Archiving_Reports – Agent Creation and Execution

1. After creating an Analysis (report) that must be refreshed and saved to a file for downloading, from the OBIEE home screen select New -> Agent.

   Figure 1-5 Create a New Agent

   
   Description of "Figure 1-5 Create a New Agent"

2. After setting the schedule for the Agent execution, go to the Delivery Content tab and select the analysis report.The other settings on this tab such as format will be overridden by other selections on the Actions tab.

   Figure 1-6 Delivery Content Tab

   
   Description of "Figure 1-6 Delivery Content Tab"

3. Ignore the Recipients and Destinations tabs. Go to the Actions tab and add a new Action that Invokes a Java Method.

   Figure 1-7 Action Tab

   
   Description of "Figure 1-7 Action Tab"

4. Select "REPORT ARCHIVE EJBs / biserver / ArchiveReports / BIReportArchieveApplication-ArchiveReports-ArchiveReports / ArchiveReport".

   Figure 1-8 Select Java Method

   
   Description of "Figure 1-8 Select Java Method"

5. Enter the filename that the report must be written to and select Delivery Content.

   Figure 1-9 New Action Window

   
   Description of "Figure 1-9 New Action Window"

6. Click the small black page icon with the turned corner and select the file format to be written, then click OK.

   Figure 1-10 Select File Format

   
   Description of "Figure 1-10 Select File Format"

7. Click Save Agent and give the Agent a name. At this point the Agent has been defined and will execute according to the defined schedule.

   Figure 1-11 Save the Agent

   
   Description of "Figure 1-11 Save the Agent"

8. If you would like to do an immediate execution of the Agent, you can click Run Agent Now.

   Figure 1-12 Execute the Agent

   
   Description of "Figure 1-12 Execute the Agent"

   The following dialog box displays while the agent is running:

   Figure 1-13 Running Agent Dialog Box

   
   Description of "Figure 1-13 Running Agent Dialog Box"