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

To delete a dashboard

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Load the existing dashboard by using the SMS_ReportDashboard class and an existing dashboard ID.

  3. Delete the dashboard by using the delete method.

Example

The following example method shows how to delete a dashboard by getting an existing instance of the SMS_ReportDashboard 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 DeleteDashboard(connection, 	_
					existingDashboardID)  

	' Get an existing dashboard, identified by DashboardID, to delete. 
	Set existingDashboard = connection.Get("SMS_ReportDashboard.DashboardID=" & existingDashboardID)  

	' Get the dashboard name for output.
	dashboardName = existingDashboard.Name
	 
	' Delete the dashboard.
	existingDashboard.Delete_

	' Output a success message.
	Wscript.Echo "Deleted dashboard ID: "  & existingDashboardID
	Wscript.Echo "Dashboard name:	 "  & dashboardName
								 
End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void DeleteDashboard(WqlConnectionManager connection,
							string existingDashboardID)
{
	try
	{
		// Get the specified dashboard instance (passed in as existingDashboardID).
		IResultObject dashboardToDelete = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_ReportDashboard.DashboardID=" + existingDashboardID);

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

		// Output dashboard ID of deleted dashboard.
		Console.WriteLine("Deleted Dashboard ID: " + existingDashboardID);
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to delete 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.

exisitingDashboardID

  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

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