Install and configure Crystal Reports software, and then
install the application server client software that you want on the
Crystal Reports Server. Follow the instructions for installing WebSphere® Application
Server, WebLogic Server, or JBoss Application Server.
Important: (Windows 2003
Service Pack 1 only) Before you install Crystal Reports, you must
set Data Execution Protection for essential Windows programs and services only. If you
are running the Crystal Reports designer on the same machine as Crystal
Reports Server, you must run Crystal Reports 2008 designer with Crystal
Reports Server 2008 V1. If Crystal Reports 2008 V0 is installed on
the machine, you MUST first un-install or upgrade this designer to
Crystal Reports 2008 V1 before you install Crystal Reports Server
2008 V1.
To install and configure the Crystal Reports server follow
these general steps:
- Install Crystal Reports 2008 V1 (designer) and then Crystal
Reports Server 2008 V1.
- Configure Crystal Reports for IBM® Enterprise
Records.
- Launch the Central Management Console (CMC) on the Crystal
Report servers.
- Select Servers from the menu
and verify that all servers are running.
- Select Users and Groups from
the menu, and select User List.
- Click the Guest account and select Properties.
- Near the bottom of the page, select Named
User for the Connection Type, and clear the Account is
Disabled check box.
Important: Named
User license is strongly recommended because otherwise
hundreds of concurrent licenses must be obtain in order to view reports
in IBM Enterprise
Records. Each concurrent
license is equivalent to one report.
- Click Save & Close to set
the Guest user account options.
- Locate the IP Port number specified
in the server element of the C:\Program Files\Business Objects\common\4.0\java\lib\clientSDKOptions.xml file. This port is used to connect the IBM Enterprise
Records server and the Crystal
Reports server. The default port number is 1566.
- In the CMC, select Servers from
the menu, click the server ReportApplicationServer,
and select Properties.
- In the Command Line Parameters field, add -ipport IP_Port_number to
the end of the command line, outside of any path quotes. For
example, add -ipport 1566 and be sure to use
a normal dash in the command, not a long dash.
- Click Save & Close to set
the IP Port number.
- In the CMC, select and highlight all servers in the
CMC server list, click and select Restart Server to
restart the servers. Wait until the list automatically
refreshes, and then ensure there are no Stale servers (flag in the
Stale column). If there are, restart those servers.
- Select Servers from the menu,
and verify that all servers are running.
- Copy the contents of the folder containing
the Crystal Reports templates (RPT files), specific to the data model
you are using, from the following data-model-specific folder:
ier_configuration_files/Reports/DataModel
to
the following location on the Crystal Reports Server:
Drive:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0
\Samples\en\Reports
Important: Do not copy the directory, only the contents of the
directory.