create report with date suffix

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create report with date suffix

snomadj

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January 7, 2013 at 5:15 am

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I need to create a report & run weekly to output to file on server with filename_date&timesuffix.txt.
The original report (which is just procedure output) runs as a job.
For security reasons, xp_cmdshell is disabled & I can't invoke a cmd script from jobs (to pop a suffix onto the end of the filename).
What is the best & simplest way to do this?
Thank you.
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Orlando Colamatteo SSC Guru Points: 182276 More actions · Answer 1

Is PowerShell installed on the server? You could do this in a CmdExec step type:

%windir%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "& {$x=(Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss");Move-Item -Path "C:\@\FlatFile.txt" -Destination "C:\@\FlatFile_$x.txt"}"

Just change yyyyMMdd_HHmmss to match the timestamp format you want (see the options here) and the two paths to match your environment.

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snomadj SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4491 More actions · Answer 2

Hi, I'm sorry I forgot to say thanks.

That's great. It's quite restricted where I work so we don't have ps on this server but I've been able to link it to another server that does & use your idea.

I thought there would be a less convoluted way that going server to server for me, but, given the restrictions I have ... this way works so thank you.

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Orlando Colamatteo SSC Guru Points: 182276 More actions · Answer 3

You're quite welcome. Thanks for posting back.

There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
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