Scheduling exports

You must have enterprise designer or scheduler rights to schedule exports for dashboards, documents, and reports. All content must be saved before you can export it.

You can schedule periodic exports of dashboards, documents, and reports in a variety of formats, such as Word, HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, and PowerPoint. You can then use the Scheduled tasks page to manage those exports as tasks.

For general information about exporting dashboards and documents, see Dashboard Designer and Document Designer.

If needed, you can export single components to 3rd-party applications. For details, see Exporting components to 3rd-party applications.

1.Open a saved dashboard, document, or report, then click the The scheduled tasks icon is used to open the Scheduled tasks page, which displays all scheduled exports. icon in the title header.

2.In the Scheduled Export dialog, provide a name to identify the scheduled task and details about when it should run:

Use the Scheduled Exports dialog to schedule an export of a dashboard or document.

If you're scheduling an export for a document or dashboard that contains parameters, the The parameters icon is used to open the Parameters dialog. icon will display in the top right corner of this dialog. If needed, you can select different parameter values for the export by clicking the The parameters icon is used to open the Parameters dialog. icon. Setting parameter values here restricts them to this particular scheduled task.

3.Under the Options tab, select the following details about the export:

•Format: Select the file format for the export. If exporting to CSV, multiple components will export as separate CSV files contained in a single downloaded ZIP file.

•Theme: Select the background color if the content is graphics based. The white theme helps save on toner when printing.

•Use template: Export to a Word template. If the content wasn't designed for use with a template, this option is dimmed.

•Show description: Include a summary of the data source and filter conditions used for each component in the details pane.

•Show notes: Include any optional notes that are part of this content.

•Show table data: Include data that's presented in tables. As this option can export a lot of data, carefully consider the number of records you'll be exporting.

•Show URL record link: For list components. Embeds URL links in the exported record list that can open specific records (for example, service desk incidents) in the native application.

4.Under the Schedule tab, set up the export schedule. The time the task will run is taken from the information you entered in step 2 above:

•Daily: Run the task daily. 

•Weekly: Run every week on the days selected. 

•Monthly: Run every month on the days and months selected. 

•Timer: Run the task at the specified interval. Set up both the interval number and type (minutes, hours, days). The task will run continuously for the interval specified.

•Monthly Offset: Run the task on a specific day of the week and month. The With Off-Set option allows you to execute the task a certain number of days before or after the day set under the Monthly Offset schedule. To make things simpler, you can select all months listed throughout the year simultaneously with the Check-All option.

5.Under the Delivery tab, set up delivery options:

•Xtraction server: Select a folder on the Xtraction server for where to save the report. Exporting to a folder ensures this file will be available in the Stored Reports dialog (accessed by clicking the toolbox's The toolbox icon is used to open the default view within Xtraction. icon, then clicking the The Report Designer icon is used to open the Report Designer in Xtraction. icon). Also enter a filename for this report and select if you want to append a datestamp.

•File system: Specify a path for where to save the report, for example a company intranet web server. Note that this path is relative to the Xtraction server and not your local device. Examples of paths to enter are \\fileserver\XtractionReports or D:\XtractionReports. Also enter a filename for this report and select if you want to append a datestamp.

•Email: Specify an email address for where to send the report, including Cc and Bcc recipients if needed. Use a semi-colon (;) to separate multiple email addresses. Also enter a subject line, body text (which you have the option to send as HTML), and a filename for this report, then select if you want to append a datestamp.

6.Click OK to schedule the task. After scheduling an export, your task will display on the Scheduled tasks page, accessed by clicking the The scheduled tasks icon is used to open the Scheduled tasks page, which displays all scheduled exports. icon in the toolbox.

Scheduled tasks page

After scheduling an export, it displays as a task on the Scheduled tasks page where you can manage it. Access this page by clicking the The scheduled tasks icon is used to open the Scheduled tasks page, which displays all scheduled exports. icon in the toolbox. The task status is indicated by the colored box next to each task—green is running, red is failed, gray is paused.

By default, the page displays tasks for all users. To view just your own tasks, click My tasks only in the upper-right corner.

The Scheduled tasks page displays all scheduled exports as tasks, where you can manage the exports.

Right-click a listed task to do the following:

•Task history: View the export history details of the task in the bottom pane.

•Edit task: Change the export and schedule details.

•Pause task: Pause a running task to stop it from exporting on schedule.

•Run task: Override the export schedule to run the task right now. The Summary column will update with "Manually run." To reset the original schedule, right-click the task again, select Edit task, then click OK.

•Delete task: Delete from the system.

•Resume task: Turn on a paused task so that it exports on schedule.

•Reset task: Reset a failed task so that its export is rescheduled.