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 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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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.