The following are upgrade considerations and product changes for ReportCaster:
When the template for the HTML Composer Page Schedule button contains multiple distribution options, the user is prompted to select one of the options before accessing the Schedule tool, as shown in the following images:
In prior releases, the Single Page Scheduling tool was invoked directly and the Distribute report by field listed the distribution options available to the user to select.
In previous releases, this was accomplished by using the CasterManagedConnectionFactory methods setServerName and setPortNumber to connect to the Distribution server. This connection to the Distribution server for initialization has been replaced by the connection to the IBFS security system using the system property IBI_DOCUMENT_ROOT.
The CasterManagedConnectionFactory methods setServerName and setPortNumber have been deprecated. Use of these methods has no effect in WebFOCUS 8.
For an example of setting the system property IBI_DOCUMENT_ROOT, see the setenv script (setenv.bat file on Windows), located in the ibi/WebFOCUS80/ReportCaster/Samples/Tools directory.
Users must be authorized to share Library reports with the groups and users specified in the Access List for the library report to be shared with them when distributed to the WebFOCUS Repository. Changes to the Access Lists are applied at the next schedule execution. If the Library report access changes are required before the next schedule execution, they can be manually applied by accessing the Library report from the resource tree in the Business Intelligence Portal (BI Portal), Dashboard, or ReportCaster Explorer and selecting the Share or Share Advanced options. The resource tree sharing options are available to users who have been authorized to share library reports.
Using the legacy ReportCaster API, you can create schedules with duplicate Titles, but the Names must be unique. The legacy ReportCaster API must be passed the unique Name when running a schedule to ensure that the correct schedule is run.
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