Instance Administration and Scheduling

Excel-based batch scheduling of Webi/CR/Deski, develop and maintain a lists of reports in Excel that are commonly run together for group scheduling

find instances by state/date-time/location and perform bulk actions - re-schedule, print, hold/release, copy/rename to an Intranet location, export properties

archive instances (optional pdf conversion) to external location with business rules, delete original, restore when needed, assist with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

email notification of all report processing failures, system-wide

Consider evaluating the following APOS BI Tools to assist with instance administration and scheduling challenges:

Archive Manager - allows historical successful Business Objects report instances to be archived using a comprehensive set of business rules.

InfoScheduler - an Excel-based report-scheduling tool that allows batch scheduling of Business Objects report instances from an Excel spreadsheet.

Instance Manager - provides the administrator with enhanced capability to analyze the entire Business Objects report instance at once, search for specific instance processing states within specific time periods and then optionally apply action commands to one or more report instances simultaneously.

Instance Monitor - provides the Business Objects administrator with the capability to monitor for failed instances and request automatic notification by email.