Usually, a task is a set of operations you perform on JReport Enterprise Server to achieve a goal, such as publishing a folder, deleting a resource, and viewing resource properties. However, the tasks that the JReport Enterprise Server manages are those associated with report-running issues, the report-running tasks.
JReport Enterprise Server allows you to quickly view a report set result (Run), view a report set result using selected options and parameters (Advanced Run), and schedule a report set to run unattended at a specific time or periodically (Schedule). These are the fundamental modes that JReport Enterprise Server uses to perform its report-running tasks.
You can view the status of these report-running tasks, such as scheduled tasks that are waiting to be performed by JReport Enterprise Server, the tasks that are currently being performed, and the tasks that have already been performed.
This section describes the following: