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Use

With the integration of Crystal Reports, you can use queries as the data sources for Crystal Reports. Crystal Reports supports a formatted display of this data. You can usually display Crystal Reports in the Launchpad, which is part of a portal role or in SAP NetWeaver Business Client.

Prerequisites
Activities

Use of Delivered Reports

You can use delivered Crystal Reports.

To do so, proceed as follows:

  1. Activate Reports

    Activate corresponding Crystal Reports and the associated queries in the BI Content Activation Workbench (transaction BSANLY_BI_ACTIVATION) or in the SAP NetWeaver BW system in the Data Warehousing Workbench (transaction RSOR).

    See BI Content Activation Workbench and Data Warehousing Workbench.

  2. Publish Reports

    Publish the reports on SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Server (BOE).

    Publish the reports in the Content Administration Workbench (transaction /Crystal/RPTADMIN) in the BW system.

Use of Own Reports

You can create your own Crystal Reports based on a query or based on another report.

See Creation of Crystal Reports

More Information

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Installation

SAP Service Marketplace under http://service.sap.com/bosap-instguidesInformation published on SAP site

Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.com Start of the navigation path SAP BusinessObjects Next navigation step All Products End of the navigation path

Creation of Reports from BW Queries

SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.comStart of the navigation path SAP BusinessObjects Next navigation step All Products Next navigation step BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions - User's Guide End of the navigation path

BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Console (CMC)

SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.comStart of the navigation path SAP BusinessObjects Next navigation step All Products Next navigation step BusinessObjects Enterprise Next navigation step BusinessObjects Enterprise – Administrator's Guide End of the navigation path

Crystal Reports Integration

SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver under Crystal Reports Integration and Creating and Publishing Crystal Reports

Documentation for Delivered Crystal Reports

SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.comStart of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step BI Content Next navigation step BI Content 705 Next navigation step Extension BI Content 705 End of the navigation path

Information about Restrictions and Workarounds

SAP Note 1456199 Information published on SAP site (Issues, Workarounds and Resolutions in Embedded Analytics)

SAP NetWeaver Portal

SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver under Running an Enterprise Portal

Launchpad

SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver under Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step Floorplan Manager for Web Dynpro ABAP Next navigation step Launchpad End of the navigation path

SAP NetWeaver Business Client

SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver under SAP NetWeaver Business Client (with PFCG Connection), SAP NetWeaver Business Client for ERP (with PCD Connection), and SAP NetWeaver Business Client

Roles in SAP NetWeaver Business Client

SAP Library for SAP ERP under Start of the navigation path SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions Next navigation step Roles Next navigation step Roles in SAP NetWeaver Business Client End of the navigation path