Publishing a new report object

In addition to using the CMC to publish a report object, you can use the Crystal Publishing Wizard or a Crystal designer (such as Crystal Reports or Crystal Analysis) to save your report directly to your Enterprise folders. For detailed information on publishing, see Publishing overview. After publishing a report, you can schedule an instance of the report.

Note:    When you publish a report object to Crystal Enterprise, only the structure of the report (the template information) is saved; that is, the published report object contains no saved data.

To publish a new report object

1. Go to the Objects management area of the CMC.
2. Click New Report.

   The New Report page appears.

   

3. In the File name field, type the full path of the report.

   To search for a path, click Browse.

4. If you do not want the user to see a thumbnail preview of the report in ePortfolio, clear the Generate thumbnail for the report check box.

   Tip:    To display thumbnails for a report, you must save the report with data
   and select the "Save preview picture" check box in Crystal Reports. To locate this check box in Crystal Reports 8.x, open a report and click Summary Info on the File menu. The "Save Data with Report" option is also available on the File menu.

5. Ensure that the correct folder name appears in the Destination field.

   Tip:    

   • To expand a folder, select it and click Show Subfolders.
   • To search for a specific folder, use the Look For field.
   • If there are many folders on your system, click the Previous and Next buttons to navigate through the list of folders.
6. Click OK.

   Note:    When the object has been added to the system, the CMC displays the Properties screen. You can now modify the object's properties, such as its title and description, the database logon information, scheduling information, user rights, and so on. For more information, see Managing a report object and its instances.