OLAP Grids and ActiveX viewer

Post Author: itmanager1
CA Forum: Olap
Is the use of an OLAP grid supported in the Crystal ActiveX viewer?
We are using Crystal XI, RDC and the ActiveX viewer for the web but it appears that the grid does not display properly. This occurs with a Microsoft OLAP Analysis Services cube.
With an Essbase datasource, the report simply hangs.

Hi,
In new versions of BOE you should be using a URL command called OpenDocument or alternatively Viewrpt.aspx/.jsp.
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sachin.

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So I guess what I am trying to say is we are using the exact same COMs on both OS and to generate on both reports, also pointing to the same database using the same connection string. The result is one report is failing on the 64 bit machine.

Now when I try to export/save the report-1.rpt, the report that come with no pages, I get the error below, this is the same error I get if I try to move to different pages.
 CRAXDRT Error Occured on Server.70 : Permission denied

Please let me know if I can provide more information.

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