Publication history

using biplatform 4.0
if you schedule a crystal report and have it delievered as a pdf you can go in and retrieve the old pdfs that were sent out.
is there a way to do this with crystal reports that are sent out as part of a publication?
currently if i look at the history it only shows me a log text file
is the output stored anywhere? is there a way to capture it going forward if not?
thanks for any help.

Hello,
There is a work flow difference is there in schedule and publication.
when you schedule a report, single report output will be delivered to the users. only single report will be created.
when it come to publications, report will split according to the logic and send multiple reports to multiple users.multiple reports will be created.

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