IBOT report to "backup"folder

Hi,
i want to make an ibot to save a report (in excel or other fileformat) to a folder on the server. This report should also get a creation date.
I search for it, but could find anything about it. Or if you know another way to save a report to a file daily it's also a sollution.
regards,
Osman

Check out this blog
http://oraclebizint.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/oracle-bi-ee-101332-calling-java-scripts-and-java-classes-from-ibots/
We are in a Unix environment so I will be looking at using the Java solution and if you are on a windows platform you can call the scripts passing the parameters in.

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  • Time Machine warning: An error occured while creating a backup folder. What to do???

    Time Machine warning: An error occured while creating a backup folder. What to do???

    If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
    Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
    View ▹ Show Log List
    from the menu bar.
    Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message that corresponds to an abnormal backup. Now
    CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
    so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
    If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
    If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
    When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
    Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — anonymize before posting.

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