There really isn't anything more annoying than non-tech folks asking us for data that they could easily get themselves again and again. We are expected to be some kind of wizard supporting our users, keeping our infrastructure up, and providing them with colourful graphs and charts. Crazy, right? What if there was a way to automate some of this reporting? Well, there is a way through Spiceworks.
Spiceworks has a robust reporting engine out of the box. It contains loads of built-in templates, and you can create your own right through the Spiceworks interface. You can even import reports directly from the always active Spiceworks Community. If you have a proprietary system that no other report covers, use Spiceworks to support native SQL reporting. So, if you are an SQL guru, you can work your magic here.
You can also give non-IT staff access to Spiceworks as a reporting user so they cannot see Inventory, Help Desk, or anything else except the reports you assign. Doesn...