Creating favorite and linked reports

System Center 2016 Service Manager allows you to save the selections you make in the parameters section of the report window for future use. You can either save your settings for just yourself or create a linked report that will also be available to other users.

Getting ready

It is recommended that you follow the instructions from the previous recipe, Viewing SCSM reports, to get familiar with how to open reports using the Service Manager console.

How to do it...

The selections that you make in the parameter section of the report window can be stored as a favorite report, allowing you to access the report with the same selections at a later point in time. Favorite reports are personal and cannot be accessed by ...

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