Your first report, in six steps
This page is for everyone who has a Mail & Deploy licence and is setting it up for the first time.
Depending on your data source and report format, the videos run between 18 and 30 minutes in total.
The videos are in English.
Install Mail & Deploy
You check the system requirements and install Mail & Deploy on-premise. Afterwards Mail & Deploy runs on your server.
- Duration: 4:59
- With the SaaS edition your tenant is already set up - sign in and start with step 2.
Create users and permissions
Duration: 0:39
You create a new user and assign their permissions. Afterwards that user can work in Mail & Deploy with the rights you set.
Create a workspace
Duration: 2:24
You create a workspace to organise your reporting content. Afterwards you have the place where your data sources, reports and tasks live.
Connect a data source
Duration: 1:17
You connect the system your reports draw their data from: a Qlik Sense Server App, Microsoft Power BI or Snowflake. Afterwards the data source is available for your reports.
Choose your data source
Build your first report
Duration: 2:55
You create a Microsoft PowerPoint, Word or Excel report on top of your data source. Afterwards you have a report that Mail & Deploy fills with your data.
Choose your report format
Send the report
You create a task that sends the PowerPoint report as an email attachment. Afterwards your report reaches its recipients.
Step
What's next
These videos are in the training library and build on the six steps.
- Give users permissions to the Mail & Deploy Hub1:54
- Conditions4:53
- Cycles for bursting2:25
- Alerts5:17
- Embed a report as the email body3:56
- Upload reports to Microsoft SharePoint4:56
- Upload reports to Dropbox and AWS S33:13
- Filter by a report parameter0:55
- Value tables0:39
- Global variables0:39
- Debug and troubleshoot tasks6:42
- Back up and restore an environment6:27
Book a Mail & Deploy workshop
Build your reporting skills with guided, hands-on training. Work through connecting data sources, creating reports and setting up distribution with a Mail & Deploy consultant.
Workshops cover both client-managed and SaaS versions of Mail & Deploy. Choose the session format that fits your team.