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Cloning report jobs

These tasks enable you to create a copies of report jobs. You can modify copied, or cloned, jobs just as you would any other job. Cloning report jobs is useful if you have job specifications, such as a target objects list, that need to be the same for multiple report jobs.

  Note   Schedule information is not cloned. If you want to schedule a cloned job, edit its Schedule attribute in the Report Job Definition tab to create a new schedule.

 To clone selected report jobs

1. On the main tab bar, click Reports.
2. In the navigation tree, click All Reports.
3. In the Reports table, do one of the following:
   • To select one or more report jobs, check the check box next to each required job.
   • To select all report jobs, check the check box at the top of the table.
4. On the Configuration task menu, click Clone.
5. When prompted to confirm that you want to clone the jobs, click OK.

   The Reports table displays new entries with the same job names as the jobs that you cloned, but prefixed with "Copy of ". The Last Available Output value for the new jobs is None. You can modify job attributes, such as the job name or the target objects on the Report Job Definition tab.

 To clone a specific report job

1. On the main tab bar, click Reports.
2. In the navigation tree, click All Reports.
3. In the Reports table, click a linked report job name.
4. On the Configuration task menu, click Clone/Duplicate the Report Job.
5. When prompted to confirm that you want to clone the job, click OK.

   The Reports table displays a new entry, with the same job name as the job that you cloned, but prefixed with "Copy of ". The Last Available Output value for the new job is None. You can modify job attributes, such as the job name or the target objects on the Report Job Definition tab.