Crystal Reports and SAP BW Connectivity for OLAP

Hello,
Anybody created Crystal reports off SAP BW Infocubes? For some reason I am not able to create or configure BW sever connection. I installed Crystal reports and SAP enhance cd for OLAP.
Thanks
Tom

Hello,
I was able to connect and create Crystal report based on Bex query..no connection problem there. But, reporting directly off infocubes, the server type "SAP Business Information Warehouse"(add server option in OLAP connection Browser) not showing up in list of values.
1. I released Info query for PLE DB for OLAP as per
   user's guide.
2. The manual says you have to configure SAP BW server
   log on? For Bex query(Crystal) all available servers
   automatically available
Thanks

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I have been reading these posts and got bit confused.
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Based on the below Ingo's blog in BI expert we would only need the following:
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Dear Professionals,
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I have just installed the Crystal Report 2008 from the CD provided by the SAP. I installed it on Window Server 2008.
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Stratos,
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Post Author: ejthunder
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hello Chris,
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If your users need to see fresh data when opening the reports then they will have to log in by providing at least the password.
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I hope this helps.
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