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Creating Custom ACS Reports

Although it is fine to generate reports on an ad hoc basis when requested, one of the strengths of the Operations Manager platform is to automate routine events to reduce the administrative burden. In the previous example, it would be better to schedule the Password Change Attempts by Non-Owner report to be delivered automatically on a weekly basis.

Unfortunately, the ACS reports do not facilitate this. The parameters control only allows fixed dates. When scheduling the report, the Report Parameters Section does not have any relative scheduling options.

To schedule the Password Change Attempts by Non-Owner report for delivery via email every week, a new custom report needs to be created. In Windows Server 2003, event ...