How to schedule a report with timestamp in filename

 Requirement 
Schedule a report to deliver output file with timestamp in filename so it can be differentiated 

Solution
Dynamic filename can be achieved using 2 ways - 

1) User delivery option manually in schedule

In this method in delivery tab, select the delivery method and use below syntex in filename - BIPReport_%y%m%d%H24%M%S.txt

2) Define bursting and use SQL method of appending timestamp in filename parameter -  

'BIPReport_'||to_char(SYSDATE, 'YYYYMMDDH24MISS'||'.txt' PARAMETER5

How to default Date value in parameter

Requirement

Default dynamic date parameter values 

Solution 

Use following predefined function to default date para,eters -

 {$SYSDATE()$}                            – current date

 {$FIRST_DAY_OF_MONTH()$} – first day of the current month

 {$LAST_DAY_OF_MONTH()$}  – last day of the current month

 {$FIRST_DAY_OF_YEAR)$}      – first day of the current year

 {$LAST_DAY_OF_YEAR)$}       – last day of the current year

*Dates are system date of the server on which BI Publisher is running.

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