How to configure email for batch completion in Webstatistica

How to configure email for batch completion in Webstatistica

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Article ID: KB0083506

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Products Versions
Spotfire Statistica 13.3,13.2,13.1,13.0,12.7,12.6,12.5,12.0A

Description

Webstatistica can be configured to send an email on completion of scheduled task by a WebStatistica administrator.


Prerequisites : The user performing configuring this operation must be part of SWS_ADMIN group and must have Enterprise permissions to login to WebStatistica.
SMTP Host information is necessary before hand. 

 

Issue/Introduction

This article details how to configure webstatistica to email on batch completion.

Environment

Windows

Resolution

 
This is a two-step process :
  1. Setting SMTP information
  2. Enabling Webstatistica notification on batch completion 


1. Setting SMTP information : There are two ways to enter the SMTP information. 

Option 1: Needs access to Webstatistica Server. 
    a. Logon to the Webstatistica server and launch All Programs->WebSTATISTICA->Administration and navigate to Settings | Email
     b. Configure the below settings and click ok:

       smtphost: out-going email server name, e.g. mail.server.com.

       smtpsender: email address to use as source. e.g. webstat@abc.com

       phphost: URL to WebSTATISTICA server. This will appear as a link in the body of the email. Example: http://ServerName (fqdn) /webstatistica/main.php

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Option 2: User making the change must be part of SWS_ADMIN

   a. Login to Webstatistica and navigate to Tools| For Administrators |System Configurations  and select the Email tab 

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    b. Enter below information

       smtphost: out-going email server name, e.g. mail.server.com.

       smtpsender: email address to use as source. e.g. webstat@abc.com

       phphost: URL to WebStatistica server. This will appear as a link in the body of the email. Example: http://ServerName (fqdn) /webstatistica/main.php

   
   c. Click on OK

2. Enabling Webstatistica notification on batch completion : 

   a.Log in to WebStatistica as an administrator (member of SWS_ADMIN), and navigate to Tools | Administrator Tools | Global Options. 
   b.Select the “Batch” tab and select True for the option : "Notify by email when Batch job  is completed" and specify the email address that is to be notified. 
   c.Then click “Apply”.

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Note : The above mentioned Options in Step 2 can be configured differently (different email addresses)  for each WebStatistica User by clicking on Edit User Options. 

Once configured, users will be notified of batch job completion with a link to the batch job results. 
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