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 05
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Enhancement to FTP Server Settings. In
the ReportCaster Configuration tool, the default FTP server settings
have been modified to enable the use of an SFTP server by default.
This enhances the use of the default settings for the FTP Server
when creating a schedule.
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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Addition to Available Library Distribution Options. 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.