Example 3: Publishing a report to e-mail

In this example, you will learn how to set up a task to publish the report result to e-mail.

1. Take steps 1 and 2 as in Example 1.
2. In the Publish tab of the Schedule dialog, click the To E-mail sub tab, then from the Mail To list, select to whom the report result will be sent. If required, click the Edit button to edit the specified e-mail.

   If you want to create another e-mail, click the New button, then fill in every field, select the format in which you want to export the report result and set the settings according to your requirements. When you choose to specify a report result as an attachment to e-mail, you need to specify a file name for the attachment. For details about settings of creating a new e-mail, refer to Schedule dialog - To E-mail.

3. In the Conditions tab, select the Time sub tab, define the time zone from the Time Zone drop-down list, then from the Time Type drop-down list, choose Run this task immediately.
4. If you want to notify someone of when the task is finished by sending an e-mail, go to the Notification tab and set the settings.
5. If you want to specify a timeout for the task, specify the settings in the Duration tab as required.
6. Click Finish to have the task performed.

Then, click My Tasks on the system toolbar. When the task is being performed, you can see a record of it in the Running tab and on completion it will be put into the Completed tab.