The viewers are dependent on other BI platform
software components. These components are described here.
What components need to be
installed?
If you are using the viewers with a Crystal
Reports 2011 Processing Server or a Crystal Reports 2011 Report Application
Server, you must have SAP
BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform installed on either your
development machine or on the same network as your development machine and the
appropriate JAR files available to your web application. For more information
about how to install these products, refer to their respective installation
guides.
Note: To view a report using any of
the viewers, you must have the appropriate product activation keycode, as well
as the appropriate access rights for the report. For details, see the
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Platform Administrator Guide.
Which components must be running?
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
platform environment
In a BI platform environment, your Crystal
Reports 2011 Processing Server and/or your Crystal Reports 2011 Report
Application Server must be installed and running. The particular server
required depends on your deployment and the viewers you are using in your web
application.
Web application
server
Your web application server and web server
must also be configured correctly and running. Refer to the documentation that
came with the web application server and web server for installation and
configuration information.