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Defining a Schedule

Report Writer can automatically generate reports according to a user-defined schedule. To do this you must first define the schedule.

A Schedule Definition consists of the following information:

• The name, report type, owner and associated information about the report to be generated
• The intervals at which the report will be generated
• The printer name where the report will be printed
• Whether the report is required to be printed immediately the printer is available or held on the PSM print spool until released for printing
• Whether the report is to be kept on the print spool after it has been printed, or deleted
• The number of copies to be printed

The Schedule function of Report Writer passes report control information to the generator each time the report is scheduled to be generated.

A report can be scheduled to run, for example, on the first day of every month at midday or at 10 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.