Silect MP Studio Lite vs MPViewer - Stefan Stranger's Weblog - Manage your IT Infrastructure - Site Home

Feature	MP Studio Lite	MPViewer
Register Management Groups	1 Group	n.a.
Multiple views of Management Pack files or installed Management Packs	X	you need to select a MP to view
Graphical view of MP references	X
View Content – rules, monitors, modules, views, tasks	X	No Modules (use Module Explorer)
View all overrides applied to an MP	X	No Overrides (use Override Explorer)
View by MP or View by Target	X	n.a.
Export to XML	X	X

So why should you use MPViewer if you have all the features and more in Silect MP Studio Lite? You can easily install and use the MPViewer, it’s only one executable ;-) For some of the missing features you can use other tools (like the Module Explorer and Override Explorer). ~~One thing I’m really missing is the ability (from both) to export the MP to Excel.~~ Export to Excel is available in latest version.

This should not be that difficult I would think if you use some PowerShell commands. Here an example to export the monitors for the Windows Server 2003 ManagementPack.

PS Monitoring:\OpsMgrRMS
>get-ManagementPack | where {$_.Name -like "*Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003*" } | get-Monitor |sort-object LastModified -descending | select-object name, displayname, timeadded, lastmodified
| export-Csv -Path "D:\temp\exportmp.csv"
PS Monitoring:\OpsMgrRMS