Using DB2 views in crystal reports with java

Question

Post Author: Shikha Tomar
CA Forum: JAVA
Hello,
We have used DB2 views in Crystal Report 11.
We are able to view the report through crystal report tool but while using this rpt file in java application,the DB2 view is not found.
It gives an error: "table SCDC.View_report not found."
SCDC.View_report=Name of the view used in rpt
Code for calling rpt is as below:
The line marked as red gives the error:
private static void switch_tables(DatabaseController databaseController) throws ReportSDKException, IOException {
final String URI = "!com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver!jdbc:db2://"SERVERNAME":"PORT"/"DATABASE_NAME"!"+"";
final String DATABASE_DLL = "crdb_jdbc.dll";
//Obtain collection of tables from this database controller.
Tables tables = databaseController.getDatabase().getTables();
CommandTable commandTable=new CommandTable();
//Set the datasource for all main report tables.
for (int i = 0; i < tables.size(); i++) {
ITable table = tables.getTable(i);
//Keep existing name and alias.
table.setName(table.getName());
table.setAlias(table.getAlias());
//Change properties that are different from the original datasource.
table.setQualifiedName(TABLE_NAME_QUALIFIER + table.getName());
//Change connection information properties.
IConnectionInfo connectionInfo = table.getConnectionInfo();
//Set new table connection property attributes.
PropertyBag propertyBag = new PropertyBag();
//Overwrite any existing properties with updated values.
propertyBag.put("Trusted_Connection", "false");
propertyBag.put("Server Name", SERVERNAME); //Optional property.
propertyBag.put("Connection String", CONNECTION_STRING);
propertyBag.put("Database Name", DATABASE_NAME);
propertyBag.put("Server Type", "JDBC (JNDI)");
propertyBag.put("URI", URI);
propertyBag.put("Use JDBC", "true");
propertyBag.put("Database DLL", DATABASE_DLL);
connectionInfo.setAttributes(propertyBag);
//Set database username and pasword.
//NOTE: Even if these the username and password properties don't change when switching databases, the
//database password is not saved in the report and must be set at runtime if the database is secured.
connectionInfo.setUserName(DBUSERNAME);
connectionInfo.setPassword(DBPASSWORD);
connectionInfo.setKind(ConnectionInfoKind.SQL);
//connectionInfo
table.setConnectionInfo(connectionInfo);
//Update old table in the report with the new table.
databaseController.setTableLocation(table, tables.getTable(i));
Regards,
Shikha

Answer 1

Hi,
Fo business views please reffer to [Business Views Administrator's Guide|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3-1_bv_admin_en.pdf]
Yes, Crystal Reports 2008 can consume business views.
Regards,
Ramu.