Creating Self-Documenting Monitor Solution Reports

Been messing the last few days with a combination of t-sql and Word macros to create a way of documenting the policies and rules for Altiris Monitor 7.1 servers.

All pretty much done, so am writing up for CONNECT.

Here's a taster graphic though of the end-result which was created by,

1. Running some SQL
2. Pasting the results into Excel
3. Copy/Pasting table from Excel into Word
4. Clicking on a Macro button
5. Selecting a table layout and adjusting columns

All in all a couple minutes work! The symbols you see are shorthands for severity, agentbased/agentless, repeats and alert reset method.