Configuring report scheduling on WebSphere Application Server

To configure the Remote services application for report scheduling, you must specify three flags and assign a master user.

Before you begin

Complete the Configuring users for the Remote services application on WebSphere Application Server task.

About this task

To configure report scheduling, complete these tasks:

1: Verifying administrator permissions for report scheduling

Procedure

  1. Open the administrative console in a browser. Example: http://server:port/ibm/console/logon.jsp
  2. Stop the deployed Remote services application:
    1. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications. The rpews.war application you added is listed as the application name you entered.
    2. Select the Remote services application.
    3. Click Stop.
  3. Verify that at least one administrator is assigned all of the administrator roles for the services you are using. This user is specified as the master administrator in the next part of this task "2: Configuring the report scheduling flags". For the rpe_docgen_admin, rpe_library_admin, rpe_monitor_admin, and rpe_scheduler_admin roles:
    1. Select the role.
    2. Click Look up users.
    3. In the Search String field, enter rpe* and click Search.
    4. In the Available column, select rpe_admin and click >> to add the user to the Selected column.
    5. Click OK.
  4. Click OK and Save directly to the master configuration.
  5. Start the Remote services application:
    1. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications. The rpews.war application you added is listed as the application name you entered.
    2. Select the Remote services application.
    3. Click Start. The following confirmation message displays: Application rpews.war on server server_name and node node_name started successfully.
  6. Start the Remote services application:
    1. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications. The rpews.war application you added is listed as the application name you entered.
    2. Select the Remote services application.
    3. Click Start. The following confirmation message displays: Application rpews.war on server server_name and node node_name started successfully.

What to do next

You can also assign other users the rpe_scheduler_user role.

2: Configuring the report scheduling flags

Procedure

3: Testing the configuration

Procedure

  1. In a browser, open the Remote services configuration page: http://server:port/rpews/
  2. Click Report Scheduler Test URL.

Results

If the message The service is up and running but direct requests to the root service are ignored. displays, the report scheduling component is running successfully.

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