FAQs to Publish Data
This topic provides answers to frequently asked questions about publishing data.
Where do I save my reports, data models, templates so that only I can access them?
Use My Folders as your personal storage. Only you can access the objects you stored in My Folders.
How do I configure a default printer?
Set your preferences for your account in the My Account dialog.
How do I cancel the jobs scheduled in Publisher?
Navigate to the Jobs History page, locate the job you want to cancel, and then click Cancel.
How do I schedule a job to burst reports to multiple destinations?
- Make sure the administrator has configured the connections to data source connections and delivery channels.
- Create a data model for the report.
- Define bursting in the data model.
- Use an appropriate report template and design the report layout.
- View the report in Report Viewer.
- When you schedule the bursting job, specify the output formats, bursting query, and the delivery destinations.
How do I apply the changes I made to my preferences?
In Publisher, if you changed your preferences such as time zone and locale, you can immediately apply the changes in your Publisher session.
- Append the
&relogon=1
parameter to the end of the page URL and re-load the page. - Log out of Publisher and log in again.
How do I download Publisher Reports as PDF?
You might be unable to download Publisher reports as PDF in Chrome browsers due to the way that the PDF plug-in handles embedded content in iframes.
You have the following options to download reports as PDF:
- Click Print to download a report as PDF.
- Display the report in another browser such as Firefox and download it from there.
- Click Export or click Share Report Link (use
_xpt=1
parameter) to download the report directly.