You create a custom dashboard, in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, by creating an instance of the SMS_ReportDashboard class and populating the properties.

To create a dashboard

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Create the new dashboard using the SMS_ReportDashboard class.

  3. Populate the new dashboard properties.

  4. Save the new dashboard and properties.

Example

The following example method shows how to create a custom dashboard by creating an instance of the SMS_ReportDashboard class and populating the properties.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub CreateDashboard(connection, 	 _
					newDashboardName,  _
					newColumnCount,  _
					newRowVerticalLimit)

	' Create the new dashboard object.
	Set newDashboard = connection.Get("SMS_ReportDashboard").SpawnInstance_

	' Populate the new dashboard properties.
	newDashboard.Name = newDashboardName
	newDashboard.ColumnCount = newColumnCount
	newDashboard.RowVerticalLimit =  newRowVerticalLimit
		
	' Save the new dashboard and properties.
	newDashboard.Put_ 

	' Output the dashboard name.
	Wscript.Echo "Created new dashboard: " & newDashboardName			
								
End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void CreateDashboard(WqlConnectionManager connection,
							string newDashboardName,
							string newColumnCount,
							string newRowVerticalLimit)
{
	try
	{
		// Create new dashboard object.
		IResultObject newDashboard = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_ReportDashboard");

		// Populate new dashboard properties.
		newDashboard["Name"].StringValue = newDashboardName;
		newDashboard["ColumnCount"].StringValue = newColumnCount;
		newDashboard["RowVerticalLimit"].StringValue = newRowVerticalLimit;

		// Save the new dashboard and new dashboard properties.
		newDashboard.Put();

		// Output the new dashboard name.
		Console.WriteLine("Created dashboard: " + newDashboardName);
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to create dashboard. Error: " + ex.Message);
		throw;
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

Connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

newDashboardName
  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

A string indicating the name of the new dashboard.

newColumnCount
  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

The number of reports tiled horizontally across the dashboard.

newRowVerticalLimit
  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

Vertical height, in pixels, of a tiled dashboard row. Set this property to null if there is no limit.

Compiling the Code

This C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Securing Configuration Manager Applications.

See Also

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