Schedule Reports in Cognos 8 BI

Schedule Reports: You can schedule the entries in Cognos Connection to run at a specific time or a recurring date and time (for example, by day, week, month, year, or trigger). You can use the default values, or specify your own options by using the Schedule action. For example, you may have a large report that takes several hours to run. By scheduling the report or modifying the schedule of the report, you can run the report during non-working hours to utilize faster performance times. You can also remove the schedule.

NOTE: Each entry in Cognos Connection can have only one schedule.

1. Click Schedule, as shown next.

2. The Schedule screen displays:
The settings on this screen include the following:
• Disable The Schedule Disables the entry without losing the scheduling information.
• Priority The default value is 3. If more than one entry contains the same priority setting, the entry placed in the queue first runs first. As a consumer, you will not be able to edit this setting. Users responsible for managing the Cognos queue will be able to modify the priority.
• Frequency Sets the frequency of the schedule (for example, to run by week on every Monday and Thursday).
• Start / End Sets the dates and times for the schedule to start and finish. The Calendar wizard can be used to select the date.
3. Specify your applicable settings and then click OK. The schedule is created and the report will run at the next scheduled date and time.
Here’s how to modify or remove the report schedule: Click the More link for the entry you want to edit. The Perform An Action Screen displays. Then do the following:
• To remove the schedule, click the Remove The Schedule link and then click OK. The schedule is removed for the report.
• To modify the schedule, click the Modify The Schedule link. The Schedule screen displays, as shown earlier. Repeat the steps used to schedule a report, as discussed earlier.