Symptom
Cause
The Crystal Reports Viewer XI application does not support viewing reports based on Business Views.
Resolution
The Crystal Reports Viewer XI application does not support viewing reports based on Business Views. From the Crystal Reports Viewer XI Release Notes:
"Types of reports that will not load in the viewer
"When you try to open one of the following types of reports, you will receive an error message:
- Reports without saved data that require data to format.
- Reports that use Business Views as a data source.
- Reports that use universes as a data source.
- Reports that use Crystal Dictionaries as a data source.
- Reports that use Crystal Queries as a data source.
- Reports that depend on UFLs.
- Reports that are successfully using "Perform Grouping on Server". (That is, the generated report SQL contains a "group by" clause.)
- Reports that have cross-tab objects in which a formula is used to produce print-time side effects (such as a manual running total)."
Keywords
Crystal Reports Viewer XI Business View Report cannot view different data source support Dictionaries Queries UFL universes cross-tab formula produce print-time side effects manual running total Perform Grouping on Server , 1917100 , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem