Connect SAP R/3 and BW to Crystal Reports

Hello,
I am trying to connect crystal reports to SAP R/3 and BW
I have installed the SAP XI Integration for SAP solutions kit. I have zipped all the files to a folder on my local machine. What do I need to do now to make this work? If anyone can give me a step by step direction that is easy, please let me know! I have a folder called Transports from the zipped file which has some files in it, however if someone can please explain where I need to go in either crystal or SAP that would be extremely helpful, thanks!
Fahad

Hi,
it would actually help if you would share the error message here as well.
You need Crystal Reports 2008, INtegration Kit for SAP and BusinessObjects Enterprise.
correct - Transports are required as well and need to be installed.
You can find all the details in the Installation and Administration Guide for the SAP Integration Kit on help.sap.com
ingo

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Edited by: Sujith Kumar Naithalath on Jun 22, 2009 8:30 PM

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Best Regards,
Sujith.

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Need help with adding formatted text and images to Crystal Report?

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i was using crystal report10.5 with visual studio 2008(c#)..
recently we migrated to vs2010 and sap crystal reports..
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is there any new features added to sap crystal reports13.0.2000.0...

Check the what's new article:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/d01d0431-6928-2d10-1683-a2256fc6bd0d
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Fritz

Connection to Enterpise RAS Server to run Crystal Reports from Externaltool

Hi,
I am new to SDK, we have this situation
We are using Enterprise BO XI 3.1 SP2, and we use a Java based tool by an external vendor
that has Crystal reports and the vendor suggested to we use Crystal report embedded Report
Application server to run those reports.
The reports run successfully when we use Crystal report embedded Report Application server
and we are having difficulties with establishing connection to the RAS Server that comes
with the BO 3.1 Installation.
My questions are:
1) Is there a difference between connecting to stand alone RAS server and the Enterprise
server as the vendor insisted on by saying that their code looks for the RAS service name, but with
the enterprise version under the services there is only one service name CMC
2) what are the steps we need to take to establish the connection with enterprise RAS server
3) currently we are using RAS server has version 12.2.7.598 , Vendor Certified is 12.1.0.882
for the standalone server. Does the version cause any issues
Our direction is to go with the Enterprise BO XI 3.1 SP2 RAS server. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated
Thanks

First thing to check is to determine that the RAS server command-line has specified the -ipport <port number> and that the Java code is calling the RAS server on that port.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Connect SAP R/3 and BW to Crystal Reports

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