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Scheduling a Compound Report

To schedule a compound report

  1. In the Compound Report Properties page, under Scheduling, click Edit.

    The Scheduling page opens.

  2. In Send to, select either or both of the following options:
  3. Select the To be approved by check box and enter the email address of the person who must approve the report before it is sent to others. When the report is generated, a link is emailed to this person, who must approve sending or saving the report by clicking the Send button.
  4. In Hour, select the time for running the report from the drop-down list, and then select a time zone from the drop-down list.
  5. Select the Pend until report is ready check box to have the report sent only after all results are calculated.
  6. In Attachment format, select the output format of the report to be sent and in Include, select the information to be included from the available options.

    The following table indicates the content availability per attachment format.

Format

Section Availability

CSV

Includes Data and Filter (Default). Other options include: Calculation status.

Chart is disabled and cleared.

CSV (Data Only)

Includes Data (Default).

Chart, Filter and Calculation status are disabled and cleared.

HTML

Includes Chart, Data, Filter (Default). Other options include: Calculation status.

MHT*

Includes Chart, Data, Filter (Default). Other options include: Calculation status.

PDF

Includes Chart, Data, Filter (Default). Other options include: Calculation status.

Image

Chart is disabled and included.

Data, Filter and Calculation status are disabled and cleared.

  1. Select the Add link check box to add a link to the report in the email.
  2. In Recurrence pattern, select Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly. and then select the time option from the displayed fields. This determines how often the report is rerun. For example, you can select a weekly recurrence and then select every weekday.
  3. In Range of recurrence, type the start date for running the report. Select No end date, End after or End by to set when to stop running the report and enter the relevant details in the fields provided.

    Tip: Click Open Calendar to open the calendar pop-up and the select a date.

  4. Click OK to return to the Compound Report Properties page.

    The report is now scheduled to run automatically according to the set parameters.

Note: If an error occurs and the report does not run as scheduled, the system continues to try and run it for several intervals. After a few failed attempts, the schedule is stopped and the report needs to be rescheduled.