Crystal Report-Ad-hoc reporting with Java Web Application

[Former Member]

Hi,

   We are reviewing crystal reports for our Java web Application.We are looking at the option for enabling ad-hoc reporting using crystal report.Can any one help us out with clear steps and process to get this done.

   Thanks 

Nagarajan

[Former Member]

Thanks for the updates.

We are looking for options on the following workflow:

1. The client will login into our web application.
2. He should be able to configure,design and generate reports on his own.
3. The generated reports will be then part of the repository which can be then executed as and when required.

In simple terms we want to provide the end client with the report designer at run time.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Thanks

[former_member183750]

I agree with Dell in that this will more than likely not be a trivial exercise. But perhaps you can provide more details on what it is you would like to achieve. Work flow type of thing(?).

- Ludek

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[Former Member]

Thanks for the updates.

We are looking for options on the following workflow:

1. The client will login into our web application.
2. He should be able to configure,design and generate reports on his own.
3. The generated reports will be then part of the repository which can be then executed as and when required.

In simple terms we want to provide the end client with the report designer at run time.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Ludek,

Did you get a chance to look into our workflow requirement?

It would be great if you could guide us on some relevant process/method to do something on this.

Thanks in advance.

[former_member183750]

Yeah - for us this was a holiday weekend, so no work on Monday.

What you are looking for is indeed going to be an awful lot of work. You will be using the In Proc RAS Report Creation APIs. And there is nothing simple there.

Start with sample apps documented here:

Also see the links to sample apps in this doc:

Unfortunately, I do not have any "here is how you do this in 10 easy steps" documentation.

More genaral info on CR for Eclipse:

IBM Knowledge Center

Overview (Java Reporting Component API Reference)

Search box is in the top right corner and a few searches may be of help. Use simple strings like 'crystal java parameter'.

And you could also create a phone incident here:

Crystal Single Case Technical Support - SAP Business Objects US Online Store | SAP Online Store

- Ludek

[DellSC]

Since there is no way to do drag-and-drop design of reports from a web application, there's really no easy way to provide this type of ad-hoc capability.

You might be able to simulate something using the Report Application Server (RAS) part of the SDK, but this would be pretty complex.

Another option would be to have some "template" reports that provide general information and include filters that the users can set to show just the data that they're looking for.

-Dell