Symptom
- No option to export to MS PowerPoint.
- Need to preview a report data in MS PowerPoint.
- Able to exporting reports to MS Office document like MS Word, MS Excel, but there is no option to export a report to MS PowerPoint format from Crystal Reports.
Environment
- SAP Crystal Reports 2013
- SAP Crystal Reports 2016
- SAP Crystal Reports 2020
Reproducing the Issue
- In Crystal Reports, open a report.
- Under the menu "File", select "Export - Export report..."
- Notice that there is no option to export to MS PowerPoint format.
Cause
- The format is not missing, because Crystal Reports does not have the functionality to export to Microsoft PowerPoint.
Resolution
- A suggestion will be to use Live Office to bring report data, or report part in a MS PowerPoint document.
- In Crystal Reports, save the report to BusinessObjects Enterprise repository.
- In MS PowerPoint, go to Live Office menu (If you have not installed Live Office tool this option will not be visible.)
- Under the menu Insert, select Crystal Report Contents - Connect to Enterprise.
- Enter the user name and password to connect to the BusinessObjects Enterprise respository.
- Select the desired report.
- Click Next button.
- Click Finish button.
- Preview the repport data in MS PowerPoint.
Keywords
CR, Live Office,PPT. , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Product Enhancement
Product
SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020