Query 2 on 'Assets: Installed software by computer' Report

[Rob-CD]

Good Afternoon Sirs,

I’m after some assistance/advise on the report pre-built within Lansweeper called 'Assets: Installed software by computer' if possible.

Due to the sheer amount of records this report shows in full (currently 405902 in our system), when I try to export to excel it crashes the system and will not run and/or export. I need to get the information out in full, as then I have a number of software names/vendors I need to filter the information down by in relation to an external audit request I have to supply information for.

Is there any way to run the report or a version of the report broken down that enables the system to allow the report to export out to excel in several chunks. That I can then group together in one record and run the filtering I need to?

We’ve got a requirement to get this information to the audit by the middle of next week by the latest so any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Rob Crossland-Diskin

[grimstar]

There is probably a better way but this is what I have. Let's say you have 20000 assets in your environment, you feel software is spread relatively equally, and that a 100k line spreadsheet is acceptable ~(405902/4).

You can create 4 versions of the report, breaking it down to sections based off of the AssetID of your devices:

1-5000
5001-10000
10001-15000
15001-20000

An example of 1-5000 is below. It opens in the query editor and you can see where I put >=1 and <=5000. Should be easy enough to tweak.

EDIT: Fixed a typo above, below is still fine.

Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tsysOS.OSname As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblSoftware.softwareVersion As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblSoftware.Lastchanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblSoftware.softID
  Left Join tsysOS On tsysOS.OScode = tblAssets.OScode
Where tblAssets.AssetID >= 1 And tblAssets.AssetID <= 5000 And
  tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblMacOSInfo.SystemVersion As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblMacApplications.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblMacApplications.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblMacApplications On
    tblAssets.AssetID = tblMacApplications.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblMacApplications.softid
  Inner Join tblMacOSInfo On tblMacOSInfo.AssetID = tblAssets.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblLinuxSystem.OSRelease As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblLinuxSoftware.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblLinuxSoftware.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblLinuxSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On
    tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblLinuxSoftware.SoftwareUniID
  Inner Join tblLinuxSystem On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSystem.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Order By Domain,
  AssetName,
  Software

[Rob-CD]

RKCar wrote:
There is probably a better way but this is what I have. Let's say you have 20000 assets in your environment, you feel software is spread relatively equally, and that a 100k line spreadsheet is acceptable ~(405902/4).

You can create 4 versions of the report, breaking it down to sections based off of the AssetID of your devices:

1-5000
5001-10000
10001-15000
15001-20000

An example of 1-5000 is below. It opens in the query editor and you can see where I put >=1 and <=5000. Should be easy enough to tweak.

EDIT: Fixed a typo above, below is still fine.

Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tsysOS.OSname As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblSoftware.softwareVersion As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblSoftware.Lastchanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblSoftware.softID
  Left Join tsysOS On tsysOS.OScode = tblAssets.OScode
Where tblAssets.AssetID >= 1 And tblAssets.AssetID <= 5000 And
  tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblMacOSInfo.SystemVersion As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblMacApplications.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblMacApplications.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblMacApplications On
    tblAssets.AssetID = tblMacApplications.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblMacApplications.softid
  Inner Join tblMacOSInfo On tblMacOSInfo.AssetID = tblAssets.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblLinuxSystem.OSRelease As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblLinuxSoftware.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblLinuxSoftware.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblLinuxSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On
    tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblLinuxSoftware.SoftwareUniID
  Inner Join tblLinuxSystem On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSystem.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Order By Domain,
  AssetName,
  Software

Unfortunately we don't yet use the Asset ID field for this reason, hence when I amended the report to as you suggested and re-ran it. It still pulls through the same number of fields.

Could there be any alternative instruction that could be added into the script to say only show records:

1-100000 only
100001-200000 only
200001-300000 only
300001-406000 only

Or ask it to only report on certain software and/or certain publishers?

Cheers,
Rob

[grimstar]

The AssetID is the primary key created by Lansweeper for the device and isn't something that you create/modify. It's essentially the behind the scenes identifier. I don't think what you stated is accurate. If you enable the AssetID field in your report to view, what do you have in there?

You could tell your report to report on certain software and/or publishers. That is a simple modification of the report to just say SoftwarePublisher look for... Intel Corporation or Microsoft Corporation or Google, etc, etc. The problem is the number of publishers you actually have, which isn't going to be a small number.

Have you talked to your auditor to tell them you are essentially going to provide them a 400k line csv file? Are you able to divulge the purpose of the audit? Because I would almost wonder if you could exclude certain approved publishers that they don't care about.

Anyways if you want to report on just certain Publishers, use something like this. Just add more publishers to the part where you see Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation.

Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tsysOS.OSname As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblSoftware.softwareVersion As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblSoftware.Lastchanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblSoftware.softID
  Left Join tsysOS On tsysOS.OScode = tblAssets.OScode
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active' and tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher In ('Microsoft Corporation', 'Intel Corporation')
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblMacOSInfo.SystemVersion As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblMacApplications.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblMacApplications.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblMacApplications On
    tblAssets.AssetID = tblMacApplications.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblMacApplications.softid
  Inner Join tblMacOSInfo On tblMacOSInfo.AssetID = tblAssets.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblLinuxSystem.OSRelease As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblLinuxSoftware.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblLinuxSoftware.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblLinuxSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On
    tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblLinuxSoftware.SoftwareUniID
  Inner Join tblLinuxSystem On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSystem.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Order By Domain,
  AssetName,
  Software

[Rob-CD]

RKCar wrote:
The AssetID is the primary key created by Lansweeper for the device and isn't something that you create/modify. It's essentially the behind the scenes identifier. I don't think what you stated is accurate. If you enable the AssetID field in your report to view, what do you have in there?

You could tell your report to report on certain software and/or publishers. That is a simple modification of the report to just say SoftwarePublisher look for... Intel Corporation or Microsoft Corporation or Google, etc, etc. The problem is the number of publishers you actually have, which isn't going to be a small number.

Have you talked to your auditor to tell them you are essentially going to provide them a 400k line csv file? Are you able to divulge the purpose of the audit? Because I would almost wonder if you could exclude certain approved publishers that they don't care about.

Anyways if you want to report on just certain Publishers, use something like this. Just add more publishers to the part where you see Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation.

Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tsysOS.OSname As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblSoftware.softwareVersion As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblSoftware.Lastchanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblSoftware.softID
  Left Join tsysOS On tsysOS.OScode = tblAssets.OScode
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active' and tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher In ('Microsoft Corporation', 'Intel Corporation')
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblMacOSInfo.SystemVersion As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblMacApplications.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblMacApplications.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblMacApplications On
    tblAssets.AssetID = tblMacApplications.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblMacApplications.softid
  Inner Join tblMacOSInfo On tblMacOSInfo.AssetID = tblAssets.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Union
Select Top 1000000 tblAssets.AssetID,
  tblAssets.AssetName,
  tblAssets.Domain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypename As AssetType,
  tblAssets.Username,
  tblAssets.Userdomain,
  tsysAssetTypes.AssetTypeIcon10 As icon,
  tblAssets.IPAddress,
  tsysIPLocations.IPLocation,
  tblAssetCustom.Manufacturer,
  tblAssetCustom.Model,
  tblLinuxSystem.OSRelease As OS,
  tblAssets.SP,
  tblAssets.Lastseen,
  tblAssets.Lasttried,
  tblSoftwareUni.softwareName As Software,
  tblLinuxSoftware.Version As Version,
  tblSoftwareUni.SoftwarePublisher As Publisher,
  tblLinuxSoftware.LastChanged
From tblAssets
  Inner Join tblAssetCustom On tblAssets.AssetID = tblAssetCustom.AssetID
  Inner Join tsysAssetTypes On tsysAssetTypes.AssetType = tblAssets.Assettype
  Inner Join tsysIPLocations On tsysIPLocations.LocationID =
    tblAssets.LocationID
  Inner Join tblState On tblState.State = tblAssetCustom.State
  Inner Join tblLinuxSoftware On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSoftware.AssetID
  Inner Join tblSoftwareUni On
    tblSoftwareUni.SoftID = tblLinuxSoftware.SoftwareUniID
  Inner Join tblLinuxSystem On tblAssets.AssetID = tblLinuxSystem.AssetID
Where tblState.Statename = 'Active'
Order By Domain,
  AssetName,
  Software

Thanks for the further information but for the moment we have managed a work around. Our DBA team running the report directly against our Lansweeper server within Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. So I've got the required information in excel format to filter through. As this is only a one off request at the moment I'm not going to worry to much about having a specific report setup, but it become more of a regular request I'll re-look back into it.

Many thanks again,
Rob

[cycleheat]

Rob-CD wrote:
then I have a number of software names/vendors I need to filter the information down by in relation

Is this for Windows asset software? I would navigate to the software in the menus of Software -> Windows Software, then click on the software and export that report.

OR

I'd edit the report named Windows: Installed software by computer, then do "save as" for each software vendor to make individual reports.

To specify in the report you can add criteria for the softwareName or softwarePublisher, for example Like '%Adobe%'

Overall, I'd look at a different report and approach the task as identifying the software that is required for the Audit rather than looking at everything.

[Rob-CD]

cycleheat wrote:

Rob-CD wrote:
then I have a number of software names/vendors I need to filter the information down by in relation

Is this for Windows asset software? I would navigate to the software in the menus of Software -> Windows Software, then click on the software and export that report.

OR

I'd edit the report named Windows: Installed software by computer, then do "save as" for each software vendor to make individual reports.

To specify in the report you can add criteria for the softwareName or softwarePublisher, for example Like '%Adobe%'

Overall, I'd look at a different report and approach the task as identifying the software that is required for the Audit rather than looking at everything.

Where within the report script would I add the additional text? By admission I'm not greatly experienced on the scripting front. Cheers, Rob