Emailing ad hoc reports
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Emailing ad hoc reports

You can distribute reports by email. For example, you can create a PDF and email it, or email a report directly from the Enterprise Reporter Console.

To email a PDF report from Query Studio

  1. From the Enterprise Reporter Console, click Manage Reports.

  2. In Cognos Connection, click the Public Folders or My Folders tab to locate your report.

  3. In the Name column, click the report that you want to edit.

  4. In Query Studio, in the menu at the left, click Run Report.

  5. In the toolbar, from under the View in HTML format icon, select View in PDF Format.

  6. From the PDF displayed in Cognos Viewer, click the Email icon.

To email a report from the Enterprise Reporter Console

  1. From the Enterprise Reporter Console, open the report you want to distribute.

  2. In the toolbar, from the Keep this version drop-down list, click the Email Report.

    See Report Viewer options.

  3. In the Set the email options panel, enter the recipients in the To and Cc fields.

  4. In the Subject box, type a title for your email.

  5. In the Body box, type a message to accompany your report.

  6. Optionally, do the following:

    • To include only a link to the report in the email, check Include a link to the report.

    • To attach the report to the email, check Attach the report.

  7. Click OK.

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