Question

I am working on analyzing Add/Remove Program data from our SCCM server and need some assistance with a query.

The data has been retrieved from SCCM and scrubbed so that I’m only left with a list of actual applications I’m interested in. Common apps/security updates/runtimes, etc have been filtered out.

I need to define an SQL query which will give me a list of computers and their applications only if they have one or more applications defined by a list.

e.g.

Computer    | Application
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WKS001      | Microsoft Office
WKS001      | WebEx
WKS001      | Java Runtime 1.6_33
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WKS002      | Microsoft Office
WKS002      | WebEx
WKS002      | Java Runtime 1.6_33
WKS002      | Photoshop
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WKS003      | WebEx
WKS003      | Java Runtime 1.6_33
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WKS004      | WebEx
WKS004      | Photoshop

I need to retrieve all computers which have any or all of the following applications:

Microsoft Office
WebEx
Java Runtime 1.6_33

That should give me WKS001 and WKS003

Answer 1

If you need to exclude computers that have an application not in that list:

SELECT DISTINCT t1.Computer
FROM Table AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN Table AS t2 ON t1.Computer = t2.Computer
    AND t2.Application NOT IN ('Microsoft Office','WebEx','Java Runtime 1.6_33')
WHERE t1.Application IN ('Microsoft Office','WebEx','Java Runtime 1.6_33')
  AND t2.Computer IS NULL;