Crystal Rpts, URL Reporting, Instance=Last

It looks like you'll probably have to change your code to use OpenDocument instead of the older URL Reporting for Crystal. It has the sInstance=Last parameter available.

-Dell

Senior Manager, Data & Analytics
Protiviti

Hi Hilfy,

In our case, we want to open the Latest Instance of a scheduled monthly report from a PowerBuilder developed Windows application. The goal is that it will display the results of the latest scheduled execution and not re-execute the report.

A co-worker was headed in the OpenDocument direction, but seems to think that we should open the CUID of the specific instance via OpenDocument. In my opinion, that eliminates the need for the sInstance=Last parameter since we will be opening the instance. I think that we need to open the original, scheduled report ID since the instance ID will be different each time the report executes [once per month] and our PowerBuilder application will not know what the new CUID is. Perhaps I am not understanding Crystal Instances, IDs and CUIDs.

I appreciate any questions, clarifications, recommendations, etc.

In the mean time I will see what I can find concerning documentation of OpenDocument.

Thanks,
Bill

To use sInstance=Last, you'll get the ID of the parent report, NOT the ID of the schedule. You can also use the SI_ID instead of the SI_CUID.

-Dell

Senior Manager, Data & Analytics
Protiviti

Hilfy,

That is what I thought.

Thanks