One Time Schedule Create a one time schedule if you only need a snapshot of the data for one period in time.
Complete all fields as described below.
Start - (Required) Determines the date the schedule should become active. The schedule will run the report once and not reoccur. Default is current day's date.
Start Time - (Required) Determines the time of day the report will be queued for execution. Default is 2:00 AM UTC time.
Daily Schedule
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Create a daily schedule if you need the report to run on more than one day a week.
Complete all fields as described below.
Start - (Required) Determines the date the schedule should become active. Default is current day's date.
End by - Determines the date the schedule becomes inactive and reports stop running. If left blank, the report will reoccur indefinitely.
On the following days - Determines which days of the week the report will run. Select one or more days.
Start Time - (Required) Determines what time of day the report will be queued for execution. Default is 2:00 AM UTC time.
Weekly Schedule Create a weekly schedule to run the report on only one day of the week.
Complete all fields as described below.
Start - (Required) Determines the date the schedule should become active. Default is current day's date.
End by - Determines the date the schedule becomes inactive and reports stop running. If left blank, the report will reoccur indefinitely.
On the following day - Determines which day of the week the report will run. Select only one day.
Start Time - (Required) Determines what time of day the report will be queued for execution. Default is 2:00 AM UTC time.
Monthly Schedule
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Create a monthly schedule to run the report on the same day of each month.
Complete all fields as described below.
Start - (Required) Determines both the date the schedule becomes active and the day of the month the report will run. If the date is 29, 30, or 31 the report will not run for months that do not contain that date.
End by - Determines the date the schedule becomes inactive and reports stop running. If left blank, the report will reoccur indefinitely.
Start Time - (Required) Determines what time of day the report will be queued for execution. Default is 2:00 AM UTC time.
If desired, click the Email tab to configure the Email Notifications feature.
6. Click OK. The schedule displays on the Schedules window.
Activate or Deactivate a Schedule You can make an existing schedule active or inactive on the Schedules window without opening the schedule. Inactive schedules will not run reports. Active schedules will run the associated reports as long as the End by date has not passed.
To activate or deactivate an existing schedule
1. From the Reports menu, click Schedules.
2. Select the desired schedule.
3. In the Active column click in the check box to modify the setting (add check for active, remove check for inactive).
Edit a Schedule Existing Schedules can be edited to modify the name, description, format and frequency of the schedule. However, you cannot modify which template is associated with the schedule.
To edit a schedule
1. From the Reports menu, click Schedules.
2. Select the desired schedule.
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3. Click Edit Schedule. The Edit Schedule dialog opens with all fields populated with the current settings.
4. Modify the settings as desired. See Create a Schedule on page 512 for a description of all fields.
5. Click OK.
Note: If you change the name of the schedule, the name of any existing reports based on that schedule does not change. However, subsequently generated reports will use the new schedule name.
Delete a Schedule If you no longer need a scheduled report to run, or a schedule expires, you can delete it from the Schedules window. If a schedule is deleted, any corresponding results will not be deleted until the specified Delete On date.
To delete a schedule
1. From the Reports menu, click Schedules.
2. Select the desired schedule.
3. Click Delete.
4. Click Yes in the confirmation message. Optionally, you can delete all schedules in the list by clicking the Delete All button.