High level requirements for execution are running on a SharePoint machine on the Search Farm and running under Farm Administrator credentials. This is required as the script will request SSA-specific data from SharePoint and will also reach out to the database remotely from this machine. Here are the specific steps for doing either: - Extract the contents of the zip file (.ps1 file) - Open an administrative powershell window - cd to the location you extracted the zip file into - Run the following: o Import-Module .\AnalyzeSearchCmdlets.ps1 For extraction only, run the following: Get-SPAnalyticsReports -SearchServiceApplication "SSA Name" -OutputDirectory "\Location\of\script" -WholeMonth -ExtractOnly -StartDay "2014-03-01" For report generation only, run the following: Get-SPAnalyticsReports -SearchServiceApplication "SSA Name" -OutputDirectory "\Location\of\script" -WholeMonth -StartDay "2014-03-01"