Scheduling exports

When you schedule an export, you automate the export to occur at a pre-set date, time, and location.  

To schedule an export, in the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Export (Tools section), then click Schedule Export. The Export window opens. Click Schedule Export. Follow the wizard to schedule an export.
 

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You need to choose the type of export (Complete, Reseller, Site), enter the export schedule information,  provide necessary FTP account details, and other miscellaneous information.
 

wizard Step1: Choose the type of export

  1. Choose the type of export, by selecting one of the following option buttons in the Type of Export area.

  1. Complete

  2. Resellers (if available)

Click the arrow in the Resellers list, and choose one of the following.

  1. Sites

Click the arrow in the Sites list, and choose one of the following.

wizard Step2: Enter the export Schedule information

  1. Select the frequency at which you want to export data.   

  2. Important: You may want to schedule a daily export for premium sites, demanding applications, or volatile data entities.

Select any one of the options in the Frequency field.

  1. Click the arrow in the Minutes list, and select a number between 0 and 59.

  2. Click the arrow in the Hours list, and select a number between 0 and 23.

  3. Click the arrow in the Day of Week list, and select a day between Sunday and Saturday.

  4. Click the arrow in the Day of Month list, and select a number between 1 and 31.

wizard Step3: Enter FTP information

  1. In the FTP Server field, enter the name of the FTP server you want to use as the export server.

  2. In the FTP Login field, enter the user name of your account on the FTP server.

  3. In the FTP Password field, enter the password of your account on the FTP server.

  4. In the FTP Location field, enter the complete path to the export directory on the FTP server.   

  5. Important: If you leave the field blank or the specified directory does not exist, the export fails and an email message containing the error is sent to you.

wizard Step4: Enter miscellaneous information

  1. Optional: In the Maximum Export File Size field, enter the maximum size of the export file, and click the arrow in the Unit field to select the appropriate data quantifying unit (Megabytes or Gigabytes).  

  1. In the Email field, enter the email address at which you want to receive export status notifications.

  1. Click Schedule.

The list of scheduled exports is updated.