Cognos Scheduler - .imr's open Impromptu window

[Navik]

I'm running two .imr reports that output to a file on the scheduler. But everytime they run, it opens up an Impromptu window. I looked all over for an option to have it not do that (or at least close it after it's done) but couldn't find such a thing. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Sidenote: I'm new to Cognos.

Thanks

 

[DrSimon]

Navik
We were all once new to Cognos and its little ways. I use Scheduler quite a lot, but make it call macros to do what I think you want. The documentation for macros is fairly average, but in this case you should be able to crib something. I'm going off-site tomorrow, so if you have problems and no-one else jumps in to help, post a response and I'll see what I can do when I return.

Simon Rouse

 

[Navik]

I was really close to asking for further assistance, but I finally figured out how to get the macro to work. Thanks for the point in the right direction!

 

[DrSimon]

Well done. Macros can't do everything but they can add another dimension to the capabilities of Cognos reporting. Look through this forum for some wonderful ideas especially from my No 1 man Dave Griffin, who seems to devote a significant portion of his life supporting this forum!

 

[koppa]

I had the same problem in the past and contacted the Cognos support desk who replied that, from version 6, this is a new feature. If you don't like this you can change this in the Cognos.ini. In case you need to knoz more please let me know. I have the mail from the Cognos support desk somewhere in my mailbox in the office.

Further, after having used the scheduler to launch IMR's (to print reports, to create files) I now use small scripts (made with Cognos script editor). This is a very flexible tool with nice features and worthwhile to try out.

I hope this answer helps you.

Goodluck

 

[griffindm]

Simon,

While I may appear to be overly active in this forum, there are members of other fora that have contributed 20 times the number of posts that I have done over the same period. Those people need to get a life!

Regards,

Dave Griffin
The Decision Support Group
Reporting Consulting with Cognos BI Tools
"Magic with Data"
Want good answers? Read FAQ20-2863 first!

http://www.decisionsupportgroup.com

 

[DrSimon]

Dave
Please don't stop!! It was in no way a criticism. I just marvel that you and other people find time to do your business and also provide such a wonderful altruistic service to these forums. I wholeheartedly agree with you about anyone who has 20 times the number of posts as you; it would be interesting to know what they do with what is left of their waking life.

Regards

Simon Rouse

 

[billywizz]

i have had the same problem.
i was given a macro to run in the command line.
this is where you create a job in scheduler,then set the date /time etc,the next tab is save as file type and where.
if you tick the command line and inset the file the window will close after the job has run.take a look at my problem 20/03/2003
hope it helps
it did for me
e-mail me and i'll send you the file.
pam_jeavons@hotmail.com

pam