Scheduling a file job

Information Console can run an executable, document or design file at a scheduled time to enable the user to:

n	Continue with other tasks without waiting for report results.

n	Run a bursting report. Report bursting generates other report jobs.

n	Save the output report document in a specific format or convert an existing BIRT Report document or BIRT Spreadsheet document file into another format like Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office formats such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

n	Schedule the design or executable file to run at a later date and time. For example, outside of peak use time.

n	Schedule the design or executable file to run on a recurring basis.

n	Send a notification with an optional headline to one or more channels that a new document is available.

Scheduled file jobs support set priority levels between 1 and 1000. The higher the priority value the higher the priority on the BIRT iServer.

Table 4-2 lists supported file types and conversion options for report output.

Table 4-2  Supported file types and conversion options 

File type	File-Name Extension	Conversion options
Acrobat portable document format file	pdf	Page range, page style, BIDI processing, text wrapping, font substitution, font embedding, chart DPI, save chart in vector graphic
Comma-separated values file	csv	Table name, column list, export columns data type, locale neutral format, encoding, maximum rows
IBM Advanced Function Printing	afp	Chart DPI, page DPI, Plex mode, support the following images: black and white, grayscale, single color, full color RGB, color CMYK
Microsoft Excel format	xls, xlsx	Page range, text wrapping, enable pivot table, chart DPI, export charts as images, hide grid lines, output to multiple sheets
Microsoft Word format	doc, docx	Page range, chart DPI
Microsoft PowerPoint format	ppt, pptx	Page range, page style, BIDI processing, text wrapping, font substitution, chart DPI
Pipe-separated values file	psv	Table name, column list, export columns data type, locale neutral format, encoding, maximum rows
PostScript document format	ps	Page range, page style, BIDI processing, text wrapping, font substitution, chart DPI
BIRT document	rptdocument	None
BIRT spreadsheet file	soi	None
Tab-separated values file	tsv	Table name, column list, export columns data type, locale neutral format, encoding, maximum rows

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