Managing Your Subscriptions through MicroStrategy Web

There are a variety of ways to manage your MicroStrategy Mobile subscriptions using MicroStrategy Web.

MicroStrategy Web's subscription interface enables you to subscribe to a new report or document, or to unsubscribe from a report or document that you no longer need to view. You can also change the update schedule for a subscription. Finally, you can change the prompt answers for a report or document that is delivered to your mobile device. See the following sections for procedures:

• To Subscribe to a Report or Document in MicroStrategy Web
• To Unsubscribe from a Report
• To Change the Update Schedule for a Subscription in MicroStrategy Web
• To Change the Personalized Prompt Answers for a Report or Document

To manage your Mobile subscriptions through MicroStrategy Web, you must have the Web Scheduled Reports privilege as well as the Use MicroStrategy Mobile privilege. In addition, to subscribe to a document you must have the Mobile View Document privilege.

To Subscribe to a Report or Document in MicroStrategy Web

1. Open the report or document in MicroStrategy Web.
2. Answer any prompts that the report or document contains and click Run Report.

   Your answers to the prompts are saved and used to personalize your subscription to that report or document. To change these answers later, open the report or document again and, from the Data menu, select Re-prompt.

3. From the Home menu, Subscribe to > Mobile. The Subscribe to Mobile dialog box opens.
4. Enter a name for the subscription in the Name text field.
5. Select a schedule or event from the Schedule drop-down list.
6. Click To to choose the subscription recipients.
7. Choose the subscription device from the Device type drop-down list.
8. To run the subscription immediately following its creation, select the Run subscription immediately check box.
9. To choose an end date for the subscription, expand Advanced Options, select the Do not deliver after check box, and click the Calendar drop-down menu to choose a date.
10. Click OK. The Subscribe to Mobile dialog box closes.
11. To verify that you are subscribed to the report or document, at the top of the page, click My Subscriptions. Note that the report appears in your list of subscriptions, in the Mobile Subscriptions section.

To Unsubscribe from a Report

1. Open MicroStrategy Web and log into a project.
2. At the top of the page, click My Subscriptions. The Subscriptions screen opens, with a list of all your subscriptions for that project.
3. In the Unsubscribe column, select the check box for any reports that you no longer want to receive on your mobile device.
4. Click Unsubscribe. Any selected reports are removed from your subscription list.

To Change the Update Schedule for a Subscription in MicroStrategy Web

1. Open MicroStrategy Web and log into a project.
2. At the top of the page, click My Subscriptions. The Subscriptions page opens, with a list of all your subscriptions for that project.
3. In the Action column, click Edit for the subscription you want to edit. The Edit Subscription page for that subscription opens.
4. From the drop-down list, select the new schedule.
5. Click OK. The Edit Subscription dialog box closes.

To Change the Personalized Prompt Answers for a Report or Document

1. Open the report or document in MicroStrategy Web.
2. From the Data menu, select Re-prompt.
3. Answer the prompts in the report or document.
4. When you are satisfied with your prompt answers, click Run Report. The report executes with your prompt answers, and your answers are saved and used to personalize your subscription to the report.