It is not enough to decide just what is to be reported. You must also consider the architecture of your reporting system and the security of your input information and the reports themselves. This recipe provides examples on what considerations should be made for compliance reporting.
In Chapter 6, Planning a Compliance Program in Microsoft System Center 2012, we talked about the types of reports, the importance of the input/output, and when to use System Center products. You should have worked through Chapter 6, Planning a Compliance Program in Microsoft System Center 2012, especially through the recipe Planning and defining compliance reports.
In addition, valuable information on input data, report structure, stakeholders, and much more is provided in an upcoming cookbook by author Sam Erskine from Packt Publishing. This book on System Center Reporting will cover each of the products in the System Center family we...