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Process documentation Creating Crystal Report iViews Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Purpose

You can integrate Crystal Reports as an iView with no difficulty by selecting the Crystal Enterprise report template in the iView Wizard. The template is automatically installed with the portal.

For more information, read the documentation Structure linkFormatted Reporting: Crystal Reports Integration.

Prerequisites

You selected the Crystal Enterprise report iView template in step 1 of the iView Wizard and followed the instructions given by the Wizard. For more information see Launching the iView Wizard and First Steps.

Process Flow

You must maintain the following properties in order to display a Crystal Report in the portal as an iView:

Selection of the Application Variant (Step 3 of the iView Wizard)

Report Type

Select the application type for which you want to create the iView (standard Crystal Enterprise report or based on a SAP BW report).  
This step is required.

Definition of the Application Parameters (Step 4 of the iView Wizard)

System

Enter the system alias for the desired SAP System here.
This field is required.

The system alias refers to a SAP system that was defined in the portal. For more information, see Structure linkExecuting the System Landscape Wizard and Structure linkDefining the System Alias.

Crystal Report ID

Application variant Standard Crystal Enterprise Report:
Enter the required ID of the Crystal Report.

Application variant Based on SAP BW Report:
Enter the required BW GUI.

Application Parameters

You can enter parameter values for certain screen fields for displaying the components here.
This field is optional.

The parameter values are specified with the following syntax:

<Screen_field1>=<Parameter1>
&<Screen_field2>=<Parameter2>
&<...>=<...>,...

Viewer Application

Here you can define the path to the application called when the iView is executed.

Note

You do not need a slash “/” as prefix.

Viewer

You can select the required Crystal Enterprise Viewer here. A query string parameter “&viewer=” is created from this entry.

ViewType

Here you can define if the Crystal Enterprise report should be called On Demand. If you select the option Last Instance the last successful instance is called. The query string parameter “&view_type=” is created.

Note

You can find general information about maintaining iView properties in Structure linkProperty Editor and Editing iView Properties.

You must then configure the Crystal Enterprise server entry point.

 

 

 

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