APSUSER, APSPASSWORD, APSAUTHTYPE parameters

Specifies the APS user name, password, and authentication type.

• apsuser = <user>

  Specifies the APS user name.

• apspassword = <password>

  Specifies the APS user password.

• apsauthtype = <authtype>

  Specifies the APS authentication type, where <authtype> is either secEnterprise or secWindowsNT.

Example

http://myServer/myVirtualDirectory/viewrpt.cwr?id=152&apsuser=JLee&apspassword=secret&apsauthtype=secEnterprise

Remarks

You may need to use these parameters under special circumstances, such as when a user receives a report through email and needs to log on to the APS in order to view it. In most cases, however, you will want to use the APSTOKEN parameter to log on to the APS. For security reasons, it is preferable that user names and passwords are not passed across the URL.

Using a logon token also ensures that your company's licensing information is accurate. Each time a user logs on to the Crystal Enterprisesystem, the count for the number of licenses increases by one. If a logon token is not passed as a parameter, each time the user logs on to the APS (for example, the user may want to log on to a different Crystal Enterpriseclient component), the count will increment. As a result, an administrator or auditor may overestimate the number of licenses in use.