Running a job in the background generates a report, potentially long-running, without affecting performance. You can keep working in the server as the job runs. When the job completes, you can export the report directly to any format and save it in the repository. You can share a report with others by sending the generated report by email. It is recommended to run large reports that contains more than 500 pages in the Background so your session does not timeout.
Running a job in the background is equivalent to scheduling the report to run immediately without recurrence.
To run a report in the background:
- Click on View Your Reports to display the Reports page.
- Click on the icon next to the report you want to run in the background.
- If there are any Input Controls , the Parameters page will appear.
- Enter the desired input parameters
- Click the Next button.
- On the Output screen:
- Output formats: Select at least one format.
- Folder: Select the folder that the output will be saved. (Make sure you save your output to temp folder)
- Sequential File Names: Check this box to attach a time stamp to the names of the files. Used when the report is on a recurring schedule.
- Overwrite Files: Overwrite files with the same name as the report being scheduled.
- Email Notification:
- To: Enter e-mail addresses to send the reports to
- Subject: The subject of the e-mail being sent
- Message Text: The text of the e-mail.
- Attach Files: Select this option to attach the report as a file to the e-mail.
- Skip Empty Reports: If selected, the system will not attach an empty report.
- Click the Save button.