Email Delivery Settings

Configure the following settings when setting up a generated email for a scheduled or other report. You may also need to specify other settings, including format, delivery options, and parameters.

Email Delivery Settings

Setting

Description

Send Report As

Choose one of these:

  • Link—Generates a link to the report in the body of the email.
  • Attachment—Sends the report as an attachment to the email.
  • Embedded—Sends the report in the body of the email.

    Note: The formats allowed are HTML and Text.

File Name

Enter a file name for the report.

Suffix Timestamp Format

(Optional) Check if you want a timestamp appended to the file name. Select the timestamp format from the drop-down menu.

To, Cc, Bcc

To—(Required) Enter one or more valid email addresses, separated by commas or semicolons. Cc and Bcc are optional.

Subject

Enter the email subject header.

Message

Modify the provided email body message, or accept the default.

Include place holder: <%SAVED_REPORT_LINK%>. Otherwise, message will be sent empty.

You can include user parameters as well as system parameters in the message text. For example, if the report you are mailing has a parameter ReportDate, then you can insert it as <%ReportDate%> in your message text, which will be replaced by the report execution date at run time.