📄How to setup the Bepoz Server Workstation to Print an Auto Report
This article covers an overview of the Backoffice Printing and Scheduled Job Setup for printing PDF reports rather than email.
Prerequisites
- Access to the Bepoz Server Workstation
- To access Workstation Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled
- Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
- System Setup: "Access Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag
- System Setup: "Maintain Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag
- Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
BackOffice Workstation Printing Setup
PDF Preview CmdLine
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This is the Window Command that will be used to open the PDF File after it is created
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The Characters "%1" will be substituted with the PDF filename
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If this is Blank, the Default Windows PDF application will start
Option2 Name
- This is the second PDF Print option
- This will allow for the PDF File that is created to be opened by another application
- This is be used for directly printing the PDF without displaying the PDF
- This may also be a command file for copying the PDF report to another location
Eg. PDF PrintOut.
CmdLine
- This is the Window Command that will be used to open the PDF File after it is created
- The Characters "%1" will be substituted with the PDF filename
- If this is Blank, the Default Windows PDF application will start
E.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe /t "%1" "HP Color LaserJet CP1215"
In the example above is the path to the Adobe PDF Reader exe, the instruction to Print and the A4 Windows Printer Name, all in Quotes
Report & Export Dir
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The default location is a Reports Directory located under the Bepoz data directory as set for this Workstation
E.g C:\Bepoz\Data\Reports
Scheduled Job Setup
- Under System Setup select Scheduled Jobs
- Click Add Job to create a new job
- Setup the Job as Below:
Just change:
- The Schedules for the date and time you need the report to print out.
- The Global Saved Reports from the drop down
- The Path to Save Files, if not left as default.
- The Option: field to make sure its set to Option2 CmdLine, which will use the Backoffice Printing settings.
Then expect your selected reports printed out at the scheduled time.