WebFOCUS 8 ReportCaster Tools and Distribution Options Consolidation
Effective with WebFOCUS 8, the ReportCaster Applet User
Interface and Schedule Wizard are replaced with modern web-based
Rich Internet Application facilities that will eliminate the requirement
to have a specific release of the Java Virtual Machine present on
each end user machine. In addition, the following distribution options
are discontinued and will not be distributed with WebFOCUS 8:
- Managed Reporting Distribution option to create a new folder
for each distribution of report output has been replaced with the
ability to select the Managed Reporting folder to distribute the
report output to when creating or editing a schedule. Managed Reporting
security will be enforced when creating or editing a schedule and during
report distribution.
- Support for the Prepared Reports FTP distribution option has
been removed in WebFOCUS 8. Schedules that use this option will
be deactivated during migration. These schedules need to be updated
after migration with the appropriate information for an FTP schedule.
For more information on ReportCaster tools and distribution options
consolidation, see the Technical Support website.