HOW TO SEND CONCURRENT PROGRAM OUTPUT AS AN EMAIL

There are two Methods to send Concurrent Program Output as Email

Method 1:

• The printer styles have to be configured to execute a shell script instead of sending the output to a physical printer. 
• The shell script then emails the concurrent program output to the intended recipient. 

Method 2: (Applicable R12.1.3 onwards)

With the R12.1.3 release, a hook to the BI Publisher Delivery Manager is available on the SRS window to send the output to IPP Printers, Email, Fax and FTP destinations. 


Steps for Method 1 
Step 1: Define/Query Printer Type: Define a new Printer Type or Query for an existing one. Responsibility: System Administrator Navigation: Install->Printer->Types

Step 2: Define Printer Style: Click on the ‘Style’ button in the Printer Types form (as seen in the previous screenshot). Create a new style and save it. 

Step 3: Define Printer Driver: Click on ‘ Driver’ button in the Printer Types form. Specify Driver method as command. Specify the following in the arguments section: $XXCUST_TOP/bin/EMAIL.sh $PROFILES$.CONC_REQUEST_ID 30

Step 4: Mapping: Map the Printer Style and Printer Driver to the Printer Type.

Step 5: Install the Printer and map the Printer Type : Create a new printer and map the Printer Type created in the previous step.

Step 6: Attach the defined printer to the concurrent program: Navigation: Concurrent > Program > Define .Specify printer in Output section

Step 7: Running the Concurrent Program: Before clicking on the Submit button in the SRS window, specify non-zero value of no. of copies by clicking on the Options button. 
This will invoke Printer.

Step 8: The sample shell script (email_conc_prog_output.sh) that is executed after the completion of the above steps is attached with the article. 


Steps for Method 2

This feature is available in the new button ‘Delivery Opts’ as seen in the screenshot below. 

On clicking the ‘Delivery Opts’ Button, a new form will pop up which will allow users to specificemail addresses of the sender, recipient and carbon copy recipient (multiple emails can be specified separated by commas), subject of the email. This can be seen in the screenshot below.

The Email tab (as seen in the screenshot above) utilizes SMTP to communicate to a mail hostwhich in turn sends the email to the recipients. The hostname and port of the mail host is configured via the profile values: 
FND: SMTP Host and FND: SMTP Port