Scheduling and Distributing Information
WebFOCUS ReportCaster ensures secure, automatic dissemination
of critical information to the right person in the right context.
A cutting-edge report delivery engine and state-of-the-art business
event monitoring provides companies with a single point of control
for real-time alerts, as well as a mechanism for fully automating,
scheduling, storing, and instantly distributing information. For
example, WebFOCUS reports and dashboards or third-party content,
to anyone within or outside the organization.
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Release 8.0 Version 09
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Group Ownership of Schedules. As of Release 8.0 Version
09, authorized users can change the ownership of a schedule from
a user to a Group. When the ownership of a schedule is changed to
a Group, any member of that Group with access to the folder in which
the schedule resides can access the schedule. The actions available
to the user accessing a Group-owned schedule are dependent upon
the privileges granted to that user. When a Group-owned schedule
runs, it runs as the last user to own the schedule, generally the
creator of the schedule.
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Enabling Brief Notifications. The Enable Brief Notification
Only check box is available in the Email Distribution and Notification
folder, under ReportCaster Configuration. This setting enables you
to control whether Full Notification is available as a scheduling
option. When this check box is selected, only Brief Notification
can be selected when a schedule is created. Full Notification is
not available.
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Update to Migration in Place Utility. As of Release 8.0
Version 09, support for DB2 has been added to the Migration in Place
utility.
Release 8.0 Version 08
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Support for PowerPoint PPTX Formats. The
PPTX and PPTX Template formats for PowerPoint 2010 are available
in ReportCaster.
Release 8.0 Version 07
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Support for Global Variables in ReportCaster for Use in Master File Filters. In
ReportCaster, support for global variables for use in Master File
filters has been added. ReportCaster displays global variables that
are used in FILTERS defined in Master Files and referenced by a
procedure.
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Support for SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Enhancements
have been made to the ReportCaster Configuration tool. When distributing
by FTP, you can now specify that the server requires SFTP. You can
then specify one of the following authentication methods: Password
or Public Key.
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Update to Migration in Place Utility. Support
for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 and 2012 has been added to the Migration
in Place utility.
Release 8.0 Version 06
- When configuring
default FTP server information in the ReportCaster Configuration
tool, you can specify that the FTP server requires a secure SSH
File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). When this setting is checked in the
Configuration tool, the setting will be checked, by default, in
the schedule tools. This default option can be overridden in the
tools at schedule creation time.
Release 8.0 Version 04
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Overriding the Format Specified in the Procedure. Users
are no longer required to specify a format when scheduling a procedure.
If a format is not specified in the schedule, the report output
will be distributed in the format specified by the PCHOLD statement
in the procedure or in the default online format (normally HTML). When
scheduling a Graph procedure (.fex) that contains a PCHOLD statement
that uses JPEG, GIF, PNG, or SVG, if you do not select a format
in the schedule, the output will be distributed in PNG format. If
you require that the output be distributed as a JPEG, GIF, or SVG
file, specify that format in the schedule. To do so, you can select
the Override the Format Specified in the Procedure check
box on the Task tab of the Basic Scheduling tool to specify a format
other than the one specified in the procedure. You can also make
this specification on the General tab of the Task dialog box in
the Advanced Scheduling tool.
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Published Library Distribution Option. You
can now select Published when specifying Library Distribution Options
in the ReportCaster Configuration tool. Library Distribution Options
enable you to select the Library Access options and Email for Library
options available to users in the Basic Scheduling Tool and Advanced Scheduling
Tool when distributing scheduled output to the Report Library.
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Updates to Email and FTP Distribution of HTML Reports. A
new setting has been added to the ReportCaster Configuration tool
that enables the use of a fully qualified FOCEXURL and FOCHTMLURL
with Email and FTP distribution.
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Universal Profile Setting. You
can now specify that certain commands are to be run prior to the
execution of a scheduled job by using the Universal Profile setting
in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.
Release 8.0 Version 02
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Scheduling a Library Report as Published. ReportCaster
has been updated to allow you to schedule a library report as published.
You can also specify Private, Shared, or Shared with.
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Collection of DBMS Statistics. ReportCaster
can collect DBMS statistics from a Reporting Server that is running
Resource Analyzer and display the DBMS information in the schedule
log.
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Integration With WebFOCUS Client Security. ReportCaster
is fully integrated with the WebFOCUS 8 WebFOCUS Client Security
Authorization implementation. Users, Groups, Schedules, Distribution
Lists, Access Lists, and Library Reports are stored in the WebFOCUS
Repository. Administration of group or user authorization to access
ReportCaster tools is controlled by the WebFOCUS Client Security
Authorization.
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Ability to Designate a Group Administrator. A
user can be given the ability to manage the private Schedules, Distribution
Lists, and Access Lists of other users.
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Sharing of Schedules, Distribution Lists, and Access Lists. Users
can share Schedules, Distribution Lists, and Access Lists with other
groups and users they are authorized to share with.
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Access to ReportCaster Items From the Content Tree. ReportCaster items
(Schedules, Distribution Lists, Access Lists, and Library Reports)
and tools are accessible from the Content tree, which provides a
single interface point of access to both Managed Reporting and ReportCaster
content and tools.
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Tools With a Ribbon Look and Feel. The
ReportCaster tools to create Schedules, Distribution Lists, and
Access Lists have been implemented as Rich Internet Applications,
with a ribbon interface for ease of use and consistency with the
InfoAssist reporting tool.
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Subfolders in the Report Library. Reports
can be stored in the Report Library in a tree structure that can
be multiple levels deep.
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Burst Support for Excel 2007 and 2010 Workbooks (XLSX). The Burst
Report option is supported for EXL07 - Excel 2007 (*.xlsx) format
and requires a Reporting Server Release 8.0 Version 01 or higher.
The burst feature enables you to instruct the Reporting Server to
create the report in sections so that the sections can be distributed
separately to different recipients or locations.
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Saving a Library Report. You
can save a Library report to your machine using the Save
As context menu option that is available when a Library
report is selected from the Report Library Versions dialog box or
the ReportCaster Explorer tree.