Scheduling a report
To schedule a report, select the type of report type you want to run from the list of reports and click on the button, as shown below:
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As with running a report on demand, this will display the reportThe report's selection criteria window will open, where you can set the parameters of the report.
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If you set the report to recur, remember note that the preset report period will remain constant. For example, suppose you want to schedule a report to run every month, you would select the period as Last Month, then set the report to run on the first day of the following month. This way, every month the report will run and have the period Last Month, ensuring a retrospective view of the previous month. |
When you have enter the report's parameters, click on the button. The report will display the following window, where you can configure the scheduling parameters:
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This option allows you to assign a custom name to the report. Enter a name that will easily help allow you to easily identify the report in the list, such as
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Enter the date and time you want the report to run. You can enter the date in any format that pertains to your country's regional settings. The time is usually displayed is in hh:mm:ss format.
And thereafter, how often?
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| Enter the e-mail address to which the report should be delivered. Previous e-mail addresses that you may have entered are available will show in the drop-down list. | ||||
File | Type the location and filename where you want the HTML file to be saved, e.g. C:\My Reports\Sales Report.html. It is important to note that this file
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| Printer | Select from the drop-down list which printer you want the report delivered to. Note that some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer (the engine used to print the reports) do not allow printing to any printer other than the default Windows printer, regardless a different one has been selected. |
After entering the scheduling parameters, click on the button to return to the main Reports screen. The newly-scheduled report will be listed in the Scheduled reports list, as shown below:
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To change the delivery details of the report, such as its name, how often the report is set to recur and how it is delivered, click on the
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