How to use basic connections instead of universe

[akalinowski]

Im a fan of crystal reports, but the server is really frustrating me.
how can i have a report built and publish it with out needing to use universe?
i just want plain old odbc connections i write the reports and my usrs just need to open, refresh them and i want to ultimately have them ran and in their inboxes.

akalinowski

 

[hilfy]

What type of database are you connecting to and what version of Crystal are you using?

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[akalinowski]

ODBC to a ProvideX Database
ODBC to a MS SQL Database
not at the same time.
Crystal Server 2011 & Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0

i try to build the report using crystal reports for enterprise and publish to server 2011

akalinowski

 

[hilfy]

IIRC, You can't connect straight to the database in the current version of Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 - you can only use universes. I believe it's comming in a future release, but it's not there yet. If you had Crystal 2011 you could connect to ODBC connections.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[akalinowski]

well thats frustrating.

OK so i if i build using CR 2011 and upload wizard it should do it then.

akalinowski

 

[hilfy]

Yes, that should work.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[akalinowski]

OK had to build using crystal reports 2011 and upload using wizard



akalinowski