SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2002273 - Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine OLEDB Provider not available in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • OLE DB Provider missing.
  • Microsoft Access OLEDB Provider not listed.
  • Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine OLEDB Provider is not available in the list of OLE DB Providers, in Database Expert while creating new connection in Crystal Reports.

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2011
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Start Crystal Reports
  2. Create a New Report.
  3. Select OLE DB option in the Database Expert
  4. In the list of available Providers, MS Access is not listed.

Cause

  • The Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine OLEDB Provider is not installed on the machine and it does not come with Crystal Reports or the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.
  • The OLEDB Provider is supplied by the datasource vendor.

Resolution

 

Keywords

mdb, MS Access, accdb, oledb  , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016