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Accessing and Using the Scheduling Wizard

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As a Managed Reporting Analytical User with schedule capability, you can schedule Standard Reports or your own My Reports using the ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard. The ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard can be accessed:

Note: If you do not have the schedule capability, contact your Managed Reporting Administrator to request this capability.

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Accessing the Scheduling Wizard From Managed Reporting or Dashboard

To create a new schedule from Managed Reporting, right-click a Standard Report or My Report and select Schedule from the drop-down menu.

To create a new schedule from the Dashboard, click a Standard Report or My Report and select Schedule from the drop-down menu.

The following image shows the drop-down list used to select Schedule in the Dashboard window.

This opens the Scheduling Wizard, which guides you through the necessary steps for creating a schedule. For more information about the Scheduling Wizard, see Creating a Schedule.

Note: Reporting Objects that have the "Show as Standard Report" or "Show Only as Standard Report" property selected appear as Standard Reports. However, these Reporting Objects cannot be scheduled by ReportCaster.

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Accessing the Scheduling Wizard From a Web Application

You can access the ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard from a Web application independent of Managed Reporting or Dashboard using the following URL 

http://hostname[:port]/rcaster/enduser/rcScheduleForm.jsp?jspAction=
CREATE_SCHEDULE&IBIB_taskobj=filename&IBIB_folderhref= 
folder_href&IBIB_domainhref=domain_href 

where:

hostname[:port]

Is the host name and optional port number (specified only if you are not using the default port number) of the Application Server where the ReportCaster Web application is deployed.

rcaster

Is the site-customized context root for the ReportCaster Web application deployed on your Application Server. rcaster is the default value.

filename

Is the file name of the Standard Report or My Report you are scheduling, for example, app/salesrep (see Sample Filename). Within the URL, replace app/ with app%2f. Do not include the .fex extension. For example, specify this value as app%2fsalesrep.

folder_href

Is the HREF of the folder under which the procedure is stored, for example, #salesv0psudj (see Sample Folder HREF). Within the URL, replace # with %23 so that it appears as %23salesv0psudj.

domain_href

Is the HREF of the domain under which the procedure is stored, for example, untitled/untitled.htm (see Sample Domain HREF). Within the URL, replace the / separator with %2f, and the .htm extension with %2ehtm. For example, specify this value as untitled%2funtitled%2ehtm.

Note: When you access the ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard in this manner, a valid MR_COOKIE value must be passed to ReportCaster for authentication purposes. Within the URL, special characters have been URL encoded (for example, / is represented by %2f).

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Reference: Sample Filename

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Reference: Sample Folder HREF

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Reference: Sample Domain HREF

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Example: Accessing the ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard

Using the sample values specified previously, you would type the following URL to access the ReportCaster Scheduling Wizard independent of Managed Reporting or Dashboard:

http://hostname[:port]/rcaster/enduser/rcScheduleForm.jsp?jspAction=
CREATE_SCHEDULE&IBIB_taskobj=app%2fsalesrep&IBIB_folderhref=
%23salesv0psudj&IBIB_domainhref=untitled%2funtitled%2ehtm

This URL opens the Scheduling Wizard, which guides you through the necessary steps for creating a schedule. For more information about the Scheduling Wizard, see Creating a Schedule.

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