Is it possible to take a Crystal Reports report created from a BAQ, load it onto an Epicor Dashboard and then deploy it back into Crystal Reports?
What I am looking for is a way to link several reports I have created in CR without using the subreports capabilities in CR since I was informed by Epicor tech support that this is not possible (also tested this out and received an application error).
Overall, I am trying to have 5 or 6 reports linked together so that my end user can enter information into one parameter and receive the appropriate information from each of those reports. I'm not sure what is the best way to go about this, whether the Dash should be used or if there is a better option.
I'm a CR and Epicor newbie, so any help is much appreciated!
You can do this by creating one "container" report and add all reports as subreports to it. This will not work if your reports already contain subreports because Crystal allows just one level of subreports. Another option is to write your own application or to use a 3rd party viewer.
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I work on a team that creates custom SSRS reports for our end users that are viewed using Report Manager or Sharepoint depending on the end user community. Some end users are technical and know how to use BIDS or Visual Studio. This presents a support problem when the end user makes modifications to our reports. I would like to obfuscate our SSRS custom report source to prevent this. Is there a way to do this?
The only solution I see is to build your own report viewer, so the rdls could be stored encrypted and decrypted inside the viewer. But this creates a "propietary" solutions which could not be the suitable one for your customer/project.
i have developed SSRS report with has summary report which is linked to six sub reports. i have provided eight parameters in summary report to make it user friendly. But when linked to sub reports it is working fine, but i want to provide back to summary button(link) in other sub reports.And it should be in a such a way that summary report should not be reset.(i.e Parameter selected should not change in summary report).
Any one has a solution for it.
Waiting for your positive response.
Thank you,
Adding buttons to the ReportViewer is a mind field at best. (Although, using the .NET web version, it's possible to add something like a "Clear/Reset Button" using JavaScript.)
However, the functionality you are after is already available, see the Microsoft Documentation on Configuring and Using the ReportViewer Toolbar.
I've been requested to implement a means of reporting on add/update/deletes on files stored sharepoint (MOSS 2007). After a little bit of research I found out sharepoint has out of the box document auditing which I enabled a couple days ago. I ran the report today, but excel spreadsheet was not very easy to look at.
Also I'm not positive of this, but I believe only site collection administrators can generate thsi audit report, and I dont really want to give the people who want these reports that much permission.
I'm curious what are some alternatives or recommendations? Should I try and get this information off the sQL Server and display it in reporting services, or perhaps try and build a include it in a dashboard?
Thanks
If you have access to the SSRS instance for SharePoint, you can get the report file. You can then make a copy and edit for the report you would like. permissions are a separate issue that can be tackled however you desire, especially if you create a copy and store as a new report.
I have MS Access reports that needs to be displayed in a crystal report in .net windows application. Is there any way to do it or some alternatives?
I am not sure about the right approach to complete this, can anybody help here?
Hum, I don’t think this is possible. I not aware that access reports can be converted or transferred to crystal reports anyway.
Remember, access reports have event code, and even can have code run in the report for EACH line of detail that displays. In other works, not only are access reports amazing, but they are fully programmable with VBA code embedded INSIDE of the report.
Because of this issue, you need ms-access running and loaded for those reports to work correctly (the VBA is required, and functions, and also that of sql queries..of which a report can be based on SEVERAL data sources and several tables all at the SAME TIME).
Even more worry is that there is not any kind of code or report converter here from ms-access to crystal reports. So, you never could in any way easy way transfer reports from ms-access to crystal reports.
You could attempt to embed ms-access as a com object, but all kinds of problems like page numbering etc. can’t really be controlled here if the report is to appear inside of the crystal report.
I STRONLY recommend that if you need some reports in crystal reports, then have the appropriate reports built in crystal and you avoid this whole mess. And, you avoid having ms-access in the mix. Or, dump crystal, and only use ms-access here.
Attempting to embed word, excel, pdf, or other com objects such as ms-access inside of some crystal report is formula for VERY unreliable applications. This is likely not possible, but even if it was, I would not let loose an application of this type. Heck, embedding pdf’s in a access report can’t even reliable work (they break after some stupid pdf update gets issued automatic). This type of mixed up systems near guarantee break when one or the other system has some automatic update occurring!
You start mixing up several applications and it will cost you buckets support trying to keep that mess running.
If you MUST take different reports from several different systems, then send out all the reports to pdf, and then use some pdf tools to combine them into one final pdf document.
Don’t try t mix reporting systems at the application level. It not reliable even if this was possible..
I've been working with SSRS 2005 reports for a little while now, and I've had a few requests come across asking for individual users to be able to save the parameters they use for the next time they run the report. Is this feasible? Is it a part of the "My Reports" role? Any thoughts?
I don't know if that can be done using the report manager, but you could always use URL parameters and pass through that way, then just give them the link to follow which will take them to their report (or render it as a PDF or other format if you wish) and already have the parameters passed in.
Here is a link that will take you to a lot of MSDN documentation about URL Access for your Reports.
I think you'll have to stop using the built-in UI and build your own report front-end to do that. I have always used RS this way and it is not all that complicated.