> ### Scheduling reports to run

> A report instance will not run until you schedule it or tell Fathom to run it immediately.

> To run a report immediately:

> 1. If the report's Summary page is not displayed, choose the report from the Defined Reports section of the list frame. The Summary page appears.
> 2. From the Summary page, click Run Now. A message appears acknowledging your report request.

> After you run the report, you can view the output by clicking View Last Output File. See the "Viewing report output" section for more information about viewing report output.

> To schedule a report to run at another time:

> 1. If the report's Summary page is not displayed, choose the report from the Defined Reports section of the list frame. The Summary page appears.
> 2. From the Summary page, click Schedule. The Report Schedule page appears, as shown below:

> 3. Choose a start date and time.
> 4. Determine the repeat interval: One time, At startup, Weekly from date, Monthly from date, Every 5 minutes, Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every 60 minutes, Daily, or Cron expression.
> Use cron-based scheduling when you need a report to run at a specific time, such as according to a business period interval (on the last Friday of the month, or every ten minutes from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. daily, for example).

> You can include from one to five cron expressions (separated by semi-colons) in the Cron expression field in a job schedule.

> For more details about using cron expressions, click the Cron expression field Help button or see the chapter on jobs in the Resource Monitoring Guide.

> 5. Select which days to include.
> 6. Select the Enabled check box (if it is not already selected).
> 7. Click Save.

> After the report's scheduled run, you can view the output by clicking View Last Output File from the Summary page.

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