Question : Problem: How to add custom data to SMS database

I'd like to add some custom info to the SMS database and I'm not sure how. I'd like to add a column for our "asset tag". It's just a 4 digit number/sticker that we place on each PC for our inventory purposes. Then I'd like to be able to extract this info in a report. I've done some searching but found nothing so far. Thanks.

Answer : Problem: How to add custom data to SMS database

You can do this by using noidmif in SMS 2003. Create a .mif file (using a text editor) and add the following lines.

Start Component
  Name = "System Information"   Start Group
     Name  = "Asset Numbers"      ID    = 1
     Class = "AssetNumbers"      Key = 1
     Start Attribute
        Name    = "Computer Asset Number"         ID      = 1
        Type    = String(10)
        Value   = "YOUR ASSET NUMBER HERE"      End Attribute
  End Group
End Component

change "YOUR ASSET NUMBER HER" to your asset number. Save the file on the client computer under Windows\System32\CCM\Inventory\noidmif

Edit the properties of you Hardware Inventory Agent, enable "collect NOIDMIF files".

The next time hardware inventory is done on the client the database will be extended with your asset number information connected to the computer.

Depending on the number of clients you got, you have some work to do. You must edit the file and write the asset number for each and every one of them. But this should to the trick for you.