Able to report from a .rpt?

[skaestner]

Is it possible to report new info from an existing .rpt, As the same process would be from an .xls? silly question as i don't think it is possible but one may never know until someone else has tried.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Not sure what you mean by 'new info'...
The Report will access the datasource when it is run and the data will be whatever is in the current source.

If you have sufficient access rights,you can even change the report to access different data ( even a different database) if you want to rebuild it ( save it under another name to preserve the original.)





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[IdoMillet]

Your question is not 100% clear, but there are tools that allow you to export the report to a table (ODBC export with an option to replace or append records in the table). You can ten use that data in another report. The whole process can be automated.

- Ido

view, email, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[AndrewBaines]

I wrote a web service a while back that presented the data in an rpt so that you could then report on it using Crystal Reports. It used reports in BO XI R2 as a source, but could be modified to use a standalone rpt. Only provided the data that was in the actual report though. I guess it could be modified, depends what you need.

Andrew Baines

http://www.pursuittechnology.co.uk

 

[skaestner]

let me be more clear. if i run a report today save it, then do the same for a week. Can i then take those 5 reports and make a new one based off the information from those 5 reports, using them as the data source?

 

[IdoMillet]

No, but you can use the approach mentioned above (ODBC export) to achieve that objective.

- Ido

view, email, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[AndrewBaines]

It wouldn't be a major task to change my web service to read through the reports, presenting the data as a new report. A week's work maybe.

Andrew Baines

http://www.pursuittechnology.co.uk