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Schedule an Object to an Inbox Destination

To schedule an object to an inbox destination

1. In the Folders management area of the CMC, select an object.
2. Click Actions, Schedule and access the Destination page.
   • If you are scheduling a Crystal Report or object package, click Destination.
   • If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, click Formats and Destinations.
3. Destination:
   • If you are scheduling a Crystal Report or object package, select Business Objects Inbox from the drop-down menu.
   • If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, click Inbox under Output Format Details and then click Destination Options and Settings.
4. Choose whether to enable instance cleanup.
   • If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, select or deselect the Clean up instance after scheduling option.
   • If you are scheduling another type of object, select or deselect Keep an instance in the history.

   When that option is selected, the system automatically deletes the report or program instance from the Output File Repository Server to keep the number of instances on the server to a minimum.

5. If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, select or deselect Use the Job Server's defaults.

   If you select this option, BusinessObjects Enterprise will schedule an object using the Job Server's default settings. You can change these settings in the Servers management area.

6. If you did not select Use the Job Server's defaults, set the following parameters; otherwise, skip this step.
   1. Navigate to and select the users or groups from the Available Recipients panel and click > to add them to the Selected Recipients.

      Note: You can click >> to add all the available recipients, and < or << to remove the selected or all recipients.

   2. To let BusinessObjects Enterprise to generate a name for the instance file, select Automatically generated.

      To choose a name, select Specific name and enter the name in the text box. To include variables, select them from the list beside the box.

   3. To send a shortcut to the instance, select Shortcut. If you would like to send a copy of the instance, select Copy.
7. Set your other scheduling options and click Schedule.