You may want to check this out. http://www.reportalsoftware.com/
We used this a few years back, and it worked great. cheers, M On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Remedy <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, > > Thanks, lets say its been a very strange year. > > I will check into this. > > Howard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Murnane, Phil > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 3:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Looking for a cheap way to run OOB crystal reports in 7.6.4 > > Howard: > > First off, really glad you're feeling well enough to Remedy again. :) > > Check this out -- it seems promising: > > http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Deploying+Crystal+Reports+for+Visu > al+Studio+2010+Runtime . > > HTH, > --Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard Richter > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 15:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Looking for a cheap way to run OOB crystal reports in 7.6.4 > > It's a grain of salt (and I need to avoid that), but it might just fly. > > The odd thing, is when I use one of the reports in the user tool on my > 7.6.1 > system it works. But when I use the same report (also on the user tool) in > the 7.6.4 system, it does not display any data and I can find the data by > doing a simple search. > > Thanks this idea is something worth looking into. > > Howard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Longwing, LJ CTR MDA/IC > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 2:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Looking for a cheap way to run OOB crystal reports in 7.6.4 > > Howard, > I know not of what sort of difficulty I speak when I say this....so please > take it with a grain of salt as either complete lunacy or a doable > solution, > depending on your personal and team capabilities. > > Now...when we look at the fact that the user tool can utilize these reports > yet the web can't....let's analyze the 'why' of that. The native client > has > access to the Crystal Reports runtime engine, where the Mid-Tier does not. > This tells that in order to run/print the reports, you do NOT need to > purchase the crystal reports server...you simply need to be able to > interact > with the CR runtime. So....this is my proposal, and it is off the top of > my > head with completely 0 research as to its feasibility. Write yourself > either a C or a Java application that can do two things. > > 1 - Log into the Remedy server to get at the report > 2 - Interact with the CR runtime (this is the part that I have NO clue > about) > > Once written, this application should be able to be called with a button > press, or an escalation, or whatever manner you chose, and it should be > able > to log on, get the report in question, process the data in Remedy through > the report, and provide the output in any manner that you deem desirable. > > I know, I know....easier said than done...but certainly in the feasible > realm....in fact, a quick google on 'crystal reports runtime java' came up > with an article as the first entry > > > http://j-integra.intrinsyc.com/support/com/doc/other_examples/Crystal_Report > s.htm > > that describes a VERY simple java program that executes a report. It uses > a > DSN to connect...which could obviously be setup with the Remedy ODBC as the > data source....if I'm not mistaken the 'query' is also readily accessible > as > well > > I see this as a VERY doable solution to being able to run the reports from > server command line, and even mail the darn things out :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Remedy > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 12:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Looking for a cheap way to run OOB crystal reports in 7.6.4 > > ** > > Happy Friday to all, > > > > I have a request to find a cheap way to run the BMC provided OOB crystal > reports that came with 7.6.4. > > > > Since we use Hyperion for reporting, we do not need to create any new > crystal reports and are not looking to print them. Just run them and save > off the file. > > > > So I am looking for a cheap way of getting around the requirement to buy > and > then build a crystal server. > > > > Too bad that we can't use the user tool in ITSM 7.6.4. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Also a Friday thought, > > > > Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. ~Author Unknown > > > > Take care, > > > > Howard > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 > www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 > www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 > www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
