collections new in configuration manager 2012 applications new in configuration manager 2012 3. Since ionce you haveverify that you have access to create software metering rules and verify that it is enabled within sccm you will be able to track the usage of an application.
List all devices where a metered software has not run in the last 90 days. Monitor app usage with software metering configuration manager. List all devices where a metered software has run in the last 90 days. Merging last usage of software metering with custom labels of. Delete aged software metering data default every 5 days. The problem with software metering is that it is based on the executable. A sql query that needs to run against the configuration manager. Create sccm collection based from computers that ran. Tips for finding objects in the configuration manager 2012. My contributions sccm collection for software metering. Understanding configuration manager data using data classes.
Understanding configuration manager data using data. Hello dan, i querying a specific metering rule for all computers that have run the executable since a specific time. You can configure software metering in configuration manager to automatically generate disabled software metering rules from recent usage inventory data held in the site database. Take into account the local customer time and not the utc time to display the data on daily graphs aggregate data for remote executions no longer rely a server running remote desktop terminal services.
Execution data is collected by the software metering part of the sccm client. Im not that skilled in wql sql to create custom queries myself. Sccm report for showing when software was last used stack. The site admin view queries the configmgr dogs technet post for the latest sccm release. Introduction and managing queries configuring sql server reporting services. Mar 03, 2018 software metering report specific application not used since last 90 days by manishbangia on 3 march 2018 in sccm, troubleshooting in this post i am going to share sql query for reporting purpose. This post shows how to automatically uninstall unused applications with sccm witch is also part 5 of the asset intelligence blog series. The new software metering rule is displayed in the software metering node in the assets and compliance workspace. Sccm 2012 r2 software metering by enayat meer youtube.
For instance you can see how many copies of an application has been deployed to computers and among these you can see how many actually use the application. A view consists of a set of named columns and rows of data. Software metering report specific application not used since last 90 days by manishbangia on 3 march 2018 in sccm, troubleshooting in this post i am going to share sql query for reporting purpose. Data collected during the software metering inventory cycle is based on the. The following sql query can be run against the susdb database, to quickly determine the number of superseded updates. But the problem is if the software, say visio as an exa. When this report first came out i chuckled a little bit at it because the amount of data they were working with was absolutely ginormous. May 27, 2015 pramod sathyanarayana kashyap hello everyone, my name is pramod sathyanarayana kashyap. Software metering report specific application not used. Sccmentor 38 comments this blog runs through the process of setting up power bi and the sccm template which will give you detailed information on your system center configuration manager including client and server health, malware protection, software updates, and. Software deployment software software metering license optimization we would like to optimize our ms office suite licensing.
Sample queries for software metering in configuration manager. A microsoft sql server view is a virtual table whose contents are based on the result from a sql query. Sccm report for showing when software was last used. Sample queries for software metering configuration. Configuration manager custom reports anonymous it guy blog. Software metering in configuration manager 2012 enterprise. Total usage for all metered software programs query matches. Asset intelligence inventory and manage software by using a catalog. The query bellow will check if the software camtasia studio 8 is installed not that im looking for both 32 and 64 bits information and if yes, will check against the software metering database for any machine that did not run the rule rfl000 in the last 30 days. As such, until at least one rule is created, no data appears within these sql views. Query returns all devices with torrent software installed.
Total usage for all metered software programs query. Software metering reports i created two reports that meet the following requirements. Step by step on how to use software metering minfangs blog. Joining software metering, software inventory, and discovery views. Does anybody have an idea how to create a custom query that will. The following sample queries demonstrate how to join the most common software metering views to other views. Data collected during the software metering inventory cycle is based on the software metering rules you create in configmgr. Please note, this needs to be in the form of a sms collection and query, and not just a sms report. Sccm asset intelligence report system center dudes. Jul 14, 2016 for more details about software metering, read this technet post.
Software metering enables you to monitor client devices for an executable being run. The idea came after reading the post from nicolas pilon here. Have a comprehensive view of your software usage in order to save licensing cost. A collection that would include computers where java. The complete guide to microsoft wsus and configuration. Aug 24, 2012 software metering is a feature in configmgr 2012 which allows for inventory software usage. Open the log file in your preferred log file viewer. Copy all of the log entry text from just after the first equals sign. Sample queries for software inventory configuration. The execute sql entry is the query translated to sql. Software metering configmgr 2012 marius sandbu it blog. Ensure you have at least read access to the sccm sql. You have for this reason the site maintenance that you can configure, tasks related to software metering are.
When you combine this data with software inventory and the asset intelligence feature, this can help you determine a number of software usage scenarios, so that you can plan software deployments and licensing. In this article we will show you how to use software metering step by step. System center dudes post uses wql to create device collections that allow you to gather info on specific installed applications and also to be able to uninstall a specific application if it hasnt been used within a certain time frame 120 days is good enough for me. Hi guys, i am new to sccm and i am having some issues with software metering. Software metering is a very interesting concept, however after been hit with.
Software metering analyze the usage of any executable files. More accurate sccm software metering report rui qius blog. The query report can be created using the query report button available under reports tab you may have to provide the sql query and create the report. Sep 09, 2016 sql server reporting services ssrs is part of microsoft sql server services since version 2000. To be simple, a database client basic functionality consist in. Sccm 2012 uninstall not used application the desktop team. You can check it by running wmi query or use policyspy. Run meter summarization tool configuration manager microsoft. List software inventory items of computers discovered by. Sccm 2012 reporting capabilities for software metering. Ms sccm online training querying and reporting data in. Aug 07, 2012 maintaining software metering information. The following query lists all resources that have run metered files, including the resource name, file id, file name, file version, and start time. This report will provide the information based on the files inventoried and their respective last used date.
Hi, using the following sql query, you can access the installed software of computers that are discovered by sccm. Software metering is a feature in configmgr 2012 which allows for inventory software usage. Back in the configmgr console, in the monitoring context under overview reporting. Aug 24, 2009 many times during the course of troubleshooting you may come across a situation where you need to find out how many collections a specific client machine is a member of. How to create a sql server reporting services ssrs report. The following query lists all resources that have run metered files, including. I am trying to create a software metering report that will show me the unique. Sccm 2012 reporting capabilities for software metering hi, ive been requested by my supervisors to get some information on metered software and computer usage in a specific lab, but i am unsure if i can obtain all the information they requested with just using sccm. Mar 21, 2017 getting started with the power bi sccm template date. It does not always means that the software is installed on a machine. Sometime before i ran this report, a software metering rule for microsoft windows operating system cmd. If sql server is on a server, its likely sccm is not allowed to inventory it.
I know the application has been used by about 300 userscomputers since february by manually checking some of the computers and also by using the sms reports for software metering. My end goal is to see the total usage for all metered software programs. The tool summarizes the software metering usage generated. It doesnt matter if the software metering rule is enabled or not as long as the exe name matches. Take into account the local customer time and not the utc time to display the data on daily graphs aggregate data for remote executions no longer rely a server running remote desktop.
Pdf sccm 2012 creating custom reports by using sql. Merging last usage of software metering with custom labels. Jun 29, 2018 hi, using the following sql query, you can access the installed software of computers that are discovered by sccm. In this post i am going to share sql query which will fetch specific application not used since last 90 days. Automatically uninstall unused applications with sccm. Dashboard reporting for power bi and sccm explained. Recently i noticed that clients had not received my changes to my sccm 2007 software meeting rules, they still had rules that i had previously deleted and they had not received my new rules. Sample queries for software metering configuration manager. List software inventory items of computers discovered by sccm. We have a custom rule in software metering for visio and project. Microsoft does not support creating queries against sql tables.
After some troubleshooting, i found out that the query used for total usage for all metered software programs is written to match the executable name not the rule id. Managing inventory and software metering in sccm 2012 r2 by. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas how to automate a software metering report. I have a number of electricity meters connected to a plc programmable logic controller. Please note this query takes some time to run on a large client estate.
Aug 04, 2015 software metering provides a way to monitor and collect software usage data from your system center 2012 r2 configuration manager clients. The percent symbol is the wildcard for sql queries, so like. It also queries the microsoft support life cycle site and checks for expired or expiring operating systems currently deployed which you will need to address. Sccm report software metering report for last usage over. Second query consolidates it to one row and totals some of the fields. Software metering is used to monitor windows pc desktop apps with a. Software metering report specific application not used since last. My manager as asked me to enable software metering for all adobe products. Jun 06, 2015 software metering reports i created two reports that meet the following requirements. Configmgr will definitely be able to let sccm admins know what are installed in the environment regardless if it is a server or workstation.
May 01, 2018 run your new query and check that the results look like what it is youre after. Im looking to run a usage report for software over the past 12 months. To be able to use software metering you need to be sure that the feature in the client settings is enabled. The following query lists all files that have been metered through software metering rules and sorted first by netbios name, and then by product name, and then by file name. This powershell script allow you to creste some collection for your software metering rules. This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any. Sql query to return 15 minute totals from a totaliser integrating over 24 hours.
Administrative categories administrative categories provide. Taking a look at the software metering workflow in system. Jun 29, 2017 sccm collection for software metering. System center 2012 configuration manager queries sql server views in the configuration manager site database to retrieve the. Here is how you can find that information, along with the collection names and the ids.
Why not update the sql query and not user ssrs itself. Software metering reports configuration manager 2012. Total usage for all metered software programs query matches the. Apr 28, 2011 in this article we will show you how to use software metering step by step. I need to retrieve the kwh total in each 15 minute period for a meter. If you are an ordinary user with a basic knowledge of sql, this article will help you in creating your first ssrs report.
I wont delve into metering in any more detail here, but there are plenty of resources available. How to track software being used sccm tony tech geek. Ms sccm online training querying and reporting data in sccm 2012. These messages are occurred if sccm software metering processor failed to read and configure the registry. I recently worked with a customer who had some questions regarding the workflow of software metering in system center 2012 configuration manager configmgr 2012 so i thought i would go ahead and share that with all of you here as well. The report can be saved for future reference and or exported to csv format for further processing. Help creating sccm software metering query hi, so im looking to either create a new sccm report or edit an existing one and ive run into a few problems so far. I think every sql product has an ide with a text editor and some helper utilities as syntax completion. Pdf sccm 2012 creating custom reports by using sql server. For more information about queries in configuration manager, see. My automated powershell script for sccm patching process.
Sccm collection for software metering this powershell script allow you to creste some collection for your software metering rules. The sccm software itself comes with hundreds of default reports that are extremely helpful. If sql server is on a desktop, its likely that its a nonproduction installation and thus typically exempt from licensing under your ea. The people in charge of license control go mad when they realise you have 500 computers with microsoft visio professional, when you are licensed for only 450 copies. Joining software inventory, discovery, and software metering views. Java project all computers that did not run java last 190 days.
Im not sure if its the ifnull statements that is filtering as im not an sql person. Sccm cb, sql queries software metering, sql query 1 comment sql query. The rows and columns of data come from tables or other sql views referenced in the query that defines the view and are produced dynamically when the query is run. Now on the site system server go the configuration manager install directory and open the logs folder.
I really, really dislike the software metering reports in configmgr. How to find the collection membership information of a. I need a report that shows a specific software office 2010 for example, the computer its installed on, the primary user for that device, and the last time the software was accessed. The last used time is gathered asp art of software metering. Enabling the software metering feature will result in loads of data that will be stored in the configuration manager database. Jul 17, 2014 after some troubleshooting, i found out that the query used for total usage for all metered software programs is written to match the executable name not the rule id. Hello everyone, my name is pramod sathyanarayana kashyap. Sccm software metering processor is waiting for the information to become available and will retry obtaining the registry information at its next interval. And how many licenses of a particular software you need.
The first thing you must do is enable and configure the software metering based on asset intelligence. Information and views expressed in this document, including url and other internet web site references, may change without notice. The idea came after reading the post from nicolas pilon. Software metering system center configuration manager. Here is my sql statement for sccm report software metering report for last usage over 30 days ago select distinct top 100 percent rv. Software metering sql query is default usage time counted in minutes or seconds. Customizing the configuration manager powerbi template. Late last year the microsoft configuration manager team worked with the powerbi team to release a business template for reporting on information in configuration manager.
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