Real time reporting? 1

[charltonc]

Hey Everyone,

Does CE offer real time reporting?

I have an oracle server running and i need clients to see the predefined report layouts with specified fields and REAL TIME Data.

Is that possible with CE?

if so, how do i do it?

Thanks a lot!

 

[MJRBIM]

In CE it is called "View-On-Demand", you set this up as a user-right within the CE environment.

One proviso, before you offer this on some or all of reports - you should test all your RPT files with your DBA monitoring Database performance to ensure that none of the RPTs are resource hogs.

Then consider things like parameter limits so the users can't select MEGA Reports (eg. - detail every transaction for the last five years) in the "View-On-Demand" method.

 

[charltonc]

Thanks a lot for that!

I am using a Evaluation copy of CE

does that limit my features?
because I am having a hard time finding the administration options.
(urgent!)

Thanks again for answering

 

[charltonc]

I am also only using
Crystal Enterprise Reports Application Server

not the Standard or Professional version.

 

[MJRBIM]

I'm not 100% on what version does what - since all my clients are CE Professional and up.

I would expect that you need to run at least CE STANDARD to have "View-On-Demand".

RAS is just a report engine.

 

[charltonc]

Thanks! that was helpful