Operation Manual

BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository
Accessing the BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository
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Accessing the BusinessObjects Enterprise
Repository
The repository supplied by Crystal Reports is set up when you install. You
don’t have to do anything additional before you use the repository.
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To open the BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository
1. Start Crystal Reports and open a report.
2. Click the Repository Explorer button on the Standard toolbar.
Tip: Another way to do this is to click the Repository Explorer option
under the View menu.
3. Click Logon to connect to BusinessObjects Enterprise.
For information about how to log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise, see
“Working with Enterprise folders” on page 395.
The Repository Explorer appears.
4. Expand nodes to see the repository contents.
The Repository Explorer might appear in a docked position in the Report
Designer depending on where it was when you last used Crystal Reports. For
more information about docking explorers, see “Opening and docking
explorers” on page 114.
Hover your mouse’s cursor over any object in the Repository Explorer to see
a tooltip. Tooltips include Author and Description information for text objects
and bitmaps; for commands, tooltips include the complete text of the SQL
statement.