Dynamic url link for Crystal Reports Enterprise?

Hi all,
We recently upgraded to SBOP 4.0 SP2 and are looking at migrating our existing Crystal Reports from Crystal Reports 2011 to Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0.
Up to this point we have been utilizing the BW Publisher and role menus in BW.
Our long term goal is to migrate users from the BW GUI to the BI LaunchPad but this will be a gradual process.
Until we make the final switch to the LaunchPad we need to maintain the links in the role menus. I found the Document Link option for Crystal Reports so I have a URL to point to the report that we can put in the role menu, but the system value is not dynamic. Is there a way to make this dynamic like we can do with web template URLs?
For example, when using a web template URL we can use the <bsp_server> parameter in the URL to determine the SAP system. Is there an equivalent that can be used in the Document Link for the Crystal Report to determine the respective SBOP system?
Thanks.
-Brian

Hi,
Below is link for the Crystal report for Eclipse 2.0:
[http://www.businessobjects.com/campaigns/forms/downloads/crystal/eclipse/datasave.asp|http://www.businessobjects.com/campaigns/forms/downloads/crystal/eclipse/datasave.asp]
you could always refer to the following thread as Bryan updated with new releases :
[Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0 Release Update 8 is Now Available!|Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0 Release Update 8 is Now Available!;
Hope this will help
Regards,
Rameez Shaikh

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Figure 15.3. Crystal Reports after the SAP integration kit is loaded. Note the SAP menu and BW toolbar.
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Free characteristics in a BW query
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Connecting to the ODS objects is not performed with the SAP toolbar described here, but rather by selecting the driver from the Data Explorer as shown in Chapter 1, "Creating and Designing Basic Reports." After the user has finished building the report, the report can be saved back to BW and published to Business Objects Enterprise by selecting the Automatically Publish to Enterprise check box, as shown in Figure 15.4.
Figure 15.4. The additional options after saving a Crystal Report to SAP BW.
Note
This publishing method requires some setup. Please refer to the Installation documentation for further details.
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Figure 15.5. The information required to connect to a BW cube or query from OLAP Intelligence.
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Figure 15.6. The information required to connect to a BW cube or query from Web Intelligence.
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Folder iView The folders a user has access to are displayed, and from here a user can run her reports.
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Thumbnail iView This iView displays the Crystal Report as a thumbnail of the report. The user can then click on the thumbnail to run the report.
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BusinessObjects InfoView for SAP is a unique version of InfoView designed for integration with SAP BW systems. This integration includes features such as the ability to log on to InfoView using your SAP username and password. Related to authentication is the ability to access your roles and the Crystal Reports saved to these roles. The roles are defined in Enterprise as folders. The user can also schedule reports in the different languages loaded into SAP BW. This creates an instance for each language.
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