Pro Crystal Enterprise/Business Objects XI Programming

CHAPTER 1 Welcome to BusinessObjects XI History From Report Writing to Business Intelligence BusinessObjects XI Release 2 Licensing Service-Oriented Architecture Reporting Considerations Preprinted Forms High-Volume Printing Legal Issues Availability and Distribution BusinessObjects XI vs SQL Server Reporting Services Market Considerations Feature Differences Summary CHAPTER 2 BusinessObjects XI Server Architecture InfoStore FileStore Servers Programmatic Access Central Management Server File Repository Servers Event Server Page Server Job Servers Cache Server Report Application Server Server Groups Creating a Server Group Adding Servers to a Server Group Extracting the Servers in a Group The Auditing Database Scalability Backups and Disaster Recovery Summary CHAPTER 3 Administration Tools Central Configuration Manager Properties Tab Dependency Tab Connection Tab Configuration Tab Protocol Tab Import Wizard Publishing Wizard Administration Launchpad Central Management Console InfoView Administration Tool Console Business Views Manager Crystal Reports Explorer Summary CHAPTER 4 Using the Central Management Console Folders and Reports Folders Reports Objects Calendars Events File and Schedule Events Custom Events Summary CHAPTER 5 BusinessObjects XI SDK Programming I Connecting to BusinessObjects XI Connecting with User IDs Connecting with Tokens Connecting with Trusted Connections Examining the Connection Objects Querying the InfoStore The InfoStore SQL Language Working with the InfoStore Extracting Folder Information Creating Folders Deleting Folders Report Refresh Options Scheduling Reports Report History in the CMC Building Your Own Report History Adding New Reports Run Now Retrieving and Saving Schedules Adding Executable Code Handling Report Parameters Generically Summary CHAPTER 6 BusinessObjects XI SDK Programming II Scheduling Notifications Alerts Report Format Options TextFormatTabSeparated TextFormatPaginated TextFormatCharacterSeparated RichTextFormat RichTextEditableFormat PlainTextFormat PDFFormat ExcelFormat ExcelDataOnlyFormat Destination Options Printer Options Programming Categories Programming Events Programming Calendars Data Access Techniques BO XI Web Controls Getting Started Web Controls .NET Providers Membership Provider Using the .NET Providers Summary CHAPTER 7 Crystal Reports and BusinessObjects XI Crystal Reports Viewer Control Setting Up the Control Communicating with the BusinessObjects XI Server Running a Report on Disk Passing Parameters Passing an Entire SQL Statement to Crystal Reports Embedded vs. Nonembedded Reports Exporting Reports Filtering Field Structure Sections Database Connectivity Printer Options Summary Information Unmanaged RAS Passing Data Sources Crystal Reports Web Services Summary CHAPTER 8 Programming the Report Application Server Introduction to RAS Programming Working with Reports Connecting to the Data Source Building the Body of the Report Exporting Reports Setting Parameters Filtering Reports Sorting Charts Report Options Summary Information Printing Reports Saving Reports Summary CHAPTER 9 Enterprise Solutions Using the Business Objects XI SDK On-Demand Web Service On-Demand Web Service Internals Scheduling Assemblies Creating Criteria Screens