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SAP BI crystal reports view using URL method

Former Member
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Hello

I have set the URL method for my crystal report and with parameter passing as shown below, it was displaying the crystal report viewer by connecting to the SAP BI 4.0 server with this method.

http://cr:port/businessobjects/enterprise115/desktoplaunch/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sDocName=CRLabel...

This URL will be called from Web application by different users, i would like to set the printer settings differently for different users for this crystal report viewer how shall i need to set the printer options?

shall i need to set the printer settings programatically for each user. Please advise me how do i need to proceed.

Thanks & Regards,

Rajeswari.

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What version of Crystal Reports are you using?

Are you writing the application?

If so what SDK are you using?

Former Member
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Hello Don,

I have built my Crystal reports in SAP Crystal reports 2013 which connects to the MYSQL database using ODBC connection. Then saved them to the BI Enterprise under Info view. (This is the part done from BI server)

Apart from this i Have a web based application(ASP.Net/C#.Net) where I have to call these Crystal reports using the above URL parameter method by connecting to the BI server. (This is part done from IIS server once the website got deployed) I have a Mysql server where i will connect to that for the database related activities.

Presently I am not using any SDK to call the crystal reports. As I am not going to use the Crystal reports engine of Visual studio, i am directly keeping my crystal report into the SAP Business objects enterprise from there I am going to call these reports using the URL method.

As my website been called by different users with different printer settings, My requirement now is to set the printer options of the Crystal report viewer of the Business object Enterprise, Can I do this by any means? or I shall leave it to the user to set his printer every time he calls the report?

Thanks & Regards.

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Install the printers on both the BOE Server and the work stations.

Save the report against the printer to be used, if different than when Designed there is no way to do this without user interaction. If the reports are always going to be printed using the same printer as when designed then the user needs to install the printer locally also.

Now when prining the reports should simply use the defaults saved in the Report file.

And as Dell indicated, there is no control through URL reporting for printer info.

Don

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DellSC
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Looking at the OpenDocument documentation, there is no way to set the printer settings when viewing reports through this type of URL.

-Dell