Integrating Narrowcast Server with MicroStrategy Web products

It is possible to enable Scheduled Delivery and Send Now features in MicroStrategy Web products. The Scheduled delivery option allows users to have a report sent to an e-mail address that they specify on a certain schedule, to a printer or to a file location. These schedules are defined in MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server and are separate from the schedules maintained in Intelligence Server. The Send Now option allows users to send a report immediately to an e-mail address that they specify.

You must have MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server installed and configured before the Scheduled e-mail and Send Now options work. See that product's documentation for more information.

For more detailed information about this, see the Installation and Configuration Help.

To configure the Subscription Portal delivery option for MicroStrategy Web products, either the folder or the drive where the Subscription Engine is installed must be shared while the system is being configured. That is, the service running the Subscription Administrator must have read and write access to either:

The folder where the Subscription Engine is installed
The entire drive where the Subscription Engine is installed

MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server and MicroStrategy Web products can automatically share this drive for the local Administrators group. The Subscription Administrator service should run under an account that is a member of the local Administrators group. You can unshare the drive or folder after the system is configured. If you do not want to automatically share the drive, perform the steps listed here.

To Share the Folder where the Subscription Engine is Installed

Modify the Admin.properties file located on the Subscription Engine machine:
..\MicroStrategy\Narrowcast Server\Subscription Engine\build\server\
Modify the file contents so the corresponding two lines are as follows:
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```
TransactionEngineLocation=machine_name:\\Subscription Engine\\build\\server
TransactionEngineLocation=MACHINE_NAME:/Subscription Engine/build/server
```
where machine_name is the name of the machine where the Subscription Engine is installed.
Share the folder where the Subscription Engine is installed for either the local Administrators group or for the account under which the Subscription Administrator service account runs. This folder must be shared as Subscription Engine.
You should ensure that the password for this account does not expire.
If the Subscription Engine machine's drive is shared and unshared multiple times, the following Windows message displays: "System Error: The network name was deleted."
This message does not indicate a problem. Click OK to make the Subscription Administrator service functional.
Restart the Subscription Administrator service.