10.5.1. Submitting Reports
To understand how reports are sent to the Batch Manager, consider
the I/M Module report "Time-Phased Item Usage Statistics by Item," as
shown below:
Note
For details on installing and setting up the Batch Manager at your
site, please see the Batch Manager documentation available in the
Downloads area of the xTuple community website.
This is a report with the potential to place a heavy load on Server
resources. As you can see in the screen shot, the report is asking the
Database to provide all records of Item Usage for Item Number COPY21 over
the past three years. If this is a routinely used Item, the records
indicating Item usage could be extensive.
So, rather than run the report immediately by selecting the PRINT
button, it might be wiser to schedule the report for printing during
off-peak hours. To schedule an alternate time for generating the report,
select the SUBMIT button. The following screen will appear:
When submitting a report to the Batch Manager for printing, you are
presented with the following options:
- Scheduled
-
Specify when you would like the report to be run.
- ASAP
Select to have the report run as soon as
possible.
- Scheduled
Schedule a date and time to run the report. Specify a
date in the first field using a standard date format. Use the
arrow buttons in the second field to specify a time of
day.
- Document Name
Displays the name of the report being submitted to the Batch
Manager.
- Email From
Enter the email address of the person who is sending the
email. The Batch Manager will print the report to .PDF format and
then email it to the person whose email address appears in the
"Response Email To" field.
- Response Email To
Enter the email address where you want the report to be sent
once it has been generated and printed. The recipient will receive
an email with the submitted report attached in.PDF format.
- Response Body
Enter text to be included in the body of the email sent to the
recipient.
Note
When a report or other job is submitted to the Batch Manager with
a scheduled time of ASAP, the Batch Manager sets the scheduled time to
the current time. However, a job will not necessarily be run immediately
if it is scheduled for the current time. Any pre-existing jobs with
scheduled times prior to the current time must be completed first. In
other words, ASAP jobs will not necessarily be run immediately.
Previously scheduled jobs will be run first.
To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are
available:
- CANCEL
Closes the screen without generating a report, returning you
to the application desktop.
- SUBMIT
Submits the report to the Batch Manager, using the specified
parameters.
