Export Options

The Export option on the AM Job Request form will place the Report in the Export directory on the server, i.e. \Report Server\Assets\Export, in a defined file format.  This option will also provide further options with regard to emailing the Report.

When this option is selected the following fields and options on the form are available:

These are:

• Format: This field will define the output file format for the Report e.g. PDF. Word, Excel, once the Job has run.
• Email when report is finished: Where this option is selected an email will be sent to you once the Job has run or if it fails.
• Add report to email as attachment: Where this option is selected a recipient of the email will be required, which can be added by using the  option and/or by selecting the Email Requesting User option, both detailed below.  An email will be sent to the recipients and/or the requesting user with the Report attached once the Job has run.  The Report will be in the format as selected in the Format field, as detailed above.
• : Clicking on the button will allow you to add Users that will receive an email with the Report attached once the Job has run.  The Report attached will be in the format selected in the Format field as detailed above.

Once the button has been selected the AM Select Recipients form will open:

If you know the name of the required User add their name to the User Name field and clicking on the  button will display the User in a Grid at the bottom of the form.  Alternatively leave this field blank and click on the  button and all Users will be displayed in the Grid:

Select one or more Users by clicking in the tick box to the left of the Line on the Grid.  Alternatively all the Users can be selected by clicking on the tick box located in the top left hand corner of the Grid.

Once Users have been selected a pop-up box will be displayed containing those that have been selected:

The Users in the pop-up box can be removed by deselecting the tick box for the User.  Alternatively all Users in the pop-up box can be removed by clicking on the 'discard these items' option.  Please note: where all Users are removed, the pop-up box will close.

Further Users can be added to the pop-up box by clicking on the tick box to the left of the Line on the Grid.

Once all the required Users have been added to the pop-up box, click on the  button.  The AM Select Recipients form will close and the selected Users will be added to an Email Distribution tab on a Grid at the bottom of the AM Job Request form:

The Lines in the Grid can be removed by clicking on the  button next to the Line.  A message will be displayed asking you to confirm that you wish to remove the Line.

• Email Requesting User: This option will only be available if the Add report to email as attachment option, as detailed above, has been selected.  Where this option is selected an email will be sent to you, as the requesting User, when the Job has run with the Report attached.  It will be in the format selected in the Format field, also detailed above.
• Export to Personal Folder: Selecting this tick box will export the Report, in the format selected in the Format field as detailed above, to your personal folder in the Report Server when the Job has run, e.g. \Report Server\<your domain name>\<company>\Assets.
• Run Now: Where this option is selected the Report will start to run immediately when the  button is selected.

Where this option is not selected you will be able to add a date and time that the Job is to start.  The following additional options will be available:

• Run Date: This field will default to today's date but can be amended if required.
• Run TIme: This field will default to 18:00 but can be amended if required.

Clicking on the  button will schedule the job to be run at the date and time selected above.

• Comments: Any text added to this field will be displayed in the Summary page of the Report.  This field may already be populated in which case it can be amended or where the field is blank text can be added.  Any amendments made will only be for this particular job.

Additional options may also be available in the Grid, which is further detailed in the Grid Options section

The other buttons available on the form are detailed in the Further Options section.