ReportCaster API Functionality

The ReportCaster API provides methods that enable you to:

• Create a new Address Book.
• Add a line to an existing Address Book, which includes destination address and burst value.
• Retrieve an Address Book from a repository.
• Retrieve a list of all public Address Books for a specific distribution method.
• Retrieve a list of all private Address Books belonging to a specific owner for a specific distribution method.
• Update an existing Address Book by adding a new destination or burst value.
• Delete an Address Book.
• Delete a line from an Address Book, which includes destination address and burst value.

The ReportCaster API provides methods that enable you to:

• Create a report schedule specifying the run time, distribution method (email, FTP, printer, Managed Reporting, or Report Library), notification parameters, report format, and whether to burst the report.
• Schedule alerts.
• Schedule the distribution of a file or the contents of a URL.
• Schedule a Managed Reporting procedure.
• Retrieve a list of scheduled Managed Reporting procedures.
• List the procedures (FOCEXECs) on the default WebFOCUS Reporting Server available for scheduling.
• Specify whether to use a Distribution List, distribution file name, single destination, or dynamic address list.
• Specify whether the report output should be sent within the body of the email (inline) or as an attachment (email distribution only).
• Update a schedule.
• Delete a schedule.
• Retrieve a list of existing schedules.
• Retrieve the properties and details of a schedule.
• Run a job once at a specific time without storing the schedule information in the WebFOCUS repository.

The ReportCaster API provides methods that enable you to:

• Distribute reports to the Report Library.
• Manage content of the Report Library.
• Track versioning.
• View content in the Report Library.
• Create an Access List.
• Manage the contents of an Access List.

The ReportCaster API provides methods that enable you to:

• Query the ReportCaster Distribution Server queue to show a list of pending jobs.
• Query the ReportCaster Distribution Server queue to show a list of running jobs.
• Change priority of a job from the default (3).
• Delete a pending job from the queue.
• Suspend and Resume the Distribution Server.
• Get the status of the Distribution Server.

The ReportCaster API provides methods that enable you to:

• Retrieve the list of schedules that have log information stored in the WebFOCUS repository.
• Retrieve log information for a specific schedule.
• Retrieve log information based on log field values and specified conditions.
• Purge log records for a specified schedule.
• Purge log records based on log field values and specified conditions.