Defining Bursting and Delivery Options
The Update Report Definition - Bursting and Delivery form contains the following two tabs:
Bursting/Delivery
Override Output File Name
Access the Bursting/Delivery tab in the Update Report Definition - Bursting and Delivery form.
- Burst Report
(Optional) Select this option if bursting will be performed for a report definition.
- Burst Field
A report definition can burst on any level break section defined within the batch or report version that is used as its source of data. Typically, when you burst a report, you break on a level break header section. The field must contain the complete XPath as it appears in the XML data output that was created from the batch process.
- Printer
Select this option to direct output to a static printer, which is the default printer assigned to a combination of a user/role, a report, a version, a host, and an environment in the Printers application (P98616). Selecting this option directs all report definition PDF output to the default printer.
- Address Book Number E-Mail
Select this option to deliver output to the email address that is associated with a specific Address Book number. When a report definition is submitted to BI Publisher, all output produced is sent to the email address.
- Distribution List Type
Select this option to deliver output to all members of the distribution list type who are associated with the provided Address Book number. If the distribution list type is not entered, the output is sent to the primary email address associated with the Address Book number.
- Consolidate Bursted Report for Address Number
Select this option to deliver all the bursted output in a single report to the email address associated with the provided Address Book number.
- E-Mail Address
Select this option to deliver output to a specific email address. When the report definition is submitted to BI Publisher and an email delivery address has been defined, all output produced is sent to the defined email address.
- Language
Select the language in which you want the output delivered.
- Consolidate Bursted Report for E-Mail Address
Select this option to deliver all the bursted output in a single report to the email address.
- Data Driven Delivery
Select this option to deliver the output to email recipients and printers based on data generated by the source batch version or report version.
- Distribution List Type for Email
Select this option to deliver output to all members of a distribution list and distribution list type that are associated with the data. If the distribution list type is not entered, the output is sent to the primary email address associated with the Address Book number.
- Data Driven Printer Mapping
Select this option to enable a report definition to send output to specific printers based on data generated by the source batch version or report version.
- Data Item for Subject and Body
(Optional) Specify a data dictionary glossary item for the subject and body of the delivery email.
- From E-Mail Address Override
Specify an alternate email address if you want to override the from email address for the delivery email.
- Data Driven Recipient
(Optional) To deliver the report definition output to recipients or printers as determined by the data from a particular item within the XML output, specify the XPath field that contains the recipient data.
- Data Recipient Language Preference
(Optional) Select this option if you want to deliver the report definition output to the recipients determined by the language preference within the XML output. The field must contain language data from the 01/LP or the H95/XL UDCs (User Defined Code).
After defining bursting and delivery details, click End to save the report definition and exit.
Access the Override Output File Name tab in the Update Report Definition - Bursting and Delivery form:
- Override Output File Name
Select this option to customize the name of the output file from a report definition.