Managed URL Method

[Former Member]

I am trying to understand how Crystal Enterprise works using the "Managed URL" method. We are in the process of upgrading an application that currently uses the "Unmanaged URL" method on a MS 2000 server with Oracle 9.2, CE 8.5 and CF 4.5. It is way past time to upgrade.

And I have found on my road to upgrading that we are not in Kanas anymore. I have set up a development server with Windows 2003 server, Crystal Enterprise 11, Oracle 10G and Coldfusion 8. The formerly mentioned "Unmanaged URL" does not work anymore.

In the 'BusinessObjects Enterprise Java SDK Developer Guide' documentation under the 'Using URL reporting for Crystal Reports' section, it explains that the URL structure is generally structured as:

http ://<servername>:<port>/CrystalReports/viewrpt.cwr?<command1>&<command2>&...&<commandN>

In IIS there is a virtual directory that is called CRYSTALREPORTVIEWERS11. I could not find any '*.cwr' files anywhere on the drive. So I figured that perhaps the correct syntax is:

http ://<servername>:<port>/crystalreportsviewers11/viewrpt.asp?

I went into the Central Management Console as administrator and added a report as a 'New Object'. I used the 'Query Builder' to get the report ID and proceeded to build my URL thusly:

http ://<servername>:<port>/crystalreportsviewers11/viewrpt.asp?id=540&apsuser=frsuser&apspassword=frsuser&apsauthtype=secEnterprise&prompt0=ALH&prompt1=5&prompt2=8&user0=frsrpts&password0=frsrpts&user0 @sect2.rpt=frsrpts&user0 @Section2_CrossTab_Sum.rpt=frsrpts...

- When I try port 6400 I get an 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage' error message.

- When I try no port at all I get a 'The page cannot be found' error message.

- I have snooped around and tried port 8080 and get an 'Apache Tomcat/5.0.27' error message that resource is not available.

If someone would please point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative?

Regards,

:)mary

[ted_ueda]

Hello Mary,

Here's the docs describing viewrpt for BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 1:

[http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXI/en/en/BOE_SDK/boesdk_dotNet_doc/doc/boesdk_net_doc/html/URLreporting_new.html#195384]

By the way, if you log onto the Central Management Console (via the Admin Launchpad), and look at Metrics, do you have Concurrent Access Licensing or Named User Licensing?

Sincerely,

Ted Ueda

[Former Member]

Just to help claify my understanding . . . is there a difference between Crystal reports Server XI and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2?

BTW, the license I have is for 5 concurrent users. I am not sure what version it is at this point.

:)mary

[ted_ueda]

Crystal Reports Server XI and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI are based on the same development - CR Server is for more modest requirements, and don't contain the Web Intelligence / Desktop Intelligence reporting solutions.

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 is the next version of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI, and Crystal Reports Server XI Release 2 is the next version of Crystal Reports Server XI.

BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 is the newest version of BusinessObjects Enterprise(a 3.1 version will appear 2008Q4), and Crystal Reports Server 2008 is the next version of Crystal Reports Server.

Ok - so viewrpt.cwr should show a logon page, and each logon will take up one Concurrent Access License.

Sincerely,

Ted Ueda