SCSM 2012: Service Level Management
This is guest blog post from two of our most prolific community contributors Andreas Baumgarten and Anders Asp. Thanks for sharing with the community guys!...
View ArticleSCSM 2012: Import Holidays in SLA Calendar
This is guest blog post from two of our most prolific community contributors Andreas Baumgarten and Anders Asp. Thanks for sharing with the community guys!...
View ArticleCreating a User Classification Field Using the Authoring Tool
This is a guest blog post by Sam Erskine, one of our community contributors. Thanks for sharing Sam! ============================================ The default incident request offering in Server...
View ArticleMore Private Cloud Demo Videos!
One of our Senior Technology Specialists, Tiander Turpijn, has created a really nice extended-length demo video of using System Center 2012 to manage a private cloud. Lots of great demo scenarios in...
View ArticleSystem Center Cloud Services Management Pack RC Now Available!
The Cloud Services Management Pack is now available for download. It contains: 1) Model extensions for the SCSM CMDB to store additional types of data which are useful for managing a private cloud. 2)...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Service Manager Webparts to an Existing SharePoint Site
This blog post was written up by one of the senior developers on our team - Martha Amirzadeh. Thanks Martha! ============================== One of the common customer requests that we come across is...
View ArticleHow To Process All the Dimensions in the Data Warehouse in Bulk Using PowerShell
Ever wanted to process all the dimensions in the warehouse? I did while I was preparing for a presentation. I got tired of doing them one at a time so I figured out how to do it with PowerShell. I...
View ArticlePowerShell Script to Run ETL and Cube Processing in Sequence
This weekend I was preparing for a DW/Reporting demo at a conference next week. I know – I need to get a life! I needed to quickly move data that I was generating on the CMDB side over to the DW and...
View ArticleHow to Build OLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse
Introduction Service Manager 2012 data warehouse provides users a model-based approach to build OLAP cubes. Cubes help us to analyze the Measures (like IncidentAssginedtoUser Count) defined on facts...
View ArticleAnalyze System Center cubes using Excel
The Service Manager 2012 data warehouse provides users with 7 cubes out of the box. Here is the SM console with Cubes view SM Console Cube View Description The bottom pane of the console shows the...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse: Introduction
This is the first post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012....
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse : Key Concepts
This is the second post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012....
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse : Modeling the OLAP Cube in Management...
This is the third post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012. Modeling...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse : OLAP Cube Partitioning
This is the fourth post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012. OLAP...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse: OLAP Cube Processing
This is the fifth post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012. OLAP Cube...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse: OLAP Cube Deployment
This is the sixth post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012. Cube...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse: Troubleshooting
This is the seventh post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012. Common...
View ArticleOLAP Cubes in the SCSM Data Warehouse : Maintenance and Administration
This is the eighth and last post in a series of posts detailing the capabilities of OLAP cubes in the Data Warehouse, a new feature that enables self-service reporting functionality added in SCSM 2012....
View ArticleKPIs
Key Performance Indicator: A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a visual cue that communicates the progress made toward a goal. The important properties of a KPI are Current Value, Goal and Status....
View ArticleCustomizing the SCSM 2012 Self-Service Portal–How do I change the “Need...
This is a pretty common question – How do I change the ‘Need Help?’ text to something else? Similarly people want to change the description text. This is the part of the portal that I am talking...
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