Only static instances of reports based on Universes can be viewed

I have created a drill down report in Crystal Reports 2008. The report is based off of a universe. When I schedule the report to delivery to a user with the Crystal Viewer install, the user gets the following message:
Universe Report
Only static instances of reports based on Universes can be viewed.
In order to view this report it must be either set to a differnt data source or scheduled to be saved with no view-time security on saved data.
I cannot find the option for scheduling to be saved with no view-time security. Is that option in CMC, InfoView or Crystal Reports. Thanks for your help.

Is the option "Save data with report" enabled (Look under the File menu in CR Designer)?
Please note that you cannot see live data when viewing the report using the CR viewer.
Regards,
Stratos

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Post Author: BobM
CA Forum: .NET
Launch a Crystal Report Based on a Bus. Objects Universe with code
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I am having a frustrating problem with a report I've designed and I'm hoping someone might be able to assist please.
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