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How to use basic connections instead of universe

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akalinowski

IS-IT--Management
Oct 3, 2006
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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
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
well thats frustrating.

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

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



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