#### General tab

Before you can schedule a task, you first need to configure the settings in this tab. See the tab.

Schedule Name

Specifies the name for the schedule task.

##### Select Report Tabs

The section is available for page reports only. It allows you to specify the report tabs you schedule to run. The selected report tabs will be exported in the list order. If the page report has only one report tab, it is selected by default.

Export to One File

If checked, the selected report tabs will be exported to one result file.

Moves the specified report tab one step up.

Moves the specified report tab one step down.

##### Select Dynamic Connection

The section is available when there are multiple dynamic connections for the current log-in user. It allows you to specify a dynamic connection.

Data Source

Displays the data source name in the catalog.

Connection Name

Displays the dynamic connection name.

Connection

Specifies a dynamic connection from the drop-down list.

Connection Properties

Shows the information of the selected dynamic connection, which is read only. For details about the propeties, refer to Edit Dynamic Connection dialog.

##### Report Information

Specifies the report information.

Report

Lists information about the report.

Catalog

Lists the catalog information.

Select Another Catalog

Specifies another catalog for the report in the Select Another Catalog dialog.

Report Version

Specifies the report version used for the schedule task. The default version is always the latest version.

Catalog Version

Specifies the catalog version used for the schedule task. The default version is always the latest version.

Priority

Specifies the priority level of the schedule task. The priority levels are from 1 to 10 in ascending order of lowest priority to highest priority. This property is available to administrators. By default this property is ignored unless server.properties is modified to set queue.policy not equal to 0.

##### Advanced

Configures some advanced settings.

Enable Style Group

If a style group has been specified from the Override Style Group drop-down list in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab, this option gets checked by default and the specified default style group is selected in the Style Group drop-down list, which will be applied to run all the selected report tabs or web report for all export formats. You can also choose another style group from the Style Group drop-down list to run the page report tabs or web report.

When the <No Style> item is selected in the Override Style Group drop-down list, this option is unchecked by default and the style group properties of the selected report tabs or web report for the corresponding export formats that are predefined in JReport Designer will be used in the schedule task. These predefined style group properties take effect when publishing to version, disk, e-mail and FTP.

Enable Converting Encoding

Specifies to enable the conversion of encoding. From the Before Converting and After Converting drop-down lists, select encodings as required.

Enable NLS

Specifies whether to enable NLS for the report. If checked, the Using Language drop-down list will be displayed for you to choose a language. If there is no NLS resource defined for the report, you can only run the report using the default language.

Encoding

Specifies the encoding of the report from the drop-down list.

Connect to [Data Source Name]

Specifies the DB user and password with which you want to connect to the data source the report uses.

- Use the DB user and password defined in catalog
  If checked, the DB user and password defined in the catalog will be used.
- Use the DB User
  If checked, specify another DB user and password instead of the one defined in the catalog.

Add TaskListener to be Invoked

Enables you to call the Java application before/after viewing or when scheduling the report.

Specify a preferred server to run the task

Enables you to directly specify a server in a cluster to perform the schedule task instead of using load balancing. This option is available only when there are more than one active server in a cluster and when the Identify Server Preference option in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab is selected.

Enable Auto Recover Task

Specifies to enable the task to be auto recovered.

- Maximum Retry Times
  Specifies the maximum number of times in which to retry running the task in order to recover it.
- Retry Interval
  Specifies the interval between retries.
- Recreate All Results
  Specifies whether to recreate all or just the failed results when you published the task to multiple formats.