Modifying the reports

While FIM 2010 R2 provides reports based on the default FIM schema, you can also extend FIM Reporting to accommodate custom resources and attributes that you have created in the FIM schema, or customize the way the reports are displayed.

Note

For detailed guidance on extending FIM Reporting, see http://aka.ms/FIMReporting.

As mentioned earlier, the FIM Reporting service automatically installs several SCSM management packs to define the default FIM schema and reports. Once you have modified the FIM schema with new resources or attributes, you will need to create another management pack, so that SCSM is aware of the new resources.

The following is a summary of this process from the TechNet article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj133861. It outlines the general process of extending FIM Reporting:

1. Create a new Schema management pack for SCSM, which contains definitions for the new schema elements.

2. Create a new FIM Reporting Binding file. A FIM Reporting Binding...