Configuring the Email Channel

Using the Email channel, you can define the attachment (file) name, the bursting email, and optionally choose to send all the output files to selected users, groups, and email addresses.

To set the Email options, perform these steps:

Create a new Bursting Definition or select an existing Bursting Definition in edit mode.
Select the Email channel checkbox.
You can optionally select Send all generated reports to all recipients in a single email to forego using the Targeted Distribution File and send all the output files to selected users, groups, and email addresses.
In Distribution List, click to launch the Manage Users dialog box.

See the Managing Users topic for more information on defining system users, groups, and external email addresses.
To define the Attachment Name, you can use a combination of hard coded text and text functions.
- To insert a text function. Click . The following text functions are supported:
  - DateTime
  - MemberName
  - MemberAlias
  - ArtifactName
  - ArtifactDescription
  In between text functions, you can enter special characters such as Underscore or Hyphen as a separator.
  
  For example, you can consider the following: ArtifactDescription()_MemberAlias("Fiscal Calendar").
- Click Select to close the Text Functions dialog box.
In Bursting Email, select Edit… .
In the Bursting Email dialog, enter the Subject and the Message body in the respective fields, and then click OK.

(Optional) You can select the text functions for the Subject and the Message body.

The following text functions are supported: DateTime, ArtifactName, and ArtifactDescription.