It is not uncommon to have a developer ask us how the Logicity Crystal Reports viewer and scheduler can handle a dynamic parameter list with a lot of options. Like a lot. Like how about well over 1,000? And the answer is, after a little tweaking of the registry, just fine thank you! If you have a report with a parameter with more options than you even want to count, read on to learn how to get this accomplished.
One of the most popular features of Logicity is the ability to schedule Crystal Reports and then automatically email them to other people. With the continual migration of enterprise services from the data center to the cloud, it make sense that we are being asked how well Logicity can handle this change.
One of our users is currently migrating their e-mail from Exchange Server to Office365. Their ERP system needs to have Crystal Reports email automation, automatically sending reports via email throughout the day. Logicity performed "extremely well via Exchange Server". However, they recognized that Office 365 requires that emails be sent with Transport Layer Security. According to Microsoft,
"Customer access to services provided over the Internet originates from users’ Internet-enabled locations and ends at a Microsoft data center. These connections are encrypted using industry-standard transport layer security (TLS)/ SSL. The use of TLS/SSL establishes a highly secure client-to-server connection to help provide data confidentiality and integrity between the desktop and the data center."
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Does Logicity provide the ability to schedule and email Crystal Reports through Office 365?
Over the last couple of months, we've had several inquiries on how to use Logicity to do Crystal Reports bursting. While it may not have been a task that Logicity was originally designed to perform, because we designed the Logicity Solution Builder and RRD file to be so flexible, we can actually do a Crystal Report burst in just a couple of steps.
One of Logicity's strengths is its ability to set-up and execute Crystal Reports in a variety of ways. Epicor ERP's strength is its ability to be customized and extended. It is time to bring these two parties together and let them play off of each other's strengths. How can you set-up the Logicity Crystal Reports viewer to allow Epicor to utilize its power at will? Using the following methodology, you will be able to execute automatic e-mailing, printing, or saving of Crystal Reports on any business object method inside of Epicor. Question: We created a basic form letter but, for some reason, it adds strange spacing in the report when viewing with Logicity, but not when we view it directly in Crystal Reports. Any thoughts?
