Publishing a report
To publish a report
- Select Reports in the left window pane.
- Select the desired report in the left window pane.
- Select the Publish tab in the right window pane.
- Select Edit > Create Export
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The Properties dialog box is displayed on the screen. Enter the required information in the respective boxes:
Parameter
Description
Export Format
Defines the format in which the report is to be exported and/or attached to the email to be sent. Different export formats are available, depending on the report type (style or template-based).
For template-based reports, if the selected format is HTML, the file is exported with an .HTML extension.
Protocol
Select the protocol via which the export file will be transferred to its target location. If you select HTTP, make sure first that your HTTP server accepts files in HTTP format.
If you publish via the file protocol, you do not need to fill in the following four fields. You can continue with the field Path.
Account Credentials
Select an account credential to access the export file in its target location.
Host Name
Enter the name of the host machine on which the file is to be stored. You may enter the name either as its short or complete network name, for example, scotty or scotty.enterprise.com, or as its IP address in dotted notation, for example, 194.45.245.5 or 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334.
This field is not applicable if you have chosen file as your protocol.
Server
Host name
Example
FTP
Enter the host name without the ftp:// prefix
ftp.enterprise.com
HTTP
Enter the host name:
- Without the http:// prefix
- Short or complete network name
- IP address in dotted notation
- scotty.enterprise.com
- scotty or scotty.enterprise.com
- 194.45.245.5 or 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334
Port
Enter the port number of the target host through which the export file is to be transferred. This field is not applicable if you have chosen File as your protocol.
SMB: When no value (or 0) is set, the protocol default port number is used.
Path
Enter the complete directory path of the export file on the target machine. Do not add a name for the file. The file name is by default the name of the report with the extension corresponding to the chosen file type.
Protocol
Path
Example
SMB
The path must be real, complete path on the target device.
List the destination directory (without the file name).C:\Temp for Windows
Linux
The full path is not required. Enter the share name.
If your path is /home/user/ and the name of your share is myshare, enter only myshare into this field.
FTP and SFTP
Enter the path after the home directory of the connected user.
If only a dot with backslash (.\) is entered, this indicates the home directory.
HTTP
Enter the path after the home directory of the connected user.
If only a backslash (\) is entered, this indicates the home directory.
If FPAC is entered with the host name scotty.enterprise.com, the URL is
http://scotty.enterprise.com/FPAC.
Publication device Displays the device used as the source when publishing the report. Click
, to change the default value (master device by default) by using the dedicated system variable.Note: To change the default publication device, go to Global Settings > System Variables > Reports tab.
When you update this variable, the new value applies to all exports that use the Default publication device option. However, you can still override this value for an individual export if needed.- Click OK to confirm.
The export for the desired report is now configured. On generating the report, the resulting file is exported in the specified format and published to the specified path.