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Winnie
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Hello,

I created multiple jobs that are similar. The only difference is the parameter I'm passing in. Is there a way to update a certain property in the jobs (e.g. editing distribution list) behind the scenes so I do not have to go to each job and change the distribution.

I looked at the different tables in Report Caster and I see the column names but I can only create fex file to report those...not sure how to modify.


Any input is appreciated.

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Winnie

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Rao D
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If the report output is exactly same for all the jobs then you can use multiple email addresses to the same schedule. If it is library I think it will take only 1 location.

We have a similar scenario but not on the distribution options, I have created a utility to update the parameter values by updating the underlying BOT tables. May be IBI doesn't recommend touching the BOT tables but the utility works fine for us.


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Alex
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If the code you want to update is common to many reports you could put it into a separate FOCEXEC and -INCLUDE it.


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eric.woerle
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All reportcaster Jobs are controlled by the BOT* tables. by inserting records into these tables you could essentially copy your job and create multiple ones without going into reportcaster. I would recommend studying and understanding those tables first before doing so though. I have done the same thing as Rao in the past and it worked well.

I would suggest looking into bursting though. It sounds like you could make that parameter you pass a BY field in the report and then distribute to different lists accordingly.


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Winnie
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Thank you everyone for the advice. I was able to do my updates on the BOT* tables in our SQL server. It worked well..

Eric, I was looking into bursting but I'm not sure how to set up the job and pass in different parameter in my task. I have multiple tabs for each Report caster job. I tried using the BY field and that didn't work for what I'm doing.


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