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Hello,
I need some information on the CR scheduling Destination Options available:
The 9 options as per my understanding are:
1. Default Enterprise Location: If you select this option, the instance is saved to the default Business Objects Enterprise location, which is the Output File Repository Server (FRS).
2. Default Inbox: If you select this option, the instance is saved to the inboxes configured on the job server.
3. Default File Location: If you select this option, the instance is saved to the unmanaged disk location configured for the job server.
4. Default FTP Server: If you select this option, the instance is saved to the FTP server configured on the job server.
5. Default Email Recipients: If you select this option the instance is emailed to the email recipients configured on the job server.
6. Specific Inbox: If you select this option you can specify whose inboxes you want to save the instance to.
7. Specific File Location: If you select this option, the instance is saved to the saved to the file location you specify here.
8. Specific FTP Server: If you select this option, you can specify which FTP server you want to save the instance to.
9. Specific Email Recipients: If you select this option, you can specify who you want to email the instance to.
Among the above 9, I have problems with Specific File Location and Specific FTP Server. Can someone please let me know how I can configure my reports to use these two destination.

Hi
If the folder is on the local machine following setting should be configured in destination for Unmanaged Disk
Username:Localmachine hostname\username
password:password of the username.
Here the username would have "Full Control" or "Modify" rights over the drive where desired folder resides and that folder.
If the folder is on the remote machine following settings should be configured in the destination tab.
Username:DomainName\DomainUsername
Password:password of DomainUsername.
DomainUsername should also have "Modify" rights over the drive and the folder.
Is the desired folder present on the SAN drive?
Regards,
Hrishikesh P

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