Defining Report Definitions to Email BI Publisher Reports to External Users

To set up a report to email to external users you must ensure two parameters are set/defined in the report definition:

• The report output location must be set to email.

• An application class must be defined to retrieve the email addresses to which to send the report.

Setting the Report Output Location

To set the report output location to email:

1. Select Reporting Tools, and then BI Publisher, and then Report Definition.

   The Report Definition-Definitions page appears.

2. Click the Output tab.

   The Report Definition-Output page appears.

3. From the Location drop-down list, select Email.

4. Click the Save button.

Specifying Application Classes to Retrieve External Email Addresses

To specify an application class to retrieve external email addresses for report distribution:

1. Select Reporting Tools, and then BI Publisher, and then Report Definition.

   The Report Definition-Definitions page appears.

2. Click the Properties tab.

   The Report Definition-Properties page appears.

3. From the Property Group drop-down list, select PeopleTools Settings.

4. In the Text field for the psxp_ext_email_appclass property, enter the name of the application class that you’ve created to retrieve the external email addresses.

   The format to enter the application class name is:

   <PACKAGE_NAME>:<CLASS_NAME>

5. Click the Save button.