Designing Reports for Batch Jobs

When you design reports and create a report definition that will run in a batch job, consider the following questions:
  • Is the report definition intended to run in a daily, weekly, or monthly job?
  • How long do you want to keep the generated report in the SAS Content Server?
Based on your answers to these questions, specify the appropriate values in the ITRM Gallery task.
For example, if you design a report that should run daily and replace the previous version in the SAS Content Server, then specify the following values in the ITRM Gallery task:
  • On Page 1 of the ITRM Gallery task, specify a path for the report definition that includes the subfolders User Defined and Day.
  • On Page 2 of the ITRM Gallery task, specify the following values:
    • Select Daily in the Job Schedule Frequency field.
    • Specify a value of 1 for the Expire Reports After field.
Specifying these values help you find daily report definitions when creating report jobs. These values in the report definition also help you find the desired reports when viewing them with Gallery Manager.