This is an old issue that's never really been addressed. As I understand it, at one time, we had a tool that used the unix 'at' scheduler to run requested reports. This was a huge security hole, and we disabled it.... and it's never worked since.
As such, those who host servers must add calls to
runreport.pl by hand.
Bug 1993 was opened to address this. It was marked as 'In Discussion' in 2013. I would like to see this move forward -- server admins are dying from a thousand paper cuts, and I think that users would benefit from having more control over when their reports are scheduled.
What still needs to be discussed here?
Thanks,
--Barton