Working with the Bursting Definition Actions Menu

You can use Actions menu to do the following:

• Validate the Bursting Definition Configuration settings.

• Manage Data Source for a Bursting Definition.

• Execute the Bursting Definition.

Validating the Bursting Definition

This action validates that the bursting definition configuration settings are valid.

For example, the validation rule verifies the following:

• The report or Book in the Bursting Definition exists in the Library.

• All the POV selections in the Bursting Definition are valid.

• All the Email and Library channel configuration settings are correct.

To perform a validation on the Bursting:

1. From the Bursting Definition page, click Actions - .

2. For all prompts within bursting definitions, ensure that you make the desired selection.

3. Click Validate.

   
   
   

   If any validation errors occur, then the system will display all validation errors in a red line dialog box at the top of the Bursting Definition.

   
   
   

   Note:

   You must resolve all validation errors and ensure that the Bursting Definition is valid before executing it.

Managing Data Sources

You can use Manage Data Sources to perform the following tasks:

• Review the data sources included based on the selected artifacts.

• Reorder the data sources. For each dimension, the Member Selector uses the first data source in the order displayed in the Manage Data Sources dialog box.

• Select an alias table for each data source. If no alias table is selected, the default alias table for the user executing the Bursting Definition is used.

For more information, see the following links:

• Reordering the Data Source

• Managing Alias tables in the Bursting Definition

Executing the Bursting Definition

To run the Bursting Definition:

1. From the Bursting Definition page, click Actions - and then select Execute.
   
   

2. In Information dialog box, click OK.

   
   
   

3. After executing the Bursting Definition, check for a Success or Failure email notification.