How to export BO report to PPTX using JAVA SDK

[Former Member]

Hi,

I could like to export BO report (both Webi and Crystal) to MS Powerpoint (pptx) using JAVA SDK ? Can we do this? Please help.

Thanks

Pavani

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

To be more precise, you can find a list of output formats in the "BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK Developer Guide" (boesdk_java_dg_12_en). Search for "Supported Output Formats".

Here's what's in the doc:

The supported output formats are defined in the com.crystaldecisions.sdk.plugin.desktop.common.IReportFormatOptions.CeReportFormat interface.

The following table shows all supported output formats and which report document kinds support each one.

Output format constant	Crystal Reports	Web Intelligence	Desktop Intelligence
CRYSTAL_REPORT	yes
EXCEL	yes	yes	yes
EXCEL_DATA_ONLY	yes
MHTML	yes	yes	yes
PDF	yes	yes	yes
RTF	yes
RTF_EDITABLE	yes
TEXT_CHARACTER_SEPARATED	yes
TEXT_PAGINATED	yes
TEXT_PLAIN	yes
TEXT_TAB_SEPARATED	yes
TEXT_TAB_SEPARATED_TEXT	yes
USER_DEFINED	n/a	n/a	n/a
WORD	yes
XML	yes

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Antoine,

Thank  you for your answer.  I understand we don't have straight forward process to export to PPTX from BO Report.

Just I'm looking for best alternative. One you mentioned, to export to PDF, and then create a slide deck from it.  I hope you are mentioned thru apache POI ?

Do we have any process to export BO Report to XML and then convert it to PPTX?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Pavani

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi All,

we have the same problem, export PPT from WEBI.

Are there any news?

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Pavani,

I don't believe there is any option to export Webi or Crystal reports to powerpoint, using the SDK or not, unfortunately.

You might be able to export to Excel or PDF and then using powerpoint import that file into your slides ?