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Creating tasks

Qlik NPrinting apps contain tasks. Tasks can be used to distribute reports to specific recipients, or schedule data imports.

Creating new tasks

Do the following:

  1. Select Tasks from the main menu, and click Publish task.
  2. Click Create task.
  3. Enter a name for the task. For example, the name of the user associated with the task.
  4. Select an app from the drop-down list.
  5. Leave the default values for the other options.
  6. Click Create.

Add a report to the task

Do the following:

  1. Go to the Reports tab, and click Add report.
  2. Select a report from the Choose report drop-down list.
  3. Select PDF from the Output format drop-down list.
  4. Leave the Attach to email and Enabled check boxes selected.
  5. Click Add report.

Assign a user to the task

Do the following:

  1. Go to the Users/groups tab, and click Add user or group.
  2. Click the Choose recipient drop-down list and select the user that should be assigned the task.
  3. Select the Enabled, NewsStand destination, and Email destination check boxes.
  4. Click Add recipient.

    The user is now listed in Users/Groups.

Set NewsStand as destination

You can set NewsStand as a destination. All the users added in NewsStand have access to the reports that are associated with their profile.

Do the following:

  1. Go to the Destinations tab.
  2. Ensure that the NewsStand check box is selected for the user that should have access to NewsStand.
  3. Ensure that Email is also selected.
  4. Click Save.

Triggers

Triggers manage the automatic execution of tasks.

Do the following:

  1. Go to the Triggers tab, and click Create trigger.
  2. Enter a name for the new trigger. For example, the name of the user you want to create the trigger for, followed by Trigger.
  3. Set the Schedule type and Start date.
  4. Select a Time zone.
  5. Click Create.

Run the task

You can now run the task you have created.

Do the following:

  1. Go to the Overview tab.
  2. Click Run now.

    A confirmation message appears at the top of the page.

To learn more about how tasks work, see: Task executions.

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