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Before i spend a whole bunch of time testing does anyone know if it is possible to skip generating a report from scratch and instead only distribute a previous version of the report if a condition was met.(previous version would be stored on disk as last run)
The aim is to set a flag in a variable if the source data has changed since the report was last run (multiple sources and reports)
If the source data has not changed then the task would skip recreating the report from scratch and jump strait to the distribution part of the task using the previous version instead. This would save a lot of time.
Thanks in advance!
If I understand, you have a report that was distrubuted yesterday. Today it is determined that there has not been any changes that would affect the report, so if the report is created, it would be the same report as yesterday. Since the report would be the same, isntead of regenerating the report, you want to redistribute the one from yesterday.
Do I understand the reuirement correctly?
Hi Adam,
That is 100% correct. My testing so far says it is not possible but i'm all ears if you can come across this before?
Thanks
Philip,
If there is only one filter set applied for all recipients, then this is possible.
This is how you do it:
This will effectively send "yesterday's" version of Report1 from Task2.
The limitation is that the attachment is the same for every recipient hence my first statement.
Not sure what the advantage of this is over just sending the report again other than saving some server time.
Best
Aran