You can set the same schedule for multiple entries
by creating a job. A job identifies a collection of reports, report
views, and other jobs that are scheduled together and share the same
schedule settings. When a scheduled job runs, all the entries in the
job run.
If a job item is unavailable, you can select
a different link by clicking Link to an entry.
Jobs
contain steps, which are references to individual reports, jobs, and
report views. You can specify whether to run the steps all at once
or in sequence.
- When steps are run all at once, all the steps are submitted at
the same time. The job is successful when all the steps run successfully.
If a step fails, the other steps in the job are unaffected and still
run, but the job has a Failed status.
- When the steps are run in sequence, you can specify the order
in which the steps run. A step is submitted only after the preceding
step runs successfully. You can choose to have the job stop or have
the other steps continue if a step fails.
You can schedule a job to run at a specific time, on a recurring
basis, or based on a trigger, such as a database refresh or an email Trigger-based Entry Scheduling.
The
individual reports, jobs, and report views in steps can also have
individual schedules. Run options for individual step entries override
run options set for the job. You can set run options for the job that
serve as the default for step entries that do not have their own run
options.
You can run reports to produce outputs based on the
options that you define, such as format, language, and accessibility.
You can also include content store maintenance
and deployment imports and exports in a job. For more information,
see Content store maintenance tasks and Deployment.
Permissions required
to include an entry as part of a job vary depending on the type of
entry. The permissions are the same as for scheduling an entry Schedule an Entry.
Procedure
- In IBM Cognos Connection, click the new job button
.
- Type a name and, if you want, a description and screen
tip for the job, select the location in which to save the job, and
then click Next.
The Select
the steps page appears.
- Click Add.
- Select the check boxes for the entries you want to add
and click the right arrow button
. When the entries you want appear in the Selected
entries box, click OK. You
can also click Search, and in the Search
string box, type the phrase you want to search for. For
search options, click Edit. When you find the
entry you want, click the right arrow button to list the entry in
the Selected entries box and click OK.
To
remove entries from the Selected entries list,
select them and click Remove. To select all
entries in the list, select the check box for the list. To make the
user entries visible, click Show users in the list.
- If you want to change run options for an individual entry
when it runs as part of the job, click the set icon
, click Produce
report outputs, select the Override the default
values box, make the changes, and click OK. To send the report to mobile recipients, select Send
the report to mobile recipients and click Select
the recipients.
Tip: To return to defaults
for individual entries, click the delete button.
- If you want to refresh the cache for a report when the
job runs, click the edit icon next to the report, and then from the Run
the report to menu, click Refresh the report
cache. Click Override the default values.
To accept the displayed language, click OK.
To change the language, click Select the languages,
select the languages you want, and then click OK.
Click OK to accept the displayed languages.
Tip: To clear the cache, click the delete button.
- If you want to create or refresh the cache, click the set
icon, click Refresh the report cache, select
the Override the default values box, add languages,
if you want, and click OK.
Tip: To clear the cache, click More next
to the report whose cache you want to clear, click Clear
the cache, and click OK twice.
- Under Submission of steps, select
whether to submit the steps All at once or In
sequence.
If you select In sequence,
the steps are executed in the order they appear in the Steps list.
If you want the job to continue to run even if one of the steps fails,
select the Continue on error check box.
Tip: To change the order, click Modify the sequence,
make the changes, and click OK.
- If you want to specify default run options at the job level,
under Defaults for all steps, click Set.
Note that
the run options that are available for a job with multiple entries
may not apply to every entry. If the option does not apply to an entry,
it is ignored.
- If you want to override defaults, select the category and
select the Override the default values check
box and select the default options you want for the job and click OK.
- To save the complete history details for the job steps
when the run activity completes successfully, click All from
the Run history details level list. Click Limited to
save limited run history details for the job. If the job run fails,
the complete history details are saved.
The default
is All.
- Select the action you want:
- To run now or later, click Run now or at a later time and
click Finish. Specify the time and date for
the run. Click Find only or Find
and fix, then click Run. Review
the run time and click OK.
- To schedule at a recurring time, click Schedule to
run at a recurring time and click Finish.
Then, select frequency and start and end dates. Click Find
only or Find and fix, then click OK.
Tip: To temporarily disable the schedule, select the
Disable
the schedule check box. To view the schedule status, see
Activities Management.
- To save without scheduling or running, click Save only and
click Finish.
Results
A job is created and will run at the next scheduled time.
