how do you access data from a externial harddrive

[htgls2000]

Trying to do a report using backup data on a externial harddrive but get "DATA OBJECT CANNOT BE OPENED/ACCESSED" is there something special you have to do? using crystal 11.

 

[hilfy]

There shouldn't be anything special you need to do in Crystal. Is the backup drive on the same computer as the report? Or is the report opening data from a remote drive? If it's remote, has it been shared so that the report can see it? If it has been shared, does the user running the report have the rights to see it?

-Dell

DecisionFirst Technologies - Seven-time SAP BusinessObjects Solution Partner of the Year

http://www.decisionfirst.com

 

[hilfy]

Also, what type of database are you connecting to? If it's a server-based db such as MS SQL Server as opposed to a file-based db such as MS Access, just having the backup files available doesn't get you much. The files would have to be accessed through the database software which is running somewhere on a server.

-Dell

DecisionFirst Technologies - Seven-time SAP BusinessObjects Solution Partner of the Year

http://www.decisionfirst.com