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Clarke_Hair's avatar
Clarke_Hair
Contributor
2 years ago

Data Mgt job that runs a Dashboard or Book and saves output to Application File storage

We have created a book that when run outputs an Excel file that is 67 tabs.  It can take 20+ minutes to run on our desktop Clients and many times will time out if we are at home vs. in the office.  A...
Data Management
  • ckattookaran's avatar
    ckattookaran
    2 years ago

    I've done it using Dashboard, extender rules, parcel service, and task scheduler. Yes, it is possible.

  • db_pdx's avatar
    db_pdx
    2 years ago

    Do the reports use parameters?  If so, you'll likely need to specify them in the last lines of the Export File definition.  

Clarke_Hair's avatar
Clarke_Hair
Contributor

Thanks, found the files, now just have to get them to have data :).  Will get there at some point.  Going to try ckattookaran's process as well.

DavidW's avatar
DavidW
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Clarke, from the last screenshot, it looks like the source file type and path could be the problem.