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Creating, Updating, and Deleting an Execution ID

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An Execution ID is a valid user ID that is used to run a schedule on a specified server. When an Execution ID is created, changed, or deleted on a server, it must also be created, changed, or deleted in the ReportCaster Repository tables using ReportCaster. Similarly, when the password for an Execution ID is changed on the server, the password for that Execution ID must also be changed in the ReportCaster Repository tables. Exceptions are when Execution credentials are Trusted.

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Procedure: How to Generate a List of Execution IDs

From the ReportCaster HTML User Interface, click the Execution ID menu option to generate a list of your Execution IDs defined to ReportCaster.

The following image shows a list of Execution IDs. The list includes the Execution ID, the Server Name where the Execution ID is authorized to run schedules, the Server Type (for example, WebFOCUS Server), and the Owner of the Execution ID for that server.

Execution IDs

Note: Execution IDs appear when the Run Id Type setting for that server is set to User. For Trusted servers, only the Execution ID can be changed.

After you have generated a list of Execution IDs, you can:

Note: When you create, change, or delete an Execution ID it updates the ReportCaster Repository tables so that they are synchronized with the specified server. However, the credentials of the user ID on the server itself remain unchanged.

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Procedure: How to Create a New Execution ID

To create a new Execution ID:

  1. Click the Execution ID menu option.
  2. Click New.

    The following image shows the ReportCaster Web Page Dialog box that opens, which contains fields that enable you to create a new Execution ID and password, and assign the ID and password to a server.

    ReportCaster Web Page Dialog box

  3. Specify the following parameters:
    1. Execution ID. Type a valid user ID for the server.
    2. Server Name. From the Server Name drop-down list, select the name of a WebFOCUS Reporting Server that will be used to run schedules.
    3. Password. Type the password of the user ID. Note that you are not creating this password on the specified server, but are entering the existing password into the ReportCaster Repository.
    4. Confirm Password. Retype the password.
  4. Click OK to create the Execution ID in the ReportCaster Repository table or click Cancel to cancel the request.
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Procedure: How to Change an Execution ID and Password

To change an Execution ID or password for a specific server:

  1. Click the Execution ID menu option to generate a list of your Execution IDs.
  2. Select the Execution ID whose properties you want to change (for example, caster). This activates the Open icon.
  3. Click Open.

    The following image shows the ReportCaster Web Page Dialog box that opens, which contains fields that enable you to change the Execution ID, the Execution ID password, or both.

    ReportCaster Web Page Dialog box

  4. Optionally, specify the following information:
    1. Execution ID. Enter a value for the Execution ID. This should be an already existing and valid Execution ID. This Execution ID globally replaces the old Execution ID for all schedules on the specified server.
    2. Password. Enter the password for the Execution ID. This password must match the current password for this user ID on the server that appears in the Server Name field.
    3. Confirm Password. Reenter the password.

      Changing the password using ReportCaster does not change the password on the specified server.

  5. Click OK to change the Execution ID or password values in the ReportCaster Repository tables. A message appears confirming that the values have been changed.
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Procedure: How to Delete an Execution ID

To delete an Execution ID:

  1. Click the Execution ID menu option to generate a list of your Execution IDs.
  2. Select the Execution ID you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete. A message appears asking for confirmation to delete the selected Execution ID.
  4. Click OK.

After the Execution ID is deleted, a scheduled job that requires this Execution ID on the specified server is not run unless the schedule is modified to use a valid Execution ID. If you modify the Execution credentials for a single schedule that specifies the deleted Execution ID, ReportCaster makes this modification for all schedules that specify the deleted Execution ID.

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