Scheduling a job

iServer incorporates a flexible job scheduling model for running designs and queries. The term job refers to the following iServer tasks:

n	Generating a document by running a design using a schedule

n	Printing a document

n	Converting the following document formats:

n	From a BIRT design to BIRT document, Excel, PDF, Postscript, PowerPoint, Word

n	From a BIRT document to CSV, Excel, PDF, Postscript, PowerPoint, PSV, TSV, Word

n	From a BIRT Spreadsheet design or document to Excel

n	Querying an information object by running an Actuate Query

After a scheduled job runs, iServer can notify channel users by e-mail about the availability of the document.

In Management Console, you schedule a job in Files and Folders and track Job status in Jobs. In scheduling a job, you specify the following properties:

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Schedule

Settings include job name, time zone, priorities, version number, number of retries, and other run job settings, such as date and time, recurrence, and event settings.

n	Parameters

Run-time design parameters, if any exist.

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Output

Properties such as where to store the output document, the file format, and the archive policy.

n	Privileges

Privilege assignments on the output document for users and security roles.

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Channels

Channels for broadcasting the document and sending job completion and failure notices.

n	Notification

Notification groups and users to notify when a job completes, and notification options, such as notifying by e-mail or by creating a completion notice in a user's personal channel.

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Print

How to print the output document.

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