Distributing Reports and Dashboards
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1. Overview |
Riskonnect Insights offers 3 ways of distributing reports and dashboards – click each one below for more information:
Subscription
Scheduled
Instant delivery
A summary of the differences between these types is shown below:
Delivery Method | Recipient Options | Delivery options | How to Configure | Applied Filters |
Subscription | Self (Current User) | Scheduled Alert Scheduled Reporting Item | Subscription button in Report/Dashboard Viewer Subscription button in Report/Dashboard List | Configured in subscription scheduler window |
Scheduled | All Users, Others and Self | Scheduled Alert Scheduled Reporting Item | Schedule Tab in Report/Dashboard Designer | Configured in Report/Dashboard Scheduler window |
Instant Delivery | All Users, Others and Self | Instantly delivered report via email | Email button in Report/Dashboard Viewer Email button in Report/Dashboard List | Currently configured filters in report / dashboard |
2. Setting up delivery schedules |
STEP 1: Open the Schedule tab in Report Designer or Schedule button in Dashboard page to view existing schedules.
STEP 2: To add a new schedule, click Add Schedule
Note: To delete multiple schedules at once, select them by ticking the tick boxes on the left and then click the trash icon.
STEP 3: Enter a name for the schedule.
STEP 4: Configure in Schedule tab:
Scheduling Type:
Scheduled Alert: delivered only if report has data at scheduled time
Scheduled Reporting Item: delivered regardless of data
Select time zone
Select start date
Enter start time
Choose a recurrence period or select Custom Recurrence
STEP 5: Configure in Delivery tab:
Email Delivery Type:
Send to selected users
Select Delivery Method: Link, Attachment, or Embedded HTML
Customize default template if needed
File Location Delivery Type:
Save report to disk
Select Export File Type: PDF, Word, Excel, CSV
Note: Reports sent to disk can be accessed by your Administrator.
STEP 6: Optionally, re-select values for report filters
STEP 7: Click OK to close Add Schedule pop-up.
STEP 8: Click Save at the top to save the report with the new schedule.