The Archiving Report* is meant to provide an easy way to pull information out of the archiving database.  It builds on the functionality provided by the Archiving PowerShell script that was written (http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2009/09/28/584.aspx) and adds a GUI interface, the ability to filter by date, and message formatting.  It has been tested against OCS 2007 R2 and SRS 2005.

Installation

1.       Open Report Manager – http(s)://<SRS Server>/Reports

2.       Click on New Folder

3.       Give the folder a name – i.e. OCSArchivingReport

4.       Click OK

5.       Click on the folder you just created

6.       Click on Upload File

7.       Browse to the location where you downloaded OCSArchivingReport.rdl and select the file

8.       Click OK to upload the report

9.       Click on New Data Source

10.   Enter LcsLog for the Data Source name

11.   Enter Data Source=<SQL Servername>;Initial Catalog=LcsLog for the Connection String

a.       Replace <SQL Servername> with your SQL server\instance

12.   Select the Windows integrated security radio button

13.   Click OK

14.   Click on OCSArchivingReport

a.       You will see the following error: The report server cannot process this report. The data source connection information has been deleted. (rsInvalidDataSourceReference).  This is normal, since we haven’t linked the report to the data source we just created.

15.   Click on the Properties tab

16.   Click on Data Sources in the left-hand column

17.   Make sure A shared data source radio button is selected

18.   Click the Browse button

19.   Expand OCSArchivingReport and click on LcsLog

20.   Click OK

21.   Click Apply

The report is now linked to the data source and ready to be used.

Using the Report

The report allows you to enter the SIP URI of any 2 users that you want to view archived messages from.  If you enter “Any User” (case sensitive) for either of the user input boxes, you are able to view any message from any user to a specific user as well as any user to any other user.  You can use the Start Date and End Date to narrow down the search to a specific date range.  Once you have entered all of the inputs, click on View Report.

The results of the search are shown.  The First User column represents the sender of the message and the Second User column represents the recipient of the message.  The Message column shows the message that was sent as well any formatting on the message.  Changing Show Toast to Yes will show the toast messages as well as the Toast column.

A big Thank You to Rich Thorp for helping me put together this report!

Doug Deitterick
PFE

* This is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified in the Terms of Use (http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm).