FTP Discoverer report output

Question

Is there any way to ftp the report output for scheduled Discoverer 10g workbooks without using Discoverer Desktop (i..e, directly from the server) ?
Example: A workbook is scheduled to run daily; after the report completes, the output of the report (in Excel format only) has to be ftp-ed (automatically, via a shell script or stored procedure) to a remote location (Discoverer Plus was used to create and schedule the workbooks, do not use Discoverer Desktop) - where do we pick up the ouput from on the server/database? Is the output stored on the file system or in the database? In which format is it stored?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks for the response - however, we found a method to do it - since the results of a scheduled workbook are stored in a database table, we can access the results from this table, create a text file, and ftp this file.
Method is given below (pl. let me know if we are missing anything):
1. Create a simple Discoverer workbook based on SCOTT.DEPT table, workbook name is 'DEPT'
2. Schedule DEPT workbook as 'SCOTT' user
3. Wait until the scheduled job has completed; In the Scheduling Manager the report status is 'Ready'
4. Connect to SQLPlus as the EUL owner
5. select BR_ID, BR_WORKBOOK_NAME from EUL5_BATCH_REPORTS where BR_WORKBOOK_NAME='DEPT';
SQL> select BR_ID, BR_WORKBOOK_NAME from EUL5_BATCH_REPORTS where BR_WORKBOOK_NAME='DEPT';
BR_ID BR_WORKBOOK_NAME
203443 DEPT
6. select BS_ID, BS_BR_ID, BS_SHEET_NAME from EUL5_BATCH_SHEETS where BS_BR_ID='203443';
SQL> select BS_ID, BS_BR_ID, BS_SHEET_NAME from EUL5_BATCH_SHEETS where BS_BR_ID='203443';
BS_ID BS_BR_ID BS_SHEET_NAME
203444 203443 Sheet 1
7. select BQ_ID, BQ_BS_ID from EUL5_BATCH_QUERIES where BQ_BS_ID='203444';
select BQ_ID, BQ_BS_ID from EUL5_BATCH_QUERIES where BQ_BS_ID='203444';
BQ_ID BQ_BS_ID
203445 203444
8. select BQT_ID, BQT_BQ_ID, BQT_TABLE_NAME from EUL5_BQ_TABLES where BQT_BQ_ID='203445';
select BQT_ID, BQT_BQ_ID, BQT_TABLE_NAME from EUL5_BQ_TABLES where BQT_BQ_ID='203445';
BQT_ID BQT_BQ_ID BQT_TABLE_NAME
203454 203445 EUL5_B070924102545Q1R1
This shows that the scheduled workbook 'DEPT: sheet1' is associated with the Result Set table
'EUL5_B070924102545Q1R1'
SQL> select * from EUL5_B070924102545Q1R1;
BRN1 BRVC1 BRVC2
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
9. Information about when the table was created, the creator, last updated date and who updated it can be obtained from EUL5_BQ_TABLES;
SQL> select BQT_TABLE_NAME, BQT_CREATED_BY, BQT_CREATED_DATE from EUL5_BQ_TABLES;
BQT_TABLE_NAME BQT_CREATED_BY BQT_CREATED_DATE
EUL5_B070924102545Q1R1 SCOTT 24-SEP-07