You delete a report, in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, by getting an existing instance of the SMS_Report class and calling the delete method.

To delete a report

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Load the existing report by using the SMS_Report class and an existing report ID.

  3. Delete the report by using the delete method.

Example

The following example method shows how to delete a report by getting an existing instance of the SMS_Report class and calling the delete method.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub DeleteReport(connection, 	_
				 existingReportID)   

	' Get an existing report, identified by ReportID, to delete. 
	Set existingReport = connection.Get("SMS_Report.ReportID=" & existingReportID)  

	' Get report name for output.
	reportName = existingReport.Name
	 
	' Delete the report.
	existingReport.Delete_

	' Output a success message.
	Wscript.Echo "Deleted report: " & existingReportID
	Wscript.Echo "Report name: "	& reportName
								 
End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void DeleteReport(WqlConnectionManager connection, 
						 string existingReportID)
{ 	
	try
	{
		// Get the specified report instance (passed in as existingReportID).
		IResultObject reportToDelete = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_Report.ReportID=" + existingReportID);

		// Delete the report instance.
		reportToDelete.Delete();

		// Output report ID of deleted report.
		Console.WriteLine("Deleted Report ID: " + existingReportID);
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to delete report. 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.

exisitingReportID

  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

A value identifying the existing report. In the code example, this value is passed as a string to simplify querying for the report instance.

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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