Generating A Common Report - Lenovo ThinkPad G40 Administrator's Manual

Generating a common report

Common reports are those reports that the System Information Center program
provides. The following information identifies the reports that are provided with
the program, defines each report, and instructs how to generate a common report:
All Assets
Provides summaries of PC and non-PC assets, assets in transfer, and assets
not inventoried within 90 days.
Data Maintenance
Provides specific key information about asset and user status, such as a
listing of all assets where the e-mail field is not valid or that have been
returned to the lease company.
Groups
Provides a list of all groups within the enterprise.
Logs Provides details of every user transaction and task performed with the
System Information Center program.
My Assets
Provides details specifically about assets registered under your User ID,
such as a listing of all of the assets that you own and all assets being
transferred to you.
Software
Provides summaries about software applications and operating systems
registered across an enterprise as well as software that has not been used
within 90 days.
Statistics
Provides counts on assets in your inventory, including non-PC assets and
assets that have been revised since the last time assets were processed.
Tasks Provides reports on scheduled server tasks, including logs of tasks that
have already run.
ThinkVantage Reports
Provides specific information about assets deployed with IBM
ThinkVantage products as well as logs of IBM Rescue and Recovery
operations.
Users Provides information about specific user histories and other user
information.
Workstation Security
Provides specific security information (such as passwords, firewalls, and
antiviruses) about all of the assets in your enterprise.
To generate a report that is provided by the System Information Center program,
complete the following procedure:
1. At the Logon window, type your User ID and Password. Click Submit. The
System Information Center program is displayed.
2. In the System Information Center menu bar, click Reports.
3. Click the type of report that you would like to run. The appropriate page
opens, displaying the report results.
Alternatively, to generate a report, you can complete the following procedure:
1. At the Logon window, type your User ID and Password. Click Submit. The
System Information Center program is displayed.
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