Monitoring Your Dashboards Using a Web Browser
You may want to monitor the business performance of your company without running the SAP Business One application. The SAP Crystal Dashboard Web Portal lets you monitor your dashboards in a Web browser.
Prerequisites
Your system administrator or key user has done the following:
Installed the integration component for SAP Business One
For information about installing the integration component, see the Administrator’s Guide for SAP Business One.
Installed a Web browser and ensured the Web connection
Supported Web browsers include: Microsoft Internet Explorer (6–9), Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.
Enabled the cockpit function in SAP Business One
For more information, see Enabling the Cockpit Function and the Dashboard Widget.
You are using the SAP Business One version for Microsoft SQL.
Procedure
For first-time use of the dashboard portal, from the SAP Business One
Main Menu
, choose
Administration
System Initialization
General Settings
and select the Cockpit
tab.Select the
Cockpit
radio button, and choose theMore...
button.The
Cockpit Options
window appears.Select the
Enable SAP Crystal Dashboards
checkbox and click theSAP Crystal Dashboard Web Portal
link.The login page appears.
Specify the following fields:
Company
: From the dropdown list, select one company database.Language
: From the dropdown list, select the language for the user interface. By default, the language is US English.ID
: Specify your user ID.Password
: Specify the password.Remember Settings
: Select this checkbox to let the browser remember all the above settings except your password.
Choose the
Login
button.Select a dashboard.
NoteMake sure you have authorization to view the dashboard you select.
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