BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Unmanaged Disk destination support

When scheduling objects, you can configure the objects for output to an unmanaged disk. In that case, the system will save an output instance to both the Output File Repository Server and the specified destination.

If the object is a Web Intelligence document or an object package, you cannot specify Unmanaged Disk as a destination. However, for an object package you can configure the individual objects in the object package for output to Unmanaged Disk.

Note:    

• To use a destination, you must have the destination enabled and configured on the job servers. See "Configuring the destinations for job servers" on page 124.
• The location must be a local or mapped directory on the processing server. For servers using Windows, the location can also be a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path.
• The processing server must have sufficient rights to the specified location.

To set your destination to unmanaged disk

1. In the Objects management area of the CMC, select an object by clicking its link.
2. Click the Schedule tab, then click the Destination link.

The Destination page appears.

Select Unmanaged Disk from the Destination list.

 

3. If you want, select the Clean up instance after scheduling option.

When that option is selected, the system automatically deletes the report or program instance from the Output File Repository Server to keep the number of instances on the server to a minimum.

4. Select either Use the Job Server's defaults or Set the values to be used at schedule time here.

If you select the first option, BusinessObjects Enterprise will schedule an object using the Job Server's default settings. You can change these settings in the Servers management area. For more information, see "Configuring the destinations for job servers" on page 124.

If you select the second option, you can set the file name properties and enter user information:

• Destination Directory

  Enter a local location, mapped location, or a UNC path.

• Default File Name (randomly generated)

  Select this option if you want BusinessObjects Enterprise to generate a random file name.

• Specified File Name

  Select this option if you want to specify a file name—you can also add a variable to the file name. To add a variable, choose a placeholder for a variable property from the list and click Add. When the instance is run, the variable will be replaced with the specified information from the instance. For example, if you add the variable "Owner," when you schedule an object, its file name will include the object owner's name.

• User Name

  Specify a user who has permission to write files to the destination directory.

• Password

  Type the password for the user.

  Note:    You can specify a user name and password only for servers using Windows.

5. Click Update.