Multiple Report Server

Dear All,
I am trying to run report from 10g forms and my report server is on the different machine from forms server (10 application server).
To run report I use SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY. Problem is that when I run report showing error message "Unable to connect to report server server_name".
Please help me. Thanks in advance.
Edited by: user652420 on May 1, 2010 10:55 PM

Dear,
Thanks for ur reply. But the situation is that - I have two server (server name as1 & as2) installed Application Server 10g and I can run report and forms using both server individually. But if I run application from server as1 and want to run report using service from server as2 then it does not work and the show the message "Unable to connect report server".
I need this because I want to use as1 as my form server and as2 as my report server to load management.
Thanks All

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