You can change the defaults that are set for
agents in Event Studio, such as whether to use prompt values and run
as the owner.
If the agent contains one or more tasks
with a destination of My Folders, and someone
other than the owner runs the agent, the task fails unless run as
the owner is selected.
You can run an agent Run an Agent, create agent views Create an Agent View, and create
and edit agents in Event Studio Open or Create an Agent from IBM Cognos Connection.
Before you begin
You must have execute permissions for the agent. You must
have traverse permissions for the folder that contains the agent.
Procedure
- In IBM Cognos Connection, click the set properties
button
on the actions toolbar next
to the agent you want to run.
- Click the Agent tab.
The
tasks in the agent are shown.
- Under Default action, specify the
default action for the agent.
- If you want the agent to prompt for values to filter the
results that it retrieves, under Prompt Values,
select the Prompt for values check box. The Prompt
for values check box appears only if prompt values are
created for the agent in Event Studio.
- If you want the agent to run using the owner credentials,
click the check box next to the owner listed under Run
as the owner. Click Capabilities only to
run the report using only the owner capabilities and not the owner
credentials. For more information, see Running reports with report owner capabilities.
- To allow users to add themselves to the alert list for
the agent, click the Allow users to add themselves to the
alert list check box.
- Click OK.
The next
time the agent runs, it uses these properties instead of the original
defaults.
