The following section describes the functionality provided for submitting reports on-line and for viewing reports submitted through a scheduler.
For information about this functionality, see The Big Picture of Reports.
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The on-line report submission page enables you to request a specific report to be run. This is only available if your system is able to integrate with your third party reporting system on-line. The system comes configured to integrate with BI Publisher and Business Objects Enterprise.
This page allows you to submit a report on-line. Navigate to this page using Main Menu, Batch, Report Submission.
Description of Page
To submit a report, choose the Report Code for the process you wish to submit. Refer to Defining Report Definitions for information about defining reports in the system.
A description of the report is displayed.
The parameters defined for the report on the report definition page are displayed in the grid. To see a description of a parameter, use the search button adjacent to the parameter label.
Default note. The default values displayed for the parameters are defined on the report definition page.
When you have entered the appropriate parameter values, click the Submit button to submit the report. Refer to How To Request Reports for more information.
Note. Reports submitted via the on-line report submission page are NOT logged in the report history repository and are therefore not visible from the report history page. Only reports submitted through your third party reporting tool’s batch scheduler are logged in the report history.
If your third party reporting tool stores historic copies of reports in a repository, you may configure the system to allow a user to view these historic reports on-line.
Note. The system comes with the ability to display reports stored in the Business Objects Enterprise report repository. Only reports scheduled through Business Objects Enterprise’s batch schedule are stored in the repository.
This page allows you to view a report stored in your third party reporting tool’s report repository. Navigate to this page using Main Menu, Batch, Report History.
Description of Page
The top part of the page shows the Report Code, Description and Long Description for the selected report.
To select a report, search by either Report Code or Description and click the adjacent search button. The reports matching your search criteria are displayed. Choose the desired report from the selection list.
Displaying Report History. When you choose a report, the system interfaces with your reporting software to display a list of historical occurrences of this report. Refer to Interface with Business Objects Enterprise’s Batch Scheduler for more information.