Connecting crystal report system to a BW system

Hi,
How to connect crystal reports system to SAP Bw system...

Hi,
Create a query in SAP BI and select the check box "Allow external access to this query"(this enables you to connect to Crystal system).
Login to crystal report and choose MDX or BW query then you can connect to SAP query.
Thanks,
Ashok

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Moved to .NET SDK forums
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CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
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/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/03/23/businessobjects-and-sap-part-4
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