Disconnect between LBI role and right

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imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 6:29 PM

Hello group,

I published a Crystal Report in LBI and am trying to burst it by "Location." I have outlined in the attached document, screen shots of the steps taken in publishing this report in LBI.

The issue is that there appears to be a disconnect somewhere causing a hiccup. When I try running the report in LBI using "View with Data Refresh", it seems to work fine. However, when I try using View Latest Instance or try to run it from the dashboard link I am being prompted for a userid and a password which seems unusual and indicates to me that there may be some disconnect between the way the role and the right is established.

I would appreicate if you would kindly take a few minutes of your time and look at the attachment and see if you could decipher where the problem may be. I do not know what to check at this point to try to resolve this problem.

Thanks,
Imtiaz.

Matthew Nye

Veteran Member

Posts: 514

2/19/2013 6:41 PM

this is probably because the fields youre bursting on arent actually physically on the report. It also cannot be in a suppressed section of the report. Lawson explains it in KB 1187998:

"The reason this is necessary for historical instances isÂ because you are viewing static data in historical instances as opposed to accessing the database directly when refreshing.Â If the field you are bursting on is not physically located on the report, then the historical instance will have no saved data to utilize from this field to burst on, as the only data saved will beÂ from the fields that are physically located in the report."

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 7:02 PM

Thanks Matthew. I have the location grouping suppressed in my report. This is the highest level of the grouping and I am filtering on other attributes. So, the visible part the invoice field since this is the lowest level of the grouping. If I unsuppress the GH1(Location), would this help in bursting properly? Or does GF1 also have to be visible?

Matthew Nye

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Posts: 514

2/19/2013 7:11 PM

Header or footer, it wont matter, as long as all the fields you are bursting on are displayed some where on the report. You can still hide them by making the fields them selves the smallest possible width and height and then making then making the font the same color as the background. but they must print some where on the report.

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 7:37 PM

The suppression does not seem to be the issue. I unsuppressed the groupings and still I get prompted for a password and userid. It seems like the problem may be something else besides this. Any other thoughts or suggestions????

Matthew Nye

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Posts: 514

2/19/2013 7:45 PM

you made that change and ran a new historical instance? the old instances will still have the problem.

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 8:03 PM

I did run a new historical instance but I am still being prompted for the user id and password. If I re-type the user id and password again when prompted, then it runs. I am perplexed! I am wondering since I have several layers of grouping if this is causing the hiccup. For example, I am grouping by location,then by PO number, PO line number, UOM and Invoice. Could this be an issue with the bursting?

Matthew Nye

Veteran Member

Posts: 514

2/19/2013 9:16 PM

turn off bursting, run the report to create a historical instance and see if you get the login prompt. if so you know we're still dealing with a bursting issue. if not perhaps youve got a permissions issue (unable to view historical instance or something of that nature).

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 9:24 PM

Thanks Matthew. I'll try that and get back.

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/19/2013 9:32 PM

I took off the bursting and ran a historical instance and it ran fine. I then did View latest Instance and it spat out everything. I then added the bursting and re-ran the report and tried running View Latest Instance and I get the prompt. I think the problem may be the Element to field mapping. This is the only thing I can think of. What are your thoughts. Where should I look?

Matthew Nye

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Posts: 514

2/19/2013 9:38 PM

hard to say at this point but it seems you are still dealing with the bursting mappings. id try using a more simplistic report or try the current report but simplify the bursting set up and try to isolate the offending element to field mapping.

imty

Advanced Member

Posts: 35

2/26/2013 11:02 PM

I was able to solve my dilemma. The problem was that I was using a field from the table rather than a field from the report as my bursting element. Dah! It took me a while to get this to work right. The error messages are not easy to follow for a mind as simple as mine. The only person in my opinion that can follow the error message is the person who programmed it. Asking Lawson support is worse yet, it is like the blind leading the blind.

Thanks guys for your suggestions. I will be back soon.