might find this useful. took a very long time to get this... but now that i have it, i thought i'd share. using the following url, you can simply supply the service tag of a system to the end of the url. it'll take you right to the warranty page of a dell system. https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/en/details? c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz & amp;~tab=2&ServiceTag= (it's all one long string; had to line break it) implications being, you could use this in your sms reports. you could also write a script to go to the site, pull down the data you need and write it back to something. hmmm...
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