Questions tagged [crystal-reports]
For questions regarding Crystal Reports, a business intelligence application by SAP SE.
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Log report 'bad password', but still grants access
Original symptom: User sa locked out, too many bad attempts.
Problem was sudden (no issues before), and pervasive (couple of fails in one day).
As this was a new roll out of SQL backend to Sage300, ...
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What's called 'Universe Data Source' in Crystal Reports?
There are several options to choose which data source we want to connect in Crystal Reports including SAP BEx, Relational Connection, and Universe. I have difficulties in understanding what exactly do ...
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Read only replica part of always on availability group for Reporting
As a DBA I would like to include a read only replica into the always on availability group. XSLT / Crystal Reports will only be used.
Please see below
1) Primary Replica (Same Data center) ...
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Report transition from Access to Crystal (multiple queries)
I have just started a new job where I am responsible for building and improving reports.
There is one report I am trying to move from Access to Crystal. The data is stored in an application called ...
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Safe Cast in Crystal Reports Comparison
Using Crystal Reports version 14.0.3.613RTM
With SQL Server 2012 onward, if a field has both number and string data, I can use try_convert to compare, i.e.
TRY_CONVERT(int, resource_code) > ...
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SSRS, Limit Fixed number of Columns in Matrix within a Tablix - issue in sorting matrix data
I am converting a crystal report to ssrs report, i am trying to implement "Format With Multiple Columns" feature of crystal report to ssrs.
I have a Main tablix that has two Two Groups
1st Group - ...
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How to retrieve subtotal for order lines (rollup does not exist in sql 2000)
Currently in a crystal report I have each order grouped together where the user is displayed the order lines in the orders group. I have made a running total field for a subtotal for all of the order ...
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Converting a Crystal Report Formula to a CASE expression
With attempting to convert a crystal report formula into a SQL CASE expression, I seem to be having trouble understanding the concept of "total_pallet_weight" and "order_no" utilizing the "AND" in the ...
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SQL - Passing a Stored Procedure Variable as a Parameter in a crystal report for end users to select
OK I know there are hundreds of posts out there that state how to pass a parameter from a stored procedure to a crystal report. But unfortunately with some research I haven't come across a specific ...
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I am getting a failed login message in the SQL Server error logs however, nothing actually failed?
I have a server which runs third party software (called Visualcut) to email Crystal Reports to our users.
When I log onto the Visualcut Server, I can open the software and then preview a report. This ...
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Monthly backup of SQL server DB to PostgreSQL?
The company I'm working for has a SQL Server with read-only access. They use Crystal Reports hooked up to PostgreSQL for reporting. Is there any way to make it so I can move all the data from the ...
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Can't add field that begins with an underscore in Crystal Reports
There's a field in a FoxPro table that I'm trying to pull in a Crystal Report (v10), and it begins with an _ and it doesn't appear in Field Explorer->Fields->Database Fields-><table-name&...
