At the center of the Report Scheduler is the report package, a
collection of reports that share the same schedule and destination. A package can be run on
a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. The output files resulting from a scheduled report
package are saved to a location on disk, emailed to a list of users or groups, or both.
When you create a package, separate tabs allow you to specify basic package information,
scheduling information, the list of reports to include in the package, and the destination.
Note: Packages that appear grayed out (or dimmed) are disabled and are not scheduled to be
run. To enable a package, see
Disabling or Enabling a Report Package. Packages
that contain unsupported reports or reports with undefined parameters display in red. An
unsupported report is a report whose report definition file cannot be found. If a
package contains an unsupported report, you should open the package and re-select the
latest version of the report. Otherwise, the unsupported report will not be generated
when the package runs. A package that contains only unsupported reports cannot be
enabled.
You can use the Report Scheduler to distribute reports in the following formats:
- PDF – Portable Document Format, which can be opened in Adobe
Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
- RTF – Rich Text Format, which can be opened in Microsoft Word.
- CSV – comma-separated values format, which can be opened in a
spreadsheet application. CSV format is available only for Export Data reports.