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About Report Business Service Methods


The Report Business Service consists of methods that can be used in workflow processes or scripts. The following methods can be called in a workflow to automate report generation on the Reports Server.

NOTE:  The report business service methods always operate on the Reports Server. Therefore, the administrator should make sure that the Reports Server is installed, configured, and is up and running.

Table 33 lists the available business methods.

Table 33.  Report Business Service Methods Available for Reports
Name of Business Method
Purpose

DelOne

Deletes the specified user from the reports server encyclopedia and also removes the corresponding user folder. See DelOne for more information.

DownloadReport

Downloads a report in PDF format from the reports server encyclopedia to the Siebel Server machine. See DownloadReport for more information.

ExecuteReport

Runs a report on the Reports Server. See ExecuteReport for more information.

GrantRolesAccess2Report

Grants access of report to roles (view only). See GrantRolesAccess2Report for more information.

GrantUserAccess2Report

Grants access of report to other users (view only). See GrantUserAccess2Report for more information.

PrintReport

Prints a report to a valid printer. See PrintReport for more information.

RunAndEmailReport

Generates a report and sends it as an email attachment to one or more users. See RunAndEmailReport for more information.

ScheduleReport

Schedules a report on the Reports Server. See ScheduleReport for more information.

SyncOne

Synchronizes a single user on the Reports Server. See SyncOne for more information.

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