subject: Ms Access Report Scheduler: The First Ever Automation Tool For Ms Access [print this page] MS Access Report Scheduler (often known as MARS) is an automation tool and scheduler for MS Access. MARS saves time and money by making it easy to define single or packages of Microsoft Access reports. Along with Report Scheduler, MARS also includes a Macro Scheduler and a Query Scheduler. With these features, reports and queries can be sent to various destinations (print, fax, disk, ftp, sms or email) in a number of standard formats (PDF, Word, Excel, HTML, RTF, Acrobat, text).
MARS is a powerful, spontaneous, user-friendly scheduler that will ease your routine. It easily performs the tedious task of manually running Microsoft Access Reports, Queries and Macros daily, weekly, monthly or as required. All you need to do is to set up a schedule like how often (daily, weekly, monthly) you would like each report to run and in which format (PDF, Word, Excel, HTML, RTF, Acrobat, text), the output should be displayed. You also need to specify the location where the report should be sent.
With MS Access Report Scheduler (MARS) you can respond to your business needs in a better way. You just need to set a Macro to run at a specified time of the day, or when certain events and conditions get met.
With MARS' MS Access Scheduling, Event Based Schedules can be automated so that reports are generated when a particular (or a set of) event occurs. This MS Access Scheduling feature trawls through your database, find the parameter values to use and then generates and delivers a unique report for each value. It brings advanced Data-Driven functionality to your Access reports distribution infrastructure.
Once your schedule has been executed, you can also use MARS' unique Custom Actions to run another program, enter values in a database, modify a file and lots more. You may also use Automation Schedules for a general business process automation without scheduling any reports at all.
MS Access Report Scheduler's explorer-like interface makes it easy to define and schedule report packages. The scheduling service runs as a desktop application or windows service. It will integrate with Exchange Server 5 (SP4) and above (2000 and 2003) or SMTP.
Whether you want to save time on running and distributing Access reports or looking forward to create tailored reports for the corporate management, MARS ensures to do the job for you!
