Use the
Schedule option on the Reporting toolbar to schedule a favorite report or a standard report to be generated at another time. For example, you can schedule reports to be generated after normal business hours.
To schedule a report to run at another time:
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On the Navigation pane in
Vantagepoint Desktop, click
Reporting, and click the type of report.
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To select the report, click anywhere in the grid row for that report.
Both standard and favorite reports are listed in the Reports grid. Favorite reports have either
Personal or
Global in the
Type column.
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Set the report options and record selection criteria.
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Click
Schedule on the Reporting toolbar.
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In
Queue on the Schedule dialog box, select the queue to which you want to submit the report.
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If necessary, change the text in
Description to describe the scheduled job more clearly.
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In
Run after, set the date and time after which you want the report generated.
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If you want to place the job on hold (pending approval, for example), select
Place job on hold.
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If you want to receive an email notification when the report is actually generated, select
Enable process alert for this submit.
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Click
Options.
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If you want to print the report, select
Print Report on the Options dialog box and click
Print Setup to select the printer and specify print options.
If you do not have a default printer specified in your user options,
Print Report is not available until you click
Print Setup and select a printer. The printer must be set up on the report server. It cannot be a local printer.
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If you want to run the report in the current period or in the prior period, select
Always run in the...period and specify the period.
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If you want to create an archive copy of the report, select
Create report archive, and enter the number of hours that you want to save the archived report in
Archive hours.
The option to archive reports is only available if you are using the Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition of Microsoft SQL Server.
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Click
OK to return to the Schedule dialog box.
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If you want the report to be run on a regular basis (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly), click the Recurrence tab and enter the required information.
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Click
OK.