How to report on Added or Deleted Devices within NCM

Question

Hi,

I submit an NCM report each week to the big cheeses, that includes the number of devices within NCM, number of public facing, etc. etc. etc...

One week there might be 2488 devices within NCM, the next 2499, the next 2479, and so on.....

So I am constantly asked, what are the devices added the last week, which devices were removed from NCM the last week, etc.

Any help on a device change report within NCM?

Jonathan

sedmo · Answer

I apologize.  I missed that you were trying to get this information out of NCM.  I'm not aware of any way to get this kind of report from NCM.

jon0966 · Answer

Hi, thank you!  When you mention event log, are you referring to Windows event viewer or a NCM event log?

Jonathan

sedmo · Answer

Since node additions and deletions are tracked in the event log, you can get what you need by  creating an event log type of report with report writer.  You can then configure the report filter to show node removed and node added event types.  One thing to remember though, only use fields in the report from the events table.  Otherwise you will not get any records returned for nodes that have been removed since they will not exist in any other tables.