Running jobs : Scheduling a file job
 
Scheduling a file job
Information Console can run an executable, document or design file at a scheduled time to enable the user to:
*Continue with other tasks without waiting for report results.
*Run a bursting report. Report bursting generates other report jobs.
*Save the output report document in a specific format or convert an existing BIRT Report document file into another format like Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office formats such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
*Schedule the design or document file to run at a later date and time. For example, outside of peak use time.
*Schedule the design or document file to run on a recurring basis.
*Send a notification with an optional headline to one or more channels that a new document version is available.
Scheduled file jobs support set priority levels between 1 and 1000. The higher the priority value, the higher the priority on the volume.
Table 3‑2 lists supported file types and conversion options for report output.
Table 3‑2 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, text hyphenation, font substitution, embedded font, chart DPI, render 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
Page range, 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
Page range, text wrapping, enable pivot table, auto adjustment for pivot table, chart DPI, export charts as images, hide grid lines, output to multiple sheets
Microsoft Excel format
xlsx
Same as xls with the following additional option: enable live formulas
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
Tab-separated values file
tsv
Table name, column list, export columns data type, locale neutral format, encoding, maximum rows