When an asynchronous job completes, BIRT iHub can notify a user, notification group, personal channel, and subscribed channel.

Notification tasks are suboperations of the SubmitJob and UpdateJobSchedule operations. To set a notification for a job, use SubmitJob and indicate the user, notification group, or channel to notify. To modify an existing notification, use UpdateJobSchedule.

Administrators and others who submit or update a job can indicate whether the job sends a notification. A report user can indicate whether BIRT iHub notifies him only of successful jobs, only of failed jobs, or of both successful and failed jobs.

The job submitter also can choose from a list of possible formats for the job output when executing a BIRT design (.rptdesign) or document (.rptdocument). This preference is not available for third-party reports.