Adding Registry Attributes

Using Reporter you can collect the following Registry information:

•	Registry values

For example, you can browse to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and gather the value ProductName.

•	List of subkeys

For example, you can browse to HKLM\Software\Microsoft and gather the list of subkeys under that key.

You can add multivalued registry attributes. However, there is no data returned when you generate a report template on these attributes.

To add registry attributes

1.	Select Start | All Programs | Quest Software | Quest Management Suite | Reporter | Configure.

2.	Click the Extend Reporter Attributes tab.

3.	Click Add to add registry attributes, then click Next.

4.	Enter a name and description for the attribute, then click Next.

5.	Select a collection type from the following:

option	description
Get a single value from a key	For every computer, a single value for a single key is collected.
Get a value from all sibling keys	For a given value, a single value from all sibling subkeys is collected.
Enumerate subkeys	For a given root key, the names of all subkeys are collected.
Enumerate All Values For a Given Key	For a given key, the names and values of each key are collected.

6.	Click Next.

7.	Select the registry entries, then click Next.

8.	Click Finish.

If you are collecting a registry value, you can include the selected key only or all the siblings of the selected key.

You can report on this information by creating a computer-based report template.