My team have been working on implementing reports using Crystal Reports 2008. We are faced with the following problem:
We need to be able to organize the reports into groups (representing the various departments in our workplace). The groups will have access to only the reports which they are authorized to. Is there any way to define the groups and associate the reports to the groups. Is this something that Crystal Reports 2008 provides out of the box?
Also, can additional custom metadata (like attributes) be associated to the reports?
Any suggestions appreciated
You will need Crystal Reports Server 2008 V1 in order to achieve this.
http://www.crystalreports.co.uk/crystal-reports-server/
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Currently in my work I started using ReportServer, I researched and apparently the way to create reports here is through other tools like JaspeReport, is this so?
I also have the need to generate a template (or background) that will change in this report, how is this done? Should I do it in JasperReport or ReportServer can do it?
JasperStudio by tibco is typically used to create a Jasper report. ReportServer is a BI server with which you can use different report formats (Jasper, Birt, Crystal) together in one server. At https://reportserver.net/en/documentation/ you will find a comprehensive documentation and at https://forum.reportserver.net/ a user forum for ReportServer questions.
We have crystal report already built with us. We need to understand and make crystal to JasperReports. We are using iReport 4.5.1 for designing reports.
I want to know that crystal provides distinctcount(col1,col2) fields , what is the similar option available for the JasperReports?
Please let me know if am not clear with my question
I am using jasper reports in my project to generate html reports. But the generated reports are static. Now we want to add some interactive features in it, like simple sorting and searching of columns. This is preferably to be done the client side. How can this be achieved ? So far I have tried to embed jquery into the generated report with no luck. Does jasper report provide such kind of functionality?
Use parameters and re compile the report every time you want to filter the data.
With your meaning of the word "interactive", nope that is not possible. A report is only a report - a presentation medium that shows data in such manner that is required by the business rule. You can format data here. You can stylize it, add image and what not. A client side application is probably what you want.
Well, your exact requirement can be achieved if you publish the Jasper Reports on the Jasper Server. Once published, all your reports become interactive (For Charts, you must use the PRO charts and not the basic HTML charts but for tables, it works automatically.)
Once you publish it on the Jasper Server, the features that you get are:
Sort button with various types
Export the Report to many formats (PDF, XML, etc - more than 10).
Zoom IN and Zoom Out.
Bubble for your charts making them interactive, etc.
Yes, interactivity is possible in Jasper Reports, but the thing is that you need a Jasper Server Pro or Enterprise version for achieving this. If you are using a community version, it is impossible to create interactive reports. You can download the free trail pro version of jasper server for 60 days from this link https://www.jaspersoft.com/download
For much more details go through this link https://www.jaspersoft.com/community-commercial
Choose according to your requirement.
I have a stand-alone report that works no problem. I have added it as a subreport and linked up all of the parameters, but when I run the report in BIDS I get the error message in the subject of this post.
I can deploy the report and I am able to see the subreport when I log into the SSRS web interface.
It would make things easier if I could do the report building/debugging through BIDS.
Any insight/suggestions would be appreciated.
As Per this link. Once I have a feedback link I will update this post.
Hi,
Thanks for finding this question about shared datasource/dataset. Currently, there is no way to Preview the subreport with shared datasource/dataset in BIDS. I would suggest you submit a feedback at http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback and hope microsoft correct it in the next release of SSRS service pack.
thanks,
Jerry
In reporting services 2008. I have a report where I have not speciified keep together and my report page breaks when the next group is to large to fit on the page.
Also In another report I have a group that expands over 5 pages, and I can't seem to get a group headding to print on multiple pages of the report. In am
The keep togheter is a known bug in SSRS, should sopposedly be fixed in SSRS 2008 R2, but to me it seems to be just as bad.
See Microsoft Connect page