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ReportCaster has been updated to allow you to schedule a library report as published. You can also specify Private, Shared, or Shared with, as shown in the following image.

The following terms define the options available to you for scheduling a library report, the labels for which have been modified.

• Private (Accessible only to the owner). Only the Owner of the schedule is authorized to access the Library report. This is the default value.
• Published (Accessible according to WebFOCUS security policy). All users that are authorized to view the Library report in the folder location it is stored in can access the report. The destination folder of the Library Report must be a published folder and the schedule owner must be authorized to publish content in this folder.
• Shared (Appears under Shared Content Folder). All users that are authorized to view the Library report in the folder location it is stored in can access the report. The report appears under a Shared Content folder.
• Shared with (Appears under Shared Content folder according to Library Access List). Only the groups or users defined in the Access List, and the owner of the schedule, are authorized to access the report. The report appears under a Shared Content folder.

Note: When the Access Option of an existing schedule is changed, it will be applied to all versions of the private Library report the next time a new version is distributed. Access options specified in the Library schedule are not applied to published Library Reports.

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ReportCaster can collect DBMS statistics from a Reporting Server that is running Resource Analyzer and display the DBMS information in the schedule log. To enable this feature, check the Provide Metrics Information from Resource Analyzer check box on the Distribution Server Settings dialog box, as shown in the following image.

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ReportCaster is fully integrated with the Version 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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A user can be given the ability to manage the private Schedules, Distribution Lists, and Access Lists of other users.

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Users can share Schedules, Distribution Lists, and Access Lists with other groups and users they are authorized to share with.

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ReportCaster items (Schedules, Distribution Lists, Access Lists, and Library Reports) and tools are accessible from the tree, which provides a single interface point of access to both Managed Reporting and ReportCaster content and tools.

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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, as shown in the following image.

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Report Library reports are stored in the WebFOCUS Repository, which supports multiple folder levels. Library reports can be accessed from a tree structure from the Business Intelligence Portal, Dashboard, or Developer Studio Repository component. The ReportCaster Explorer interface also provides a tree filtered by ReportCaster item type, which includes Library and Watch List report filter options.

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The Burst Report option is supported for EXL07 - Excel 2007 (*.xlsx) format and requires the Version 7 Release 7.04 or higher Reporting Server. 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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How to: Perform a Save As on a Library Report in the Business Intelligence Portal Perform a Save As on a Library Report in the ReportCaster Explorer

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. The Save As context menu option downloads the Library report file to your machine. When the file is downloaded, the Windows File Download dialog box displays, with options to open, save, or cancel the file download. The following image shows the file download for a PDF format Library report.

The Name value displayed in the Windows File Download dialog box is the Library report name assigned when the report was distributed to the Report library. You can change the Name value and select the location in which to save the Library report in the Windows Save dialog box that displays when the File Download Save option is selected.

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