Software Inventory Reporting with computer name on SCCM 2012

Question

Hi All,
I am just trying to use "Count of all instances of software registered with Add or Remove Programs" from SCCM 2012 Report modules but its giving with collection id only ..
as i am trying to include in this with computername instead of Collection id but i am unable to get that.
is any one help me to get the list of software's name with counts inclusive of computernames
KJSUBBU

Answer 1

The issue with your request is that the COUNT statement gives numbers of distinct values.
For example, you wish to count all instances of "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus" - That program name is a distinct value and there may be 50 instances in your environment.
BUT, when you add the computer name to this - e.g.  MACHINENAME  "Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus" you will always count 1 for each value and the query will yield 50 rows, because each machine name is a distinct value, despite
there being many instances of Office... the COUNT statement checks all values in the SELECT statement as part of the distinct value.
Here is an example:
SELECT
v_GS_SYSTEM.Name0,
v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName0,
COUNT(*) AS Qty
FROM
v_GS_SYSTEM
INNER JOIN
v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS ON v_GS_SYSTEM.ResourceID = v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.ResourceID
WHERE
v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName0 = 'Google Chrome'
GROUP BY
v_GS_SYSTEM.Name0,
v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName0
Will yield the following results:
Name0             DisplayName0     Qty
TSTWIN7-01     Google Chrome    1
TSTWIN8-01     Google Chrome    1 
I agree with Garth's post that you need to gather mgmt.'s requirements for this data first.  If they are wanting reports which show counts of software, AND where that software is installed, you will need two separate reports:  1)  summary
report of counts and 2) drill-down from the summary showing where a specific piece of software is installed.
Report for 1) is canned - "Count all instances of software registered in Add or Remove Programs"
Report for 2) is also canned - "Computers with specific software registered in Add Remove Programs"
The second report is a drill-down from the first when you click on the software Display Name link in the report.
I imagine that your company is looking to checking license counts and that if you ask further, you will find the specific software for which they are searching.  This will also be a good exercise for you to become familiar with the auditing process
for annual true-ups, if you have not gone through this before.