Reporting Agent 
Definition
The Reporting Agent is a tool used to schedule reporting functions in the background.
The following functions are available:
· Evaluating exceptions
· Printing queries
· Pre-calculating Web templates
· Pre-calculating characteristic variables of type pre-calculated value sets
· Pre-calculation of queries for Crystal reports
· Managing bookmarks
Note that you can only use the Reporting Agent if you are working with queries and Web templates in the SAP BW 3.x format.
As of SAP NetWeaver 2004s, the Reporting Agent functions are covered by Information Broadcasting. We recommend that you use Information Broadcasting instead of the Reporting Agent.
For more
information, see 
Information
Broadcasting.
Use
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1. You make settings for the specified reporting functions.
2. You assign the individual settings to scheduling packages for background processing.
3. You schedule scheduling packages as a job or within a process chain.
The last two points do not apply to managing bookmarks.
Structure
The Reporting Agent interfaces are made up of two tree structures in the functional areas Exceptions, Print, Web Templates, and Value Sets.
· The left-hand tree gives you an overview of the available objects as well as the settings that have already been made. To give you a better overview, you can filter according to queries with settings in the Exceptions and Print functions.
· The right-hand tree gives you an overview of the scheduling package and manages the background processing.
In the Bookmarks functional area, the Reporting Agent scheduler interfaces are made up of a single tree structure.
Integration
The following graphic gives an overview of the different functional areas for the Report Agent and its integration:
See also:
Defining Exceptions
Settings and Exception
Reporting
Defining the Web Template Setting
Defining the Value Set Setting
Defining Crystal Reports Query Settings