Scheduled Reports
Reports are displayed and exported using the ReportViewer program. It is possible to use a command launch operation to schedule the execution of ReportViewer to create customized reports at regular intervals and export the results to a particular format file.
To create an external command report operation:
1 Open the All Operations folder in the Console tree, Operations folder.
2 Right-click any Operation and select Create Operation from the shortcut menu.
3 Select Command Launch from the Type field drop-down list in the Add New Operation dialog and click OK. The Customize Command Launch dialog opens.
4 Enter a suitable new Operation name on the General page. You can also choose an Icon, which will appear against the Operation.
5 On the Command Launch page, enter the Program name or click Browse to select ReportViewer.exe, which is located in the Console install directory.
6 Enter the Command line for the report based
on the ReportViewer command syntax. For example:
/SITE:"$SITE$" /RPT:cpu.rpt /CSD:MANY /OUT:DATAEXPORT /JOB:"$JOBNAME$" /FMT:PDF
7 Select the Run and wait check box.
8 Click OK to store the new Operation definition.
Schedule the job by right-clicking the Scheduled Report operation and selecting Submit Job from the shortcut menu. More.
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