Configuring FTP Server for Reports

Prerequisites

To configure a FTP server location for reports storage, a FTP server connection needs to be configured first. To configure the FTP server connection, refer Connectors – FTP.


For configuring the reports to be sent to the FTP server, perform the following steps in eMACH-Sigma Studio:

  1. In eMACH-Sigma Studio, access the Information Report screen and configure the report with the relevant and appropriate configurations, as shown in the following screen shot:

    For detailed information on creating reports, refer Configuring Reports




  2. Click the Additional Info tab.



  3. Click the Publishers drop-down list and select the FTP option.



  4. Click FTP in Publishers dropdown field.




  5. Select Publishers Data Source Id pop-up appears on the screen.



  6. Click the Publisher Datasource lookup field and select the relevant FTP data source, e.g. FTP_PF_DS


  7. Click Report Custom FileName to add custom file name for the FTP report. 
    • Enter the '@' key in the Report Custom FileName field to view the list of variables available for the report custom file name.



    • In the following example, the provided custom file name pattern is "REPORT_NAME+'_'+DAY" and so the file name convention will be "REPORTNAME_DAY"



  8. Once the report is configured with essential attributes, click Save to save the report.



    For detailed information on sending reports to the FTP server from eMACH-Sigma Application, refer Sending Reports/Report Group to FTP Server.