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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

See Prerequisites: Displaying Data from Queries Using Crystal Reports.

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 BI Content Activation Workbench (transaction BSANLY_BI_ACTIVATION) or in the SAP NetWeaver BW system in 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-instguides

Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

SAP Help Portal under   http://help.sap.com   SAP BusinessObjects   All Products  

Creation of Reports from BW Queries

SAP Help Portal under   http://help.sap.com   SAP BusinessObjects   All Products   BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions - User's Guide  

BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Console (CMC)

SAP Help Portal under   http://help.sap.com   SAP BusinessObjects   All Products   BusinessObjects Enterprise   BusinessObjects Enterprise – Administrator's Guide  

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.com   SAP NetWeaver   BI Content   BI Content 705   Extension BI Content 705  

Information about restrictions and workarounds

SAP Note 1456199 (Issues, Workarounds and Resolutions in Embedded Analytics)

SAP NetWeaver Portal

SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver under Running an Enterprise Portal

Launchpad

Launchpad

SAP NetWeaver Business Client

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

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SAP NetWeaver Business Client

Roles in SAP NetWeaver Business Client

Roles in SAP NetWeaver Business Client