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Registering Destination Types with the Server
3. The runtime engine creates/processes the destination objects (which include file
lists for specific destinations as well as any properties related to those
destinations) and the report output; the runtime engine sends the destination
objects to the Reports Server and the report output to cache.
4. The Reports Server sends the destination objects to the Reports Server's
destination component.
5. The destination component of the Reports Server fetches the report output from
cache.
6. The Reports Server destination component sends the report and the destination
objects (which specify how the destination device should handle the output) to the
appropriate destination handler.
7.2 Registering Destination Types with the Server
Before OracleAS Reports Services can send a report to a particular destination type,
the type must be a default type (printer, e-mail, cache, or file) or a type registered in
the server's configuration file, server_name.conf. The configuration file contains a
destination element for registering destination types that are valid for your reports.
You can register anywhere from zero to any number of destination types.
Registering a destination type with the server involves:
■ Setting Up a Destination Section in the Server Configuration File
■ Entering Valid Values for a Destination
These tasks are described in the following sections.
7.2.1 Setting Up a Destination Section in the Server Configuration File
To set up a destination section in the server_name.conf file:
1. Open the server configuration file with your preferred text editor.
You'll find the server configuration file in the following directory (Windows and
UNIX use the same path):
ORACLE_HOME\reports\conf\server_name.conf
2. If the configuration file does not have a destination section, create one
underneath the element that precedes it in the configuration file's data type
definition file (rwserverconf.dtd) section.
Note: The server configuration file follows the order of elements
defined in the file's related document type definition file (ORACLE_
HOME\reports\dtd\rwserverconf.dtd). Place destination
after the elements that precede it, whichever are present in your
server configuration file.
3. Use the following syntax to register all the destination types you will use for
outputting reports:
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