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Chapter 5. Performing System Information Center advanced
functions
Certain tasks are intended to be performed by an Administrator account and
cannot solely be accomplished using the graphical user interface. This chapter
provides information about how to perform common and advanced Administrator
account tasks.
This chapter describes the following information about performing advanced
functions in the System Information Center program:
v "Working with tasks"
v "Working with reports" on page 32
v "Sending a specialized e-mail" on page 36
v "Reprocessing the database" on page 37
v "Working with the ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37
v "Exporting information using the System Information Center program" on page
v "Importing information into a database" on page 41
v "Performing other advanced functions" on page 42

Working with tasks

Administrators (or any other user with designated authority) can create tasks and
schedule them to run once or to occur at set intervals. Tasks can also be run
manually. Tasks, which can only be created through the server, are simply
background processes that are executed by the server. An example of a task is a
database-generated action in the form of an e-mail, which sends an attached report
to a target user or group of users. This task assumes that you have e-mail
functionality enabled.
The administrator can execute tasks either from the Tasks menu, located in the
System Information Center menu bar, or by having the server Task Scheduler
automatically check for tasks to be run on a scheduled basis. You can configure
automatic checking by the server in the original installation or by modifying the
ISIC.PROPERTIES file on the following lines:
scheduled.launch.on.startup=0
scheduled.interval=60
scheduled.interval.period=mins
scheduled.task.period=hours
Note: For more information about modifying the ISIC.PROPERTIES file in order to
schedule tasks, see "Working with the ISIC.PROPERTIES file" on page 37.
The System Information Center program comes with pre-defined tasks that you
can customize for your enterprise needs. You can also create a new task, which is
added to the Tasks menu item located in the System Information Center program
menu bar.
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