Setting up for command line batch reporting

About this task

Before running batch reports you must run a few setup steps:

The software needed to run batch reports is contained in a package named TWSBatchReportCli, in the TWSBatchReportCli directory. TWSBatchReportCli can be downloaded from the Passport Advantage page, at the following URL: Product Requirements. If you plan to run batch reports from within a scheduled job, extract the package file on one of the operating systems listed in the System Requirements Document at Dynamic Workload Console Detailed System Requirements.
After you extract the package, you will have the following file structure:
Because the native UNIX™ tar utility does not support long file names, if you are extracting the files on AIX®, Solaris, or HP-UX systems, ensure that the latest GNU version of tar (gtar) is installed to extract the files successfully.
Note:
1. Make sure you run the following commands in the directory where you extracted the files:
  On UNIX™
  
  chmod -R +x * chown -R username *
  
  On Windows™
  
  Ensure HCL Workload Automation is installed.
  setown -u username *
  where username is the HCL Workload Automation user that will run the reports.
2. If you plan to schedule jobs that run batch reports, the system where you extract the package must be accessible as network file system from a fault-tolerant agent defined in the local scheduling environment.
If you use an Oracle database, download the JDBC drivers required by your Oracle server version.
Copy the JDBC drivers in the report_cli_installation_dir\jars directory and in report_cli_installation_dir\ReportEngine\plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc_4.8.0.v201806261756\drivers directory. The report CLI automatically discovers the two jar files.
Configure the template file .\config\common.properties specifying the following information:
1. If you use an Oracle database, connect to the database where the historical data are stored as follows:
  1. Retrieve the location of the Oracle JDBC drivers. This information is stored in the com.ibm.tws.webui.oracleJdbcURL property in the file TWA_homeTWSDATA/usr/servers/engineServer/resources/properties/TWSConfig.properties on the workstation where the master domain manager is installed.
    For more information about this file, see Configuring for an Oracle database.
  2. Specify the location of the Oracle JDBC drivers in the PARAM_DataSourceUrl property in the common.properties file.
  No customization is required if you use DB2.
2. Set the date and time format, including the time zone. The file .\config\timezone.txt contains a list of time zones supported by HCL Workload Automation and the information on how to set them. The time zone names are case sensitive.
3. Make available the report output on the URL specified in ContextRootUrl field. This is an example of configuration settings:
```
######################################################################
	# HTTP Server information
	######################################################################

	#Specify the context root where the report will be available
	#To leverage this possibility it needs to specify in the report output dir
	#the directory that is referred by your HTTP Server with this contect root

	ContextRootUrl=http://myserver/reportoutput
```
  In this case make sure that the output_report_dir specified when running the batch reports command points to the same directory specified in the ContextRootUrl field.
4. Send the report output using a mail. This is an example of configuration settings:
```
######################################################################
	# Email Server configuration
	######################################################################
	PARAM_SendReportByEmail=true

	#SMTP server
	mail.smtp.host=myhost.mydomain.com
	#IMAP provider
	mail.imap.socketFactory.fallback=false
	mail.imap.port=993
	mail.imap.socketFactory.port=993
	#POP3 provider
	mail.pop3.socketFactory.fallback=false
	mail.pop3.port=995
	mail.pop3.socketFactory.port=995

	######################################################################
	# Email properties
	######################################################################
	PARAM_EmailFrom=user1@your_company.com
	PARAM_EmailTo=user2@your_company.com,user3@your_company.com
	PARAM_EmailCC=user4@your_company.com
	PARAM_EmailBCC=user5@your_company.com
	PARAM_EmailSubject=Test send report by email
	PARAM_EmailBody=This is the report attached
```
An explanation of all the customizable fields is contained in the template file.

Note: If you plan to run Workstation Workload Runtime reports ensure that the file system where database is installed has enough free space. if a shortage of disk space occurs an SQL exception like the following is triggered:

DB2 SQL error: SQLCODE: -968, SQLSTATE: 57011