Processing a report through the scheduling interface

Creating a report schedule

About report processing through the Scheduler

When you schedule a report for processing through the Scheduler interface, you need to create a schedule task and then assign a frequency of processing to that task.

Create a schedule

Follow these steps to create a schedule.

Step	Action
1	In the Scheduler/Event page, click on the New button. Result The Scheduler/Event Properties window is displayed with the Details tab shown
2	In the Task Name field, add the name of the new schedule.
3	In the Type drop-down box, select reporting.
4	In the Definitions drop-down box, select the Report Definition you want processed. Note If there are no report definitions listed in the drop-down box, then you need to create one before you can complete this schedule.
5	Click on the Schedule tab.
	If you want to schedule the report to run...	Then...
	ONE TIME	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select one time only. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. Go to Step 6
	EVERY [N] MINUTES	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select every N minutes. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. In the End-date drop-down box, select the date you want the scheduled processing to end. Leave the Ignore box checked (the default setting), and ContentReporter will automatically run this Scheduled Event at the scheduled intervals. Complete this step by making selections in the Interval and Run every drop-down boxes. Go to Step 6
	HOURLY	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select every N minutes. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. In the End-date drop-down box, select the date you want the scheduled processing to end. Leave the Ignore box checked (the default setting), and ContentReporter will automatically run this Scheduled Event at the scheduled intervals. Complete this step by making selections in the Interval and Run every drop-down boxes. Go to Step 6
	DAILY	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select every N minutes. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. In the End-date drop-down box, select the date you want the scheduled processing to end. Leave the Ignore box checked (the default setting), and ContentReporter will automatically run this Scheduled Event at the scheduled intervals. Complete this step by making selections in the Interval drop-down boxes. Click the OK button. Go to Step 6
	WEEKLY	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select weekly. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. In the End-date drop-down box, select the date you want the scheduled processing to end. Leave the Ignore box checked (the default setting), and ContentReporter will automatically run this Scheduled Event at the scheduled intervals. Complete this step by making selections in the Day(s) selection boxe(s.) Go to Step 6
	MONTHLY	Click on the Execute this task drop-down box and select weekly. In the Start-time and Start-date boxes, select the time and date when you want the report to be processed. In the End-date drop-down box, select the date you want the scheduled processing to end. Leave the Ignore box checked (the default setting), and ContentReporter will automatically run this Scheduled Event at the scheduled intervals. Complete this step by making selections in the Interval and Month(s) selection boxe(s.) Go to Step 6
6	Click the OK button. Result The report is scheduled for processing. The Task name and its pertinent information is listed on the Scheduler/Event tab. If the schedule is not properly configured, the missing information dialog box displays.

About the Missing or Invalid Information dialog box

If you have not completed the schedule information correctly, a dialog displays listing the missing information.

About immediately processing (running) a report from the Scheduler/Event tab

Once you have created a schedule to process a report, you can run it immediately by selecting the Schedule and pressing the run button.

Viewing event states, statuses, and conditions

The following table describes the possible states, statuses, and conditions of scheduled events.

Event Property	Value	Meaning
State	Pending	An occurrence of the scheduled event will begin when some other process completes.
	Running	An occurrence of the scheduled event is currently running.
	Completed	An occurrence of the scheduled event has just completed.
	Idle	The scheduled event is scheduled to occur sometime in the future.
Status Condition	Pending	The scheduled event will begin when some other process completes.
	Successful	The scheduled event was successful.
	With Errors	The scheduled event completed, but had one or more errors. It did not completely fail nor completely succeed.
	Failed	The scheduled event failed.