Scheduling a Report

You are a business analyst for the Sample Outdoors Company. You want to schedule the Return Quantity by Product Line Chart report because some people in your organization need the data updated daily. You schedule the report to run daily, and then check that it is properly scheduled.

Things to notice:

• When a report runs according to a schedule, the report output is saved, and appears in the Action column in IBM Cognos Connection

• At any time, you can click the arrow next to the Help button, and click Go to the Welcome Page to return to the IBM Cognos Welcome page

1. Open IBM Cognos Connection:

   • Start your Web browser.

   • In the address bar, type the URL supplied by your administrator, and then press Enter. The URL looks something like this: http://servername/cognos.

1. In the IBM Cognos Welcome page, click IBM Cognos content. In the Public Folders tab, click Samples, Models, GO Data Warehouse (analysis), and Query Studio Report Samples.

1. Locate the Return Quantity by Product Line Chart report. You can also use any one of the IBM Cognos sample reports.

2. Create a report view for a daily view of the report:

   • Under Actions, click the Report View icon next to the report.

1. Schedule the report view to run daily:

   • Click the Schedule icon next to the entry.

• • Accept the default time and other defaults.

  • Click OK.

1. Check the schedule

   • Click My Area Options , My Activities and Schedule.

• • Click Schedules.

  • In the Filter pane, select Any status and Any priority, and click Apply.

Results

Your report view appears in the list of scheduled reports