Format: PPTX TEMPLATE (.pptx, which is a PowerPoint output file and .pptm, which is a PowerPoint macro-enabled output file)

Description: Scheduled output opens within Excel 2007 or 2010.

Suggested Uses: Email, Report Library.

Considerations:

• The default file extension for the PPTX TEMPLATE format is .pptx. If the template used in the procedure is a macro-enabled template, you must manually change the extension to .pptm, in order for the output file to open correctly.
• Bursting is not supported.
• The scheduled procedure must contain a PCHOLD statement, such as the following:

  ON TABLE PCHOLD [AS name] FORMAT PPTX TEMPLATE templatename  SLIDENUMBER n

• When scheduling a report to be distributed in this format, ensure that either the FEX or the ReportCaster configuration setting, Excel server URL, specifies the application server that will zip the Excel, PowerPoint 2007, or PowerPoint 2010 file components for distribution.

  Note: Specifying the Excel server URL (EXCELSERVURL) value in the procedure (.fex) that is scheduled will override the value specified in the ReportCaster Configuration.