To send a report by email
This option requires that your SMTP server be set up to work with Cognos®. If this feature is not available, please see your reports administrator.
If you acquired your Cognos® license with your IBM® products, the option to include a link to the report is not supported. To use this feature, you must purchase a full license for Cognos®.
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After the report has finished running, click Keep this version in the Reports toolbar and select Email Report from the drop-down list. You see the Set the email options page, where you specify the recipients of the email, and optional message text.
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To send the report as an attachment in the email message, select the Attach the report checkbox and clear the Include a link to the report checkbox.
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Click OK. The request is sent to your email server.