Unmanaged Reports on BO X1 Enterprise

Post Author: bapowell
CA Forum: JAVA
HI,
I can run an unmanaged report on crystal server X1 (win version) using ras://... which uses the guest account.
On bo enterprise X1  I can only login by getting an enterprise session (linux version of boe).
How does one access unmanaged reports on BOE X1?
And what mods do I need to make to JRC code to use the xml driver in boe X1?
thanks
Bruce

Post Author: Ted Ueda
CA Forum: JAVA
Hello Bruce,
Enterprise Authentication page on the CMC has configuration settings for "safe" passwords - mixed alphanumerics, cases, minimum length - that are turned on by default.  You can turn them off and reset the password, then turn them back on.
As for the JRC - if you're injecting (push model) XML data into the report, the way you'd do so in JRC would be the same when using the RAS SDK - they share APIs in this regard.  Same goes when you're configuring the connection information for the report (pull model).  The JRC-specific classes are in a different package, i.e., there's a JRC ReportClientDocument and a RAS ReportClientDocument.
When deciding between pull and push model, I'd recommend pull - allowing the Crystal Report engine to manage the access of data (rather than pushing it in via the SDK) is more efficient, both process and memory wise.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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