Change Data Source for a lot of Crystal Report

I have a lot of reports which use Visual FoxPro as datasource. We will mirgrate to MS SQL Server and change the names of tables. Is there any way to set data source to new table in new ODBC other than do it manually ? Please advice.
Thanks.

Hi Leo,
If you use Business Objects Enterprise, then you can use a tool called 'Schedule Manager' to update the datasource of all your reports to SQL Server - at one go!
If you don't then, well, it gets laborious and you'll have to get into every single report and use 'Set datasource location' within CR.
-Abhilash

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My report (designed in CR 10) is running based on the Stored Procedure call using a command object; which is running successfully in the DEV environment. The report data source connectivity is a DSN.
Now i want to switch it to QA environment with different DSN name. When i tried to update the Change Data Source option, it doesn't allows to update the existing command with a new command!!!!
I don't know how to fix this. Could any one of you have idea, pls. share it here???
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If you have same table structure in new data source then you can change the datasource connection.
Follow the steps in this article
KBase Article ID:c2016958
Article refers to:Crystal Reports 10
Symptom
In Crystal Reports (CR) 10, can you change the database connection of an existing command object to use a different database connection without the use of a Crystal Repository?
Resolution
Yes, you can change the database connection of an existing command object to use a different database connection without the use of a Crystal Repository by using the following steps:
====================
NOTE:
You must apply the CR 10 Monthly Hot Fix (cr10win_en.zip) and the CR 10 Database and Export Drivers Monthly Hot Fix (dbex10win_en.zip) before starting the steps below.
You can download these hot fixes at http://support.businessobjects.com/search
====================
1. Open a report with a command object.
2. Go the 'Database' menu and click 'Set Datasource Location'.
3. In the 'Set Datasource Location' dialog box, select the connection for the command object (the connection appears as a cylinder with a plug).
4. In the lower window, select the new connection and log on to the database.
5. Ensure the connection is highlighted for the command object in the top window, and the connection is highlighted for the new command object in the bottom window.
6. Click Update.
The database connection for the command object now changes to use the new database connection information.
Regards,
Raghavendra

9iAS: Programmatically change data source for Java/J2ee bc4j application

Background: We obtain a copy of our customer's live data daily for support issues. We'd like to be able to keep up to date as possible and get files early in the morning. due to the size of the database, it takes a few hours to download and import into our Oracle database. what I'd like to do is use two different schemas/users for the data, alternating on each day so that the loading of one, does not affect the running of the other. To make this seamless, I'd like to have a script perform the changes after the download and restart the server. The issue is how/where to change the data source so that my application will pick it up each time? I'm using an application specific data source from EM.
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If it is intended to be accessible from Reports servlet then you can use "ssoconn" command line option where by the user name and password is stored in OID (Oracle Internet Directory)
Pls see publishing reports to web document --> command line options -> rwservlet
(link below)
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/pdf/B10314_01.pdf (pdf)
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Trying to change the data source for a Crystal Report.

The method below represents my best attempt to programatically change the data source of a Crystal Report. The goal is to have a routine that will update the data source for reports after they have been distributed to production servers. So far I have not been successful in saving the report back to the CMS. No exceptions are thrown, but when I view the Database Configuration of the report in the CMC nothing has changed.


Am I missing a step, or is there another way to accomplish this?


Thank you.

<hr />
<pre>
private void test(String reportName)
 throws SDKException, ReportSDKException, java.io.IOException
 IInfoObjects newInfoObjects;
 IInfoObject reportObj;
 ReportClientDocument clientDoc = new ReportClientDocument();
 DatabaseController dc;
 PropertyBag pBag;
 PropertyBag logonProps;
 ConnectionInfo newConInfo;
 ConnectionInfo oldConInfo;
 ConnectionInfos conInfos;
 int connOptions = DBOptions._ignoreCurrentTableQualifiers + DBOptions._doNotVerifyDB; //0;
 Fields connFields = null;
 String queryStr = "Select * From CI_INFOOBJECTS " +
 "Where SI_NAME='wfr.rpt' AND SI_KIND='CrystalReport' AND SI_INSTANCE=0";
 newInfoObjects = getCms().executeQuery(queryStr);
 if(newInfoObjects.size() > 0)
 reportObj = (IInfoObject)newInfoObjects.get(0);
 try
 clientDoc = getCms().getReportAppFactory().openDocument(
 reportObj
 , OpenReportOptions._refreshRepositoryObjects
 , java.util.Locale.US);
 dc = clientDoc.getDatabaseController();
 conInfos = dc.getConnectionInfos(null);
 for(int i = 0; i < conInfos.size(); ++i)
 oldConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)conInfos.getConnectionInfo(i);
 newConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)oldConInfo.clone(true);
 pBag = newConInfo.getAttributes();
 pBag.putStringValue("QE_ServerDescription", "alio");
 logonProps = new PropertyBag();
 logonProps.putStringValue("Trusted_Connection", "false");
 logonProps.putStringValue("Server", "alio");
 pBag.put("QE_LogonProperties", logonProps);
 newConInfo.setUserName("admin");
 newConInfo.setPassword("password");
 dc.replaceConnection(
 oldConInfo
 , newConInfo
 , connFields
 , connOptions);
 catch(ReportSDKServerException Ex)
 String msg = "A server error occured while processing the " + reportObj.getKind()
 + " object, " + reportObj.getTitle() + " (" + reportObj.getCUID() + "), from the CMS.";
 Utility.errorOut(msg, Ex);
 catch(Exception Ex)
 String msg = "An error occured while processing the " + reportObj.getKind()
 + " object, " + reportObj.getTitle() + " (" + reportObj.getCUID() + "), from the CMS.";
 Utility.errorOut(msg, Ex);
 finally
 clientDoc.save();
 getCms().commitToInfoStore(newInfoObjects);
 clientDoc.close();
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Edited by: Mark Young on Sep 10, 2009 2:16 PM

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Justin,

Thank you for the reply. Time constraints have not allowed me to post back to this tread
till now. I will try your suggestion. My assumption is that Save the report back to the
info store refers to IInfoStore.commit(IInfoObjects).


I'm afraid that I do not understand why I don't want to change the report client document,
or why successfully exporting the report with the new login/password is not what I
want to do. Any explanation on that statement would be appreciated.


I did find a way to accomplish my goal. It involved adding the SSOKEY property to the
logon property bag. Below you'll see my revised code which modifies the report logon and
server. I have no idea what
this does, and SAP support has not been able to tell me why it works. However, what I
discovered is that if I changed the report option, Database Configuration -> When
viewing report:, in the CMS to Use same database logon as when report
is run from Prompt the user for database logon, then the
SSOKEY property had been added to the logon property bag having an empty string as its
value. This allowed me to successfullyupdate and save the modified logon back to the CMS.


So I took a chance and added code to always add the SSOKEY property with an empty string
as its value, and I could then successfully modify and save the report's logon info
and server. Again, I don't know what this means, but it has worked so far. If anyone has
some insight or comments, either are welcome. Thank you in advance.

 
<hr />
<pre>
private void changeDataSourceOfAWFCrystalReports()
 throws SDKException, ReportSDKException, java.io.IOException
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 IReport curReport = null;
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 PropertyBag logonProps;
 ConnectionInfo newConInfo;
 ConnectionInfo oldConInfo;
 ConnectionInfos conInfos;
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 int numOfReports;
 int numOfQueryPages;
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 String queryStr = getAppSettingsFile().getWscAwfCrystalReportPathQuery();
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 getCms().setPathQueryQueries(queryStr, 100);
 numOfQueryPages = 0;
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 progressIncrementPerPage = Math.floor(30.0/(double)numOfQueryPages);
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 newInfoObjects = getCms().getPathQueryResultSetPage(queryPageIndex);
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 if(newInfoObjects != null && numOfReports > 0)
 progressIncrementPerReport =
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 curReport = (IReport)reportObj;
 clientDoc = getCms().getReportAppFactory().openDocument(
 reportObj
 , OpenReportOptions._refreshRepositoryObjects
 , java.util.Locale.US);
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 conInfos = dbController.getConnectionInfos(null);
 for(int conInfosIndex = 0; conInfosIndex < conInfos.size(); ++conInfosIndex)
 oldConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)conInfos.getConnectionInfo(conInfosIndex);
 newConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)oldConInfo.clone(true);
 pBag = newConInfo.getAttributes();
 pBag.putStringValue(
 "QE_ServerDescription"
 ,getConfigFile().getDBDataSourceConnections());
 logonProps = new PropertyBag();
 logonProps.putStringValue("Trusted_Connection", "false");
 logonProps.putStringValue("SSOKEY", "");
 logonProps.putStringValue(
 "Server"
 ,getConfigFile().getDBDataSourceConnections());
 pBag.put("QE_LogonProperties", logonProps);
 newConInfo.setUserName(getConfigFile().getUNVConnectionUserName());
 newConInfo.setPassword(getConfigFile().getUNVConnectionPasswordDecrypted());
 dbController.replaceConnection(
 oldConInfo
 , newConInfo
 , connFields
 , connOptions);
 newConInfo = (ConnectionInfo)conInfos.getConnectionInfo(conInfosIndex);
 } // end for on conInfosIndex
 clientDoc.save();
 } // end for on reportIndex
 } // end if on newInfoObjects
 } // end for on queryPageIndex
 } // end try
 catch(ReportSDKServerException Ex)
 // handle...
 catch(Exception Ex)
 // handle...
 finally
 getCms().commitToInfoStore(newInfoObjects);
 if(clientDoc != null)
 clientDoc.close();
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Sorry my english! :)
I'm learning the EJB 3.0 and I'd like to change jta-data-source for projects in JDeveloper 10.1.3.1.
I explain:
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