Report Scheduler

Report Scheduler

Obiee 11g gives us the facility to create the report scheduler. This doc is the demonstration how to create the scheduler and deploy the scheduler.

STEP 1:First we have to form the SMTP server, in our case we are using the gmx.com who provides free SMTP server as after the login into the gmx.com.Note that you will need your own gmx.coms mail id for that you have to just go on the gmx.com and make the new profile. Go to the link http://www.gmx.com/#.1730814-header-logo1-1Of the gmx.com and then just sign Up in it. It will create your mail id in this case my mail id is Bhumin.k@gmx.com, this will used for the SMTP server mail id and the username.

STEP 2: Open the BI EM 11gFusion middle ware and refer the snap.

Your scheduler tag will contain this data. We do not have to change the data in these fields. Here you just have to check the details.

STEP 3:Configure the SMTP by the gmx mail id The sanp shows the default configuration. We have to change it as below

STEP 4:

By clicking the lock and edit the configuration, do this changes in the fieldsSMTP Server SMTP server of your email (e.g. mail.gmx.com) Port Port of the SMTP server (e.g. 25) Display name of sender Any name(e.g. Oracle Business Intelligence) Email address of sender Senders email address (e.g. bhumin.k@gmx.com Username Same as the senders email (e.g. bhumin.k@gmx.com) Password password of your email Confirm password confirm the same password as above Number of retries upon failure any number Maximum recipients Addressing method To, Blind Copy Recipient (Bcc) if you want to receive a BCC, select it.After changing you have to Apply and Activate ChangesThen after go the Overview and Restart all changes.

STEP 5:Creating the Agent to send the mailNow put the OBI EM open and now go to the OBIEE Answers sign in and now go to the NEW/AGENT

By clicking on that you will find the area where you can create your own new agent.

Next step is to see the priority and can modify it.

Go to the Scheduler tag in the agent

By changing the frequency none -> once you can edit the time of the scheduler

Delivery content will contain the content that you wants to send the person. It would be either 1-Analysis2- Dashboard3- Briefing book

By clicking on browse you can select the file from the browse window For example here we select the gauge from the files.

Then make the Format that you want in this case I preferred the PDF

You can select anything and also you can select how you want to send it like in the attachment or other. Here we selected the deliver as attachment.

Name the Recipients Weblogic will be there default, you have to put the mail id there by clicking the mail symbol Whom you want to send the mail.

In the destination tag check on the specific device and check the Email. Save the agentAfter save the symbol for run the agent will open.

Run button.

Agent runs successfully.

By clicking on the alert button the window will open

Now go to the mail id that you had provided in the recipient. You will see the mail in the inbox or in the spam

Just like that you will get the attachment in the pdf format and you can make the schedule to send the reports any time.

By the reference of http://pagelock.blogspot.in/2012/07/hi-guys.html.

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