Identifying Particular Report Users 1

[bmacdo]

Reporting with Crystal v.10, off MS-SQL Server data...

Is there a way in Crystal to determine which users are running reports in a networked folder? We want to cull reports that aren't being used.

Brad Macdonald

 

[IdoMillet]

Not with just Crystal but at least one of the 3rd-party Crystal report viewers listed at

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

provides functionality of centralized logging of reports use (to a centralized text file or a database).

hth,
- Ido

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

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[chelseatech]

Ido's solution assumes everyone uses the same tool to view reports. But that will ignore those who use Crystal Designer or BO Enterprise to view reports.

A better solution is to use one of our function libaries to write a value into a text or xml file to keep track of who/when ran a report. The Share UFL makes the most sense to me as it can work with more complex data and would create a new share file for each report.

Editor and Publisher of Crystal Clear

http://www.chelseatech.co.nz/pubs.htm

 

[IdoMillet]

If you wish to use a UFL to record report use to a text or ini file, there are other options, including my 'CUT Light' UFL. You can see a list of UFLs at

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

.

hth,
- Ido

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

http://www.MilletSoftware.com