Scheduling Jobs and Administrative Tasks

Scheduling is a feature of Intelligence Server that you can use to automate various tasks. Time-sensitive, time-consuming, repetitive, and bulk tasks are ideal candidates for scheduling. Running a report or document is the most commonly scheduled task because scheduling reports, in conjunction with other features such as caching and clustering, can improve the overall system performance. Certain administration tasks can also be scheduled.

Intelligence Server executes a task in exactly the same manner if it is scheduled or not. All governing parameters and error conditions apply to scheduled tasks just as they apply to other requests.

The scheduling feature is turned on by default. However, you can disable scheduling in the Intelligence Server Configuration Editor. In the Server Definition category, in the Advanced subcategory, clear the Use MicroStrategy Scheduler check box.