Scheduled Reports
Those who frequently view reports usually select the same report, or set of reports, for a specific time period. For instance, a manager supporting a particular set of production software may want to see the programs that are failing on a daily or weekly basis. For these situations, it would be helpful to receive the report as an e-mail at a specified interval such as daily or weekly. To accomplish this, Fault Analytics can e-mail a link to the report at the requested times.
This feature is similar to the E-mail Report feature, except with the E-mail Report feature, an e-mail is generated and sent immediately one time, rather than at scheduled intervals.
Create a Scheduled Report
Note: To schedule an e-mail notification on a regular basis to a designated distribution list, the Configure E-Mail dialog box must be completed and the distribution list must be created prior to the parameters being met that initiate the Scheduled Report. See Configure E-Mail dialog box and E-mail Distribution Lists for more information. However, if you have Administrator authority, buttons on the Scheduled Reports screen take you to the Create Distribution List and Create Template functions.
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Start the Fault Analytics Viewer, Select Reports. The Edit Reports panel appears.
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Select the report you want to send.
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Click the Schedule Report icon (). The Create Scheduled Report dialog box appears. (Icon only appears with proper Role authority)
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In the Scheduled Report Name field, type a unique name for this scheduled report.
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In the Report Scheduling Parameters section, specify the Frequency, Time, and Next date when you want the e-mail generated.
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To choose the e-mail recipient, select an e-mail distribution list in the Distribution List drop-down list.
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Click OK.
After a scheduled report is created, Fault Analytics sends an e-mail containing the URL necessary to view the desired report to the specified distribution list at the scheduled date and time.
Modify a Scheduled Report
At some point, you may want to change either the schedule, template, or distribution list for a scheduled report:
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Start the Fault Analytics Viewer. In the Navigation pane, expand Management Reports > Scheduled Reports.
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Double-click the name of the report you want to modify.
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Modify the fields as needed and click Apply to save your changes.
Delete a Scheduled Report
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Start the Fault Analytics Viewer. In the Navigation pane, expand Management Reports > Scheduled Reports.
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Click the check box of the report you want to delete.
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Click Delete.
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Click OK to delete the report or click Cancel to keep the report.
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