I often get asked about getting the most out of BusinessObjects, so I thought I would take a few moments to mention an often overlooked factor is being successful with BusinessObjects. What do companies need to do to make their investment in BusinessObjects pay off? There are the obvious things such as creating a Center […]
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Embedding Web Controls into Crystal Reports
Bringing Together HTML Controls and Crystal Reports Every once in a while I get a chance to present in a forum or user group and show some new amazing capabilities in the product suite. Last year I had the chance to demonstrate WebElements. WebElements is a collection of Crystal functions which generate HTML. An easy […]
Crystal Reports 2008 gets flashy
If you’ve not seen the latest version of Crystal Reports, then you might want to see what you are missing. The latest version of Crystal Reports (v13) is called Crystal Reports 2008 and started shipping earlier this month. Although there are a lot of great features in the product including: New Parameter Panel with optional […]
Row-level Security Trick with WebIntelligence
Can I Get Row-level Security with WebIntelligence and Still Avoid a Document Refresh? Sure! As a follow-up to my post yesterday I wanted to step back and say that normally you do want to handle row-level security from within the semantic layer. The problem is that you can’t get the benefit of the speed of […]
Row-level Security Trick with Crystal Reports
Row-level Security on Scheduled Instances Without the Use of Business Views When I realized that I could get row-level security on scheduled instances without using Business Views I thought, I have to share this with everyone. When you schedule a report, the engine retrieves all the data based on the credentials of the user running […]