Automatic SQL Report Delivery

There are two major things about data reporting - scheduling and distribution.

Usually SQL report creation does not require any special skills, but at the same time can turn out to be a boring time-consuming task. The aim of a good data reporting tool is to let people create required reports quickly and easily without special training, and afterwards deliver these reports to their recipients. The next stage of the tool's usability is automation of this process.

dbForge Studio for Oracle delivers the Oracle reporting tool that allows creating ad hoc data reports, sending them to their recipients, and automating the whole process.

Report lifecycle

Depending on the purpose of your SQL report, you can choose its type and the way of its creation and distribution.

Report creation begins with designing data report from scratch or using a special wizard supplied with the application.

After the report file is ready, you can save it as an *.rdb file and use it every time you need to report on the same data and in the same form, export it to one of the supported formats (PDF, HTML, MHT, RTF, XLS, XLSX, CSV, Text, Image), print, or send it by e-mail/FTP.

Designing data report

The first step in automation of the data report production cycle is creation of the data report that can be used in the command line or Windows Task Scheduler in the future.

dbForge Studio for Oracle can help you create different types of data reports. After you've decided what kind of a report you need, you can open a blank report document and design your SQL report from scratch customizing even the smallest details or run the wizard. Both ways enable you to select a data source, adjust a report layout, add charts, etc.

When the report file is ready, you can use it continuously to create SQL reports and deliver them to the needed recipients by typing several lines in the command line. It's also possible to specify additional parameters in the command line interface, this way overriding the same ones specified in the *.rdb SQL report file.

To make report creation using the same file a routine, you can schedule the corresponding task in Windows Task Scheduler. This way creating and sending a report will not take any time at all - you'll just have to reap fruits of the nicely done work and let your authorities enjoy comprehensive and professionally-looking reports.

SQL report delivery

SQL report delivery is the last step in data report lifecycle.

With dbForge Studio for Oracle, created data reports can be delivered to their recipients via e-mail or FTP. SQL report delivery can be performed using the application interface or command line. In both these cases you can choose in which format report should be sent (PDF, MHT, RTF, XLS, XLSX, CSV).

If you schedule a task as described in the previous paragraph, you can get you reports sent to users when needed and in the required format automatically.

Conclusion

dbForge Studio for Oracle allows making report creation and delivery a moment's work due to the automation of the whole process.

Create your report file, choose the format in which report should be sent, the way of SQL report distribution, schedule a task - and the report will be delivered where it's needed in a suitable form, and what's more, you won't need to move a muscle for this.