Scheduling a report
You must have an existing scheduled report template before you can create a scheduled report. For more information, see Creating a scheduled report template.
To view your existing scheduled reports:
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Click Reports and then click the Scheduled Reports tab. The following buttons are available on the top of the reports table:
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Click Add to create a new scheduled report.
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Choose a report, and click Copy to make a copy of the existing scheduled report. Click on the new report to make modifications.
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Choose a report, and click Delete to delete the scheduled report.
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Choose a report, and click Suspend to suspend the report. The report will not be generated or emailed until it is resumed.
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Choose a suspended report, and clickResume to resume the report. The report is generated and emailed at the interval specified in the scheduled report settings.
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Click Run Report Now to immediately generate and send a selected scheduled report. You can change the Creation Method and Recipients for an immediate run; changes are not applied to the scheduled report template.
To schedule a report:
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Click Reports and then click the Scheduled Reports tab.
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Click Add. The Create Report dialog box opens.
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Report Name is a unique name for the report.
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Click Delivery Schedule to specify when you want the report to be generated. Specify the time zone in UTC.
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Under Creation Method, choose whether to create one report per Site, or one report for all Sites.
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The Recipients options vary depending on your creation method.
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If you have chosen to create a single report with data for all selected Sites, enter a comma-separated list of up to 25 email addresses.
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If you have chosen to create one report per Site, choose from the following:
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Send to distribution list of each site to use the report distribution list associated with each site.
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In Business view, this report distribution list is specified on the Settings tab.
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In MSP view, go to the Sites List tab, click the Site Name link, and then go to the Details tab.
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Send to email addresses provided below to enter a comma-separated list of up to 25 email addresses.
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Send to both to use both options above.
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Click Template to specify which template to use for the report.
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Choose the Sites you want to generate the report for.
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Use the Languages list to choose the default language for the report to be generated in. One report will be created for each selected language.
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Once the report is configured, click Create.
The scheduled report runs at the specified time.