Differences between a schedule and a subscription

In IBM® Cognos® Analytics with Watson, you can create and maintain both schedules and subscriptions. Although they share some similar characteristics, there are also key differences.

The following table shows the main differences between schedules and subscriptions.

Schedule	Subscription
Only the report owner can create the schedule.	Many people can create a subscription from the same report.
The scheduler must have Read, Write, and Execute permissions for the report.	A subscriber requires only Read and Execute permissions for the report. If you have an Analytics Viewer license, you can subscribe to reports, but not schedule them.
There can only be one schedule per report.	There can be up to 32 subscriptions for the same report.
Created by tapping the More button for the report's list entry.	Created by running a report and, in view mode, tapping the More button in the application bar.
Anyone with read access can view the schedule.	Only the subscriber can view their subscription.
The owner controls the maximum number of saved report versions.	Only the most recent saved report output is available.
You can specify that an email be sent to many people.	If you specify email delivery, it can be sent only to you.
The report can be run daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or in response to a trigger that is set by the administrator, such as a database refresh.	The report can be run daily or weekly.