Where do report outputs go?

When a report is previewed or generated, the output can go to any of a number of different locations, depending on various application settings. The Infor Task Manager (or TaskMan, and not to be confused with Windows Task Manager) is set to send report outputs according to these rules:

• If the process default Report output obfuscation is set to 1, then all report output goes to a single system folder. The filename for each consists of the report name appended with a session ID number.

  If the Report output obfuscation process default is not set or is set to 0 (which is the default), then TaskMan looks in the next location.

• The next location TaskMan looks at is the Report Options form.
  • If a report profile has been created there for the report, then TaskMan checks to see if a destination for report outputs has been set in the Output Directory field. If a destination has been set in the Output Directory field, then TaskMan uses that output path.
  • If no Output Directory has been specified, then TaskMan uses the output setting specified on the Intranets form.
• If no report profile for a report exists on the Report Options form, then TaskMan checks next to see if the Sites or Sites/Entities form has a Report Output Folder designated for report outputs. If so, TaskMan uses that folder as the destination for report outputs. If not, then TaskMan uses the output setting specified on the Intranets form.
• Finally, if no other output destination has been defined elsewhere, then TaskMan uses the output path as set in the TaskMan Path field of the Intranets form.

In all cases where the Report output obfuscation process default is 0 (zero), TaskMan uses the designated report output path and looks for a subfolder labeled with the user ID of the user who initiated the report generation. If that subfolder does not exist already, then TaskMan creates it before placing the output in that subfolder.