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Child Nodes

This is a node that has a parent node. In an SCRM 2006 hierarchy, every node (except the central node) is the child of another node. A node can be both a parent node and a child node.

Context Menu

In the SCRM 2006 Administrator console, when you click any item either in the scope pane, or in the results pane, you will view a menu with options relevant to the specified item. This menu is known as context menu.

Console Tree

This is an ordered, hierarchical listing of objects. The items in the console tree and their hierarchical order determine the management capabilities of that console.

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Data Sources

A data source in SCRM 2006 refers to the combination of a particular computer, a SQL Server instance and a database, which contains data compatible with SCRM 2006.

Note: In addition customers have the ability to import Business Context Data (e.g., Active Directory) via script or xls import.

Data Source Instance

For SCRM 2006, valid data sources must be instances of the following:

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 SP1 and above
Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 SP2 and above

Data Warehouse

A data warehouse is a database model that improves the user's capability of analyzing large and multi-dimensional data sets. It unbinds unimportant data fields from the data and organizes the data so that the user's can make business decisions based on facts. The data in the data warehouse has strong analytical characteristics.

Data Retention Groups

These are a list of related tables in the SCRM 2006 data warehouse. Data Retention Groups have been introduced to provide control over the retention period for different types of data, and to ensure that closely related data share the same retention period.

Each Data Retention Group may have a different Data Retention Period set. For example:

SoftwareInventoryRetentionGroup: 365 Days
HardwareInventoryRetentionGroup: 200 days
ConfigurationDataRetentionGroup: 400 days
StatusMessageRetentionGroup: 250 days

The UI for setting the Data Retention Period associated with each Data Retention Group is data-driven by the contents of the Data Retention Groups table(s).

Data Retention Period

This refers to the period specified for grooming jobs in SCRM 2006. It is the duration that the data is retained and stored in the data warehouse. After the data retention period is over, the data is groomed from the SCRM data warehouse. The data retention period is specified in days.

Data Retention Policy

This is a global setting for the SCRM 2006 data warehouse. A specified data retention period for MOM 2005 SP1 and above grooming jobs affects all data from MOM 2005 SP1 and above and a specified data retention period for SMS 2003 SP2 and above grooming jobs affects all SMS 2003 SP2 and above data.

Delete

A user can delete a data source by right clicking on the data source in the results pane. The data source can be deleted only if no DTS jobs have been run against it.

Disable

The SCRM 2006 data warehouse is a collection of MOM 2005 SP1 and above DTS Jobs, SMS 2003 SP2 and above DTS Jobs, MOM 2005 SP1 and above Grooming Jobs, and SMS 2003 SP2 and above Grooming Jobs. A user can choose to either enable or disable any job. This is done either from the properties dialog box of the specified job, or by using the context menu in the results pane. You can also enable or disable a data source. If a data source is disabled, all jobs associated with that data source get disabled. Disabling a data source will disable the jobs associated with that data source.

DTS Jobs

These jobs move data from the data sources to the SCRM 2006 data warehouse. Reports generated from the SCRM 2006 data warehouse will not contain data from data sources until DTS jobs have successfully moved the data to populate the reports into the data warehouse.

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Enable

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Fiscal Calendar

This is a global setting in SCRM 2006. The Fiscal Calendar enables the Administrator to specify the start and end dates for the fiscal year and for each fiscal quarter. This information is then available for grouping and roll-ups for custom reports.

Note: This data is not used in any of the SCRM "out-of-box" reports, but is available for use in custom created reports.

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Global View

This enables a user to view a collection of all existing jobs or items.

Grooming

This refers to the manual removal of data from the data warehouse after a specified period of time.

Grooming Jobs

These jobs in SCRM 2006 are those jobs that are run to remove data that has exceeded the specified retention period.

Grouping

For SCRM 2006, refers to grouping of reports.

Reporting groups consist of all the data sources that have been defined for a single SCRM data warehouse, the data warehouse itself and the associated SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Server.

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Home Page

The Home page of Microsoft System Center Reporting Server 2006 Administrator Console enables you to configure and administer tasks in SCRM 2006.The Home page is displayed when the Microsoft System Center Data Warehouse node is selected, and the configuration items required to host reports have been completed.

History

When displayed in the Results pane, Job History enables you to view the job name, the start time of the job, its run period, run status, whether success or failure and the job type (grooming or DTS).

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Jobs

Jobs in SCRM 2006 refer to MOM 2005 SP1 and above DTS Jobs, SMS 2003 SP2 and above DTS Jobs, MOM 2005 SP1 and above Grooming Jobs, and SMS 2003 SP2 and above Grooming Jobs.

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Leaf Nodes

These refer to nodes that are displayed in the results pane when a particular node in the console tree is selected.

List-View Grid

When items in the results pane are listed out in a grid format- that is, each row contains several columns representing different attributes of one particular item- the display is called a list-view grid.

Local User Account

This is a user account on a specific computer. A local user account is available only on the computer where the local account is defined.

Local System Account

The system account is the built-in local system administrator account. It is a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.

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Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

It is a framework used to host management tools. Management tools that are hosted in MMC are known as snap-ins.

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 SP1 and above

This is a comprehensive server monitoring solution that helps manage the availability, performance, and security of Windows-based networks and applications.

MOM Data Retention Policy

This is a global setting for the SCRM 2006 data warehouse, and a single data retention period affects all data from all MOM 2005 SP1 and above data sources.

MOM 2005 SP1 and above Data Retention Period

The period specified for MOM 2005 SP1 and above grooming jobs in SCRM 2006 is referred to as Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 SP1 and above Data Retention Period. It is the duration that the data is retained and stored in the data warehouse. After the data retention period is over, the data is groomed from the SCRM data warehouse. The data retention period is specified in days.

MOM 2005 SP1 and above Data Sources

These are Data Sources that are instances of MOM 2005 SP1 and above. A MOM 2005 SP1 and above data source refers to the combination of a particular computer, an SQL Server instance, and a database, which contains data compatible with MOM 2005 SP1 and above.

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Node

In SCRM 2006 hierarchy, every point is a node, and each node (except the central node) is the child of another node. A node can be both a parent node and a child node.

See: Child Nodes, Parent Nodes

P

Parent Node

This is an SCRM node that has one or more child nodes.

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Reports

The Reports utilized by SCRM 2006 are SQL Server 2005 Reporting Service reports (*.RDL files), and are imported into the SCRM system through the Administrator Console, using the Import Reports Wizard.

Report Collections

Multiple reports bundled together in XML files. You cannot add or remove reports from the report collections shipped with MOM 2005 or SCRM 2006. Using the SCRM 2006 Administrator console you can import report collections, but not individual reports. Management of individual reports as well as report viewing access control is performed through the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

Examples of Report Collections are:

Software Update Reports: These reports will give the compliance status of software updates in the network.
BetterTogether Reports: These reports give details of all SMS and MOM installations and performance characteristics of machines in the network.
Inventory Reports: These reports give software and hardware inventory of computers in the network.

Results Pane

This is the pane that displays the results of selecting an item in the SCRM Administrator console. The results that are displayed depend on the item that is selected.

Roles

The roles are SC DW Administrators, SC DW DTS, SC DW SMS DTS and SC DW Viewers.

The members of the SC DW Administrators, SC DW DTS, SC DW SMS DTS and SC DW Viewers groups can launch the SCRM Admin UI.

Only members of the user group SC DW Administrators have permissions to launch the "Add Data Source Wizard" and the "Import Reports Wizard".

Members of the SC DW Administrators, SC DW DTS and SC DW SMS DTS groups are allowed to launch the "Configure DTS jobs" shortcut.

Run As Account

Run As account credentials are the account specifications provided under which the specified job must run.

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Schedule

A schedule in SCRM 2006 enables you to specify when a particular DTS or grooming job should run.

Scope Pane

This is the left pane in the SCRM 2006 Administrator Console, where the console tree items are displayed.

SCRM Administrator Console

Provides the interactive interface you use to configure the operation of the SCRM data warehouse. The primary activities accomplished with the SCRM Administrator with the following nodes: Data Warehouse to add DTS jobs, history, and settings; Data Sources, and Report Collections. Admin Console include: adding data sources to the data warehouse, modifying existing data transformation service (DTS) jobs and creating new DTS jobs, configuring global settings such as setting grooming policy for MOM and SMS data, and importing report collections to the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Server.

Scope Tree

This is the console tree that is displayed in the scope pane of the SCRM 2006 Administrator Console.

Security

The SCRM security model consists of five user groups, they are SC DW Administrators, SC DW SMS DTS, SC DW DTS, SC DW Viewers and SC DW Datareader. These user groups are granted implied permissions to the SCRM Configuration Database by their membership to SQL roles on the SCRM server.

Note: If you are not a member of the Local Administrators group, you must supply your own credentials when creating or changing a DTS job that synchronizes MOM data. If you are a member of the Local Administrators group, you can supply the credentials of any account, including the Local System account.

When the MOM server and MOM operational database are installed on different computers, the Local System account cannot be used to execute the MOM DTS job. In this case, you can use an account with sufficient privileges that is not the Local System account. Alternatively, install the MOM server and the MOM operational database on the same computer.

The following table provides an overview of SCRM User Groups and the Tasks each User Group can perform.

SCRM User Groups and Tasks

Task	SC DW Administrators	SC DW SMS DTS	SC DW DTS	SC DW Viewers	SC DW Datareader
Add SMS Data Source	Yes
Add MOM Data Source	Yes
Schedule an SMS DTS Job	Yes	Yes
Schedule a MOM DTS Job	Yes		Yes
Schedule Grooming Jobs	Yes
View all Admin Consoles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Execute Stored Procedures (Reporting)	Yes				Yes

These User groups are granted implied permissions to the System Center Data Warehouse by their membership to SQL roles on the SCRM server.

SCRM 2006 DW Readers Account

The local account, SC DW Readers, is created during setup. The User performing the setup needs to supply a password for this account. After the account is created, it is added to the local SCRM User group SC DW Readers. When SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is set up to use a single account to connect to the database, the SC DW Readers account can be used. Any other account in the SC DW Readers User group can also be used.

SMS Server User Groups

When an SMS data source is added a user group SC DW SMS DTS is created on the SMS server. This user group has permission to read from the SMS database and permissions to write back SMS data such as watermark information. MOM Server User Groups SCRM setup program does not need to create any user groups on MOM servers since SC DW DTS is created when MOM 2005 is installed.

Settings

This node in the SCRM 2006 console tree groups three global setting types in the data warehouse. The global setting types defined for SCRM 2006 data warehouse are as follows: Fiscal Calendar, MOM Data Retention Policy, and SMS Data Retention Policy.

SMS 2003 SP2 and above Data Retention Period

The period specified for SMS 2003 SP2 and above grooming jobs in SCRM 2006 is referred to as SMS 2003 SP2 and above Data Retention Period. SMS grooming supports multiple data retention groups. It is the duration that the data is retained and stored in the data warehouse. After the data retention period is over, the data is groomed from the SCRM data warehouse. The data retention period is specified in days.

SMS Data Retention Policy

This is a global setting for the SCRM 2006 data warehouse. SMS grooming supports multiple data retention groups. The four groups are:

SoftwareInventoryRetentionGroup: This Group Policy is defined to purge data from tables related to software inventory
HardwareInventoryRetentionGroup: This Group Policy is defined to purge data from tables related to hardware inventory
ConfigurationDataRetentionGroup: This Group Policy is defined to purge data from tables related to configuration data
StatusMessageRetentionGroup: This Group Policy is defined to purge data from tables related to status messages

snap-in

A management tool or a set of management tools designed to run within Microsoft Management Console (MMC). A snap-in can also be defined as code that provides management functionality.

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

This is a comprehensive, server-based reporting solution that can author, manage, and deliver both paper-oriented and interactive, Web-based reports.

Start Page

After installing Microsoft System Center Reporting Manager 2006, when you launch the application for the first time, the Start page is displayed.

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 SP2 and above

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and above provides a comprehensive solution for change and configuration management for the Microsoft platform, enabling organizations to provide relevant software and updates to users quickly and cost-effectively.

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Tabs

Dialog Boxes enable you to provide specifications for various aspects of one particular item or a task. Tabs are provided in dialog boxes to display the page for providing specifications in context with a specific aspect.