Web Services SDK and Report Bursting

Using Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1 with SP2, I want to split a report into multiple reports which I think I can do using report bursting.
I want a report run for each branch in my company. Rather than run a separate report for each branch (there are thousands), I'd like to be able to run a single report for all branches and then split it into individual reports, one for each branch in an attempt to reduce the overhead of scheduling reports and querying the database. From what I've read it looks like I might be able to do this with report bursting. If this is right, can I do it using the Web Services SDK? I can't find any mention of Report Bursting in the SDK developer's guide.
Cheers,
Jack

I can suggest you DocumentBurster. It is doing exactly what you described, it is a simple to use [report bursting|http://www.pdfburst.com/] tool and it has very good documentation.

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Hello, Bob;
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Imports System.Data
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Imports System.Web.Security
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Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
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Elaine
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Hi,
I have just configured my BO server to use Trusted Authentication (REMOTE_USER) and It works with Infoview so I don't need the logon page to enter user and password.
I also have an .NET application that uses Web Services SDK and I would like to use Trusted Authentication on it.
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I have looking for some code, but I haven't found it yet. I hope you could help me.
Thanks,
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Hi, Ted,
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2010-02-18 14:09:20,781 [http-8080-Processor25] ERROR com.businessobjects.qaaws.internal.transport.QaaWSServlet () 297906 - invoke()
java.lang.Exception: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.exception.SDKServerException: Enterprise authentication could not log you on. Please make sure your logon information is correct. (FWB 00008)
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detail:Enterprise authentication could not log you on. Please make sure your logon information is correct. (FWB 00008)
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 at com.businessobjects.qaaws.internal.webi.WISessionMgr.makeSession(Unknown Source)
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 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
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Hi,
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I need to know how to do the two most common report tasks through the Web Services interface to Crystal Reports Server 2008:
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I have considerable experience with writing custom web interfaces for Business Objects Enterprise with .NET, but now we're supposed to use web services instead of Enterprise services, especially when writing Windows forms apps. The official line is that writing thick client apps using Enterprise services is "possible but not supported." I can't seem to find the equivalent to the .Parameters property in Web Services.
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I think the following resources will help:
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http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/xir2PP/en/qaaws.pdf
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/WS_SDK/wssdk_server/default.htm
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Ludek

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I am struggling to get the list of values for a dynamic parameter of a report.I am using Java Web Services SDK ... I tried to use PromptInfo.getLOV().getValues() method but it does not work.First of all ... is this possible (to get the list of values for a dynamic param) using Web Services?Second of all, if this is possible, how should I do it ... it seems it works fine when running the report from CMC. It asks for DB logon info and after that it provides a list of values.Thx 

Your assumption is correct. We are trying to get the LOVs from the Crystal Report. I was not aware that this is not supported by Web Services SDK.We used Web Services SDK to integrated the Crystal Reports in our web application. We implemented some basic actions for reports: schedule, view instances, run ad-hoc reports.We encountered this problem when trying to run/schedule reports with dynamic parameters (a list of values from DB). We were unable to get the LOVs.Please let me know if you can think of an alternative to look at.Thanks a lot,Catalin

Is it possible to add a user using the RESTful Web Services SDK

Others have asked before about user management features in the RESTful Web Services SDK. However I can find no answers or links which provide an answer to the question 'Is it possible to add a user using the BI 4.1 SP2 RESTful Web Services SDK'?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Steve

Hi Steve
Unfortunately, not possible. The BI RESTful can only get "stuff" that is already there. I suppose this would fall under some sort of "Object Creation" API and that is not there. Yet. Rumors abound, but nothing firm. Just as a BTW.; the Business Intelligence platform RESTful Web Service Developer Guide 4.1 is here:
http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/sbo41/en/sbo41_bip_rest_ws_en.pdf
SAP Web Intelligence RESTful web service SDK User Guide, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1
SAP Crystal Reports RESTful web services - SAP Crystal Reports RESTful web services
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Problem with BO Web Services SDK.

Hello, We are developing a reporting framework using BO Enterprise where different types of reports are available to external users. We are trying to use the Web Services SDK so that CR, WEBI and even Xcelcius reports can be made available. We have the WS installed on the BO enterprise and we can view the WSDL for all the services.
I am able to use the API to establish the connection:
BusinessObjects.DSWS.Connection boConnection = new BusinessObjects.DSWS.Connection("http://linux1608.icallinc.com:7070/dswsbobje/services/session");
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wSession = new BusinessObjects.DSWS.Session.Session(boConnection);
wSession.Login(credential);
Successfully login:
wSession.Login(credential);
Successfully establish the BIPlatform and ReportEngine objects:
bipService = new BIPlatform(boConnection, wSession.ConnectionState);
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ResponseHolder reportRH = bipService.Get path:////Conference, null);
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CallStackTrace = "com.businessobjects.sdk.biar.exception.XSDException$XSDResourceNotFoundException: The resource 'zip:/usr/local/bea/user_projects/domains/BO_SWN_DEV_DOMAIN/servers/BO_SWN_DEV_SRVR/tmp/_WL_user/dswsbobje/thikq6/war/WEB-INF/lib/_wl_cls_gen.jar!/META-INF/xsd/'...
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We have similar situation: when we use the following search path with one * at the end the report list returns less than 30sec.
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In the log file we see this error when it times out:
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Environment:
We are on UNIX Sun Solaris OS, XI 3.1, JAVA SDK, Tomcat/Apache
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Thank You

Doc for Web services SDK (not using Consumer APIs)?

I would like to interact with the BO XIr2 Web Services SDK, but I can't find much documentation about them (aside from what the WSDLs cough up). I don't necessarily want to use the Consumer APIs for the web services. So I'm really looking for examples or even just a sort of "object model" for the web services that describe what the different calls in the WSDL do and in what order you need to call them to get things done like refreshing a report and getting the results as an HTML stream.
Does anyone have any examples/doc?
Thanks.

Hi,
Let me ponder Ted's statement above. Indeed we do not test our web services sdk outside of our .NET and Java consumers but we do support using directly WSDL as long as the SOAP engine you are using is WS-Interoperable Basic Profile 1.O compliant (as we are compliant) or if issue can be reproduced using our java or .net consumers.
Below a couple of links in our web service documentation that mention WS-I BP and WSDL:
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/WS_SDK/wssdk_consumer/default
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/WS_SDK/wssdk_consumer/doc/wssdk_dg/InstallingDevEnvironment11.html
Let me also mention new SP2 release web services: BI Process Web Service and Query as a Web Service, these do not include consumers.

Database change - Web services sdk

Can you change the server and database of a crystal report at schedule time via the web services sdk? These reports have subreports and linked parameters if that makes a difference. We'd make copies of the report and change them via the CMC's custom database logon but that doesn't seem to work either.

Wrapping a stored proc in a command object.
One of the most common issues that prevent changing the Custom Logon database and server fields to point to another data source is this:
Crystal fully qualifies table and stored proc references. This is to ensure certainty in where the data comes from, rather than leaving it up to the database default schema. This causes issues where changes to the full schema name is different between servers.
There's a configuration setting for the data location "Override qualified table names" that can be used for some data source types to change the naming from fully-qualified.
I'm assuming you're doing something similar by wrapping the stored proc in a command object.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Consuming a Web service from Crystal reports 2008 - Error

Hi,
I want to consume a web service from Crystal Reports 2008. I created a New Connection using "XML and Web Services" and given WSDL url as the Web Service location. Crystal Report is able to connect to the WSDL and is displaying the tags correctly. When dragging the output to "Selected Tables' section, I am getting the following error:
"Invalid Argument Provided"
Details: Cannot support ArrayType input parameters.
Kindly help. Apparently this was a limitation in CR XI but does it still exist in CR 2008? Is there any patch available to resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Jaya
Edited by: jayakvr on Feb 17, 2011 10:47 AM
Edited by: jayakvr on Feb 17, 2011 10:48 AM
Edited by: jayakvr on Feb 17, 2011 10:48 AM

This issue is resolved now. I have installed the Service packs 1, 2 and 3 of CR2008 to overcome this error.
Thanks,
Jaya

Location of the JARs for BO Web services SDK

Hi,
I want to use the web services SDK to access the crystal reports on a crystal reports 2011 server. I added all the JARs in the C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\java\lib folder but none of them contain classes from the com.businessobjects.dsws package which is root package for the web services SDK.
My questions:
Where are the JARs located ?
Is there sample code that excerices the usage of the BO BI 4.0 web services SDK ?
Thanks

Hi Asif,
Please have a look over below link
Web Services Sample Code: -
[https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/JavaWebServicesSDKSamples|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/JavaWebServicesSDKSamples]
Web Services Developer Guide:
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4_wssdk_dg_en.zip|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4_wssdk_dg_en.zip]
Getting Started with Web Service sdk:
[http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/GettingStartedwiththeWebServicesSDK|http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/GettingStartedwiththeWebServicesSDK]
Regards,
Rameez

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