ReportCaster Administration

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This documentation describes ReportCaster, a scheduling and distribution application that centralizes the execution and distribution of WebFOCUS reports, the contents of URLs, and files. It is intended for ReportCaster developers and administrators.

Documentation Enhancements

In Version 7 Release 7.03, the ReportCaster documentation was reorganized to align it with how the user accesses the product on the Bindows™ platform. The user can access three interfaces on the Bindows platform: ReportCaster Administration, ReportCaster Development, and ReportCaster Library Content. These three interfaces are now documented in two manuals. The ReportCaster Administration manual describes the ReportCaster Administration interface, and the ReportCaster Development and Library Content manual describes the ReportCaster Development and ReportCaster Library Content interfaces. Additionally, we moved legacy information into two other manuals, ReportCaster Administration Applet Version and ReportCaster HTML User Interface. This simplified documentation model streamlines the documentation and eliminates duplicate information.

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual includes the following chapters:

Chapter/Appendix

Contents

1

Introducing ReportCaster

Describes ReportCaster processing, ReportCaster Distribution Server features, and the components that comprise the ReportCaster architecture.

2

Enabling User Capabilities

Describes how to access ReportCaster and how to enable user capabilities for ReportCaster.

3

ReportCaster Security

Highlights issues that administrators and security professionals need to be aware of so that they can appropriately configure ReportCaster to achieve their security goals.

4

Configuring ReportCaster

Provides information about ReportCaster Configuration settings and options.

5

ReportCaster Tracing

Describes ReportCaster tracing, which enables administrators to obtain information about the internal operations of ReportCaster components.

6

ReportCaster Administrative Tasks

Describes how a ReportCaster administrator can monitor and manage a single or multiple Distribution Servers, globally update Repository field values, and transfer data between Repositories.

A

ReportCaster Repository Tables and Reports

Describes the contents and primary keys of each table within the repository.

B

Loading User IDs Into the ReportCaster Repository

Describes how to bulk load ReportCaster user IDs into the ReportCaster Repository from an external source.

Documentation Conventions

The following table lists and describes the conventions that apply in this manual.

Convention

Description

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Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown.

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Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term.

underscore

Indicates a default setting.

this typeface

Highlights a file name or command. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option you can click or select.

Key + Key

Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously.

{ }

Indicates two or three choices. Type one of them, not the braces.

[ ]

Indicates a group of optional parameters. None is required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets.

|

Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol.

...

Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis points (...).

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Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands.

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