How to Delete a Software Metering Rule

You delete a software metering rule, in Configuration Manager, by loading the instance of the software metering rule that is identified by the software metering rule ID and calling the delete method.

To delete a software metering rule

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

2. Load the software metering rule object by using the SMS_MeteredProductRule class and a known software metering rule ID.

3. Delete the software metering rule by using the delete method.

Example

The following example method shows how to delete a software metering rule by loading an instance of the software metering rule that is identified by the software metering rule ID and calling the delete method.

Important

The rule ID corresponds to the value stored in the property RuleID. The Configuration Manager console displays a Rule ID column, which actually corresponds to the value stored in the property SecurityID.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

' Delete a software metering rule.
 Sub DeleteSWMRule(connection,                  _
                   existingSWMRuleID)

    ' Get an existing software metering rule to delete.
    Set existingSWMRule = connection.Get("SMS_MeteredProductRule.RuleID='" & existingSWMRuleID & "'")

    ' Get file name for output.
    fileName = existingSWMRule.FileName

    ' Delete the software metering rule.
    existingSWMRule.Delete_

    ' Output a success message.
    Wscript.Echo "Deleted SWM rule: " & existingSWMRuleID
    Wscript.Echo "Rule name: " & fileName

 End Sub

public void DeleteSWMRule(WqlConnectionManager connection,
                          string existingSWMRuleID)
{
    try
    {
        // Get the specific SWM Rule to delete.

        IResultObject existingSWMRule = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_MeteredProductRule.RuleID='" + existingSWMRuleID + "'");

        // Get file name for output message.
        string fileName = existingSWMRule["FileName"].StringValue;

        // Delete the software metering rule.
        existingSWMRule.Delete();

        // Output a success message.
        Console.WriteLine("Deleted SWM rule: " + existingSWMRuleID);
        Console.WriteLine("Rule name: " + fileName);
    }

    catch (SmsException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to delete the software metering rule. Error: " + ex.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection	- Managed: WqlConnectionManager - VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
existingSWMRuleID	- Managed: String - VBScript: String	Identifies a specific software metering rule. In this case, identifies the specific software metering rule that will be deleted.

Compiling the Code

This C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

.NET Framework Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Configuration Manager role-based administration.

See Also

Configuration Manager Software Development Kit SMS_MeteredProductRule Server WMI Class