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A software inventory report consists of Directoryand Fileelements organized in a standard file-system tree structure. This report is a listing of files as specified by the server by the SoftwareInventorySettingselement in the server response to device poll message.

Software Inventory Report XML elements

The following table shows the software inventory report XML elements.

Element Description

FileReport

Root element of the software inventory status document.

Directory

Used to describe the file system directories on the client.

File

Used to describe the files on the client.

Software Inventory Report XML Schema

The following schema is recommended for a Software Inventory Report task scheduled to the server.

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<FileReport>
  <!-- Always start with a root directory element.-->
  <!-- Directory elements may contain zero or more -->
  <!-- Directory elements and File sub-elements -->
  <Directory
	<!-- Always a full qualified name -->
	Name="Fully qualified directory name"
	Created="Creation date"
	LastAccessed="Date last accessed"
	Attributes="File system attributes">
	<!-- File elements must not have any sub-elements -->
	<File
	Name="Name of the file"
	Version="File version"
	Company="Company name"
	Description="File description"
	Size="File size in bytes"
	Created="Creation date"
	LastModified="Last modified date"
	LastAccessed="Last accessed date"
	Attributes="File system attributes"
	/>
  </Directory >
</FileReport>

Software Inventory Report Example

The following code example shows a software inventory report.

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X-Device-Action: Report
X-Device-ReportType: SoftwareInventory
<FileReport>
  <Directory Name="\myFolder" Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
LastAccessed="1999-06-01 12:00:00" Attributes="">
	<File Name="Messenger.lnk" Version="0.0.0" Company=""
Description="" Size="22" Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
LastModified="1999-06-01 12:00:00" LastAccessed="1999-06-01
12:00:00" Attributes=""/>
	<File Name="Media Player.lnk" Version="0.0.0" Company=""
Description="" Size="15" Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
LastModified="1999-06-01 12:00:00" LastAccessed="1999-06-01
12:00:00" Attributes=""/>
	< Directory Name="\myFolder\Microsoft File Viewers"
Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00" LastAccessed="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
Attributes="">
	<File Name="Sample1.exe" Version="0.0.0" Company=""
Description="" Size="21" Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
LastModified="1999-06-01 12:00:00" LastAccessed="1999-06-01
12:00:00" Attributes=""/>
	</Directory>
	<File Name="Internet Explorer.lnk" Version="0.0.0"
Company="" Description="" SIZE="24" Created="1999-06-01 12:00:00"
LastModified="1999-06-01 12:00:00" LastAccessed="1999-06-01
12:00:00" Attributes=""/>
  </Directory>
</FileReport>

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