In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Reporting / Reports.

Right-click Reports, point to New, and then click Report to open the Report Properties dialog box for the new report.

Click the General tab, and then specify the following:

• Name: Specifies the name of the report. The report name must be unique within the report category. This is a required setting.
  
  
• Category: Specifies the category for the report. Categories are case sensitive and, unless a new category is being created for the report, it is recommended that the category be selected from the Category drop-down list. This is a required setting.
  
  
• Comment: Specifies a description for the report. This is an optional field that helps to describe the purpose of the report. This is an optional setting.
  
  
• SQL statement: Specifies the SQL statement used to retrieve the report data. Click Edit SQL Statement to create the SQL statement that will retrieve the desired data. For more information about creating SQL statements for reports, see SQL Query Statement Reference. This is a required setting.
  
  
• Click Prompts to create a report prompt. For more information about creating report prompts, see How to Create or Modify Report Prompts.
  
  

Click the Display tab to configure whether the data in the report is automatically updated and whether to provide a chart for the report.

Click the Links tab, and then specify one of the following:

• No Link: Specifies that a link is not configured.
  
  
• Link to another report: Specifies that a link to another report is configured. Click Select to specify the target report from the Select Report dialog box. If the target report requires prompts, you must specify the column from the source report that will be used to provide the data for each prompt in the target report. To configure the column, double-click a prompt, type the column number in the Column text box, and then click OK.
  
  
• Link to Computer Details: Specifies that a link to computer details is configured. The source report must contain a column that contains the computer name. In the Computer name column text box, specify the column that contains the computer name, and then click OK.
  
  
• Link to Status Message Details: Specifies that a link to status message details is configured. The source report must contain a column that specifies a status message record ID. In the Record ID column text box, specify the column that contains the status record ID, and then click OK.
  
  
• Link to URL: Specifies that a link to a URL resource is configured. Specify the URL in the URL text box, and then click OK.
  
  

Click OK.