Scheduling Manager in Discoverer 4i plus 4.1.48.08.00

Hi
I am trying to schedule a discoverer report to run overnight using Discoverer 4i plus 4.1.48.08.00 and cannot find anywhere to do this . The only thing I can see is an option to open results for a scheduled report.
I know I can do this via Discoverer Desktop . The only problem is that the Accountant wants to run the report from his PC and he doesn't have Discoverer Desktop but has Discoverer Plus.
Is there any way around this ?
Thanks in advance.

Hi
The best free third party scheduler is the one native to Windows - typically called AT.
You'll find it here: Start | Programs | Accesories | System Tools | Scheduled Tasks
When you get there you should see a link called Add Scheduled Task
If you have a copy of my Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook (which is more than 75% valid for Discoverer 4 end users and 95% valid for administrators) you will find a complete work flow for setting up third party scheduling Discoverer using AT.
I also have a paper on mu downloads page that talks about third party scheduling : http://ascbi.com/downloads.htm
Best wishes
Michael

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