Report Parameter Form and Schedule

This page displays two tabs, Parameters and Schedule:

The Parameters tab enables you to set the runtime parameters defined for this job.
The Schedule tab enables you to specify when and how often this job is run.

Once you have set up your schedule, click the Submit button to send the request to the Reports Server job queue.

Field Descriptions

Parameters Tab

The Parameters tab may contain one or more of the following options. The options depend on what your Reports Administrator has chosen to display.

Field	Description
Server	Choose the Oracle Reports Server that you want to receive this report request.
Printer	Choose the printer that you want to print your report output.
Destype	Choose the destination type, such as Cache, OraclePortal, Printer, and the like.
Desformat	Choose the destination format, such as HTML, HTMLCSS, PDF, and the like.
Desname	Enter the name of the output file when the Destype is File, or enter the email addresses when the Destype is Mail. Separate multiple addresses with commas. Desname is required when you choose File or Mail as the Destype.
SSOCONN	Enter one or more Single Sign-On (SSO) connection strings. For multiple strings, separate each with a comma (but no spaces).
CGI/Servlet Command Key	Optionally, enter the key from the file `cgicmd.dat` that identifies the command line to run for this report.
Additional User Parameters	Use this field to enter additional user parameters. For example, you can use this field to enter the path and name of the distribution XML file that defines how this report should be distributed. Use the same syntax you would use to specify these values in a command line request or within the `cgicmg.dat` file. If you wish to enter multiple additional parameters, simply separate each entry with a space. For more information about the distribution XML file, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services manual.

Schedule Tab

Use the Schedule tab to specify when and how often this job is run. The options available on this tab depend on the Destype chosen on the Parameters tab. The difference is apparent when the chosen Destype is OraclePortal, in which case, the Destination section is displayed.

Start

Field	Description
Immediately	Runs the job immediately. Click the Submit button to send the job to the current job queue. It runs when a Reports Engine becomes available.
At	Specify the time and date you want the job to run.

Repeat

Field	Description
Only Once	Run the job once.
Every	Run the job every n minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months.
Every	Run the job every first, second, third, fourth, or fifth Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday of each month.
Last	Run the job on the last Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, weekday, or weekend of each month that falls on or before the date specified.
Retry	Specify the number of times you want the Reports Server to retry running the job the specified number of minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months after the job fails to run.

Destination

If you chose a Destype of OraclePortal (Parameters tab), define where the job output must be placed within Oracle Portal.

Field	Description
Page Group	Enter a destination Oracle Portal page group for the job output.
Status Page	Enter the name of the page on which job status information should appear. If this is omitted, a new page is automatically created for the status information, called Oracle_Reports_Status.
Result Title	Optionally, enter a display name for a hyperlink that displays in Oracle Portal and links to the job output.
Result Page	Optionally, enter the name of an existing Oracle Portal page where the report output is to be published. If an output page is not specified, Oracle Portal creates a default page named Oracle_Reports_Output. This value is case sensitive. Check Overwrite Previous Result if you want the current job output to replace the last output of the same job. Leave it unchecked if you don't want to overwrite previous output.
Expiration	Specify when the job output expires in Oracle Portal. Permanent means the job does not expire. Otherwise, choose from expiring in 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 31, 60, 90, or 120 days.

Additional Information

Online Books:

Oracle Fusion Middleware Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services, available on the Oracle Technology Network Oracle Reports Documentation page (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/reports.html).

Portal Center:

For more information, go to the Oracle Portal documentation page on the Oracle Technology Network.

Locating this Page

This page displays when you are adding a report portlet to a page (when you click Personalize in the upper right corner of your report portlet) or whenever you run a report that includes a parameter form. For more information, see the chapter "Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services manual.