changing a schedule without running it 1

[JeroenBoon]

Hello,

(CE10)
When I change f.i. the destination of a schedule, I first have to update the changed page by pressing the update button and then press the schedule button to activate the change. This leads to a new recurring instance, which is what I want, but it also starts the schedule at the same time, what I don't want. Is it possible to activate the change, without starting the schedule at that time?

Thanks, Jeroen.

 

[eo]

The reason why it would start the job immediately, is because you must when you hit schedule again, make sure the start date/ time is later than current. Else it would assume it "missed a schedule" and start it immediately.

EO
Hertfordshire, England

 

[JeroenBoon]

Thanks eo!

Jeroen.

 

[SFLLC]

If you don't mind a third party tool, another way of doing it is using our .rpt Inspector Enterprise Suite.

It allows you to open your report objects in bulk directly from Crystal Enterprise or Business Objects XI. And for each one it makes an in-memory table that exposes all the properties.

So you can change meta-data properties like schedules, desintations, formats, parameters, etc. on one or more reports at the sametime. And this it doesn't create a new recurring schedule but rather modifies the existing one.

The whole process literally can take seconds for a couple hundred reports. And there's 19 tools in the suite to do even more.

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