MicroStrategy 7 Administrator Guide

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Scheduling
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Scheduling topics include:
• Scheduling introduction
• Report scheduling
• Cache refreshing
Scheduling introduction
As the administrator, it is your responsibility to create the events and schedules
that users can use to schedule their reports. To create effective and useful
schedules, you need to have a clear understanding of your users’ needs as well as
the usage patterns of the overall system.
There are two types of schedules:
• Time-triggered schedules: Reports are run at a specific date and time. Timetriggered
schedules are often used in systems where the warehouse is refreshed
on a regular basis.
• Event-triggered schedules: Reports are processed based on the occurrence of
an event.
Report scheduling
The most common use of scheduling in the MicroStrategy environment is to
schedule reports. Ordinarily, MicroStrategy Intelligence Server processes report
requests immediately. Scheduling allows you to have MicroStrategy Intelligence
Server process them at a different, user-defined time.
There is no difference between a scheduled report and a report manually submitted
by a user. MicroStrategy Intelligence Server executes scheduled reports in exactly
the same manner, regardless of whether the report was scheduled or not. All
governing parameters and error conditions apply to scheduled reports in the same
way they apply to other requests.
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