COMP-6: Integrating Crystal ® and your OpenEdge ® Application Brandon Gibbs Sr. Systems Engineer.

COMP-6: Integrating Crystal® and your OpenEdge® Application

Brandon GibbsSr. Systems Engineer

© 2006 Progress Software Corporation2COMP-6 Integrating Crystal and your OpenEdge Application

Agenda

Crystal products overview Crystal OpenEdge Data OpenEdge applications Crystal


Scalable for Functionality

Scalability

CR Pro

CR Dev

CR Server

BOBJ

Enterprise

BOBJ Ent Premium

Explorer

Live Office

Auditor

Java™, .NET™ & COM SDKs

Standalone

Max 20CAL ServerWeb AccessSchedulingSecurity

Crystal Reports XI / Business Objects XI


Agenda

Crystal products overview Crystal OpenEdge Data OpenEdge applications Crystal


Connection Options


ODBC

Most common way of data access

OE SQL

engine

OE SQL

engine

Crystal

Reports

Crystal

Reports

Crystal

Server

Crystal

Server

SQL statement

Resultset

ServerClient


ODBC

Works with all Crystal products Easiest to implement ad-hoc option Most flexible approach Re-implement data security and logic in SQL ODBC install and configure on each client

Wizard usable in all scenarios – more details in former Crystal presentation: http://psdn.progress.com/library/events_archive/index.ssp

Most common way of data access


ODBC


Business ServicesBusiness Services

OpenEdge® Reference Architecture

PresentationPresentation

Business ServicesBusiness Services

Data AccessData Access

Data SourcesData Sources

Co

mm

on

Infrastru

cture

Co

mm

on

Infrastru

cture

Enterprise ServicesEnterprise ServicesCrystal

Business Services (XML Export / Open Client)Business Services (XML Export / Open Client)

ODBC

OE SQL OE ABL


ADO.NET (XML)

Most simple way to reuse business logic & security

CRServer/BOBJ Ent

CRServer/BOBJ Ent

TempTableProDataSet

AppServer™AppServer™

ServerClient

CrystalReports®

CrystalReports®

OpenEdgeApp

OpenEdgeApp

XML XML


ADO.NET (XML)

Some overhead Usable in 2-tier, 3-tier and 4-tier Only Push from ABL (no scheduling)

Most simple way to reuse business logic & security


ADO.NET (XML)


Open Client

Most elegant way of integration

CR Server/BOBJ Ent

CR Server/BOBJ Ent

TempTableProDataSet

AppServerAppServer

ServerClient

CrystalReports

CrystalReports

Open ClientJava / .NET

Open ClientJava / .NET

TempTableProDataSet

TTitem.pTTitem.p

proxy.pproxy.p

TTitem.pTTitem.p


Open Client

100% OpenEdge Reference Architecture Usable in 3-tier and 4-tier (AppServer req.) Usable without OpenEdge application push!

ADO.NET implements ProDataSet Java client implements Temp-Table

NEW in OE10.1A - can use ProDataSet!

Most elegant way of integration


ADO.NET Example


Java / Temp Table Example


Web Services - GetOrders.P

DEFINE TEMP-TABLE OrderDetails

FIELD OrderNum LIKE Order.OrderNum

FIELD SalesRep LIKE Order.SalesRep

FIELD OrderDate LIKE Order.OrderDate

FIELD ShipDate LIKE Order.ShipDate

FIELD TotalDollars AS DECIMAL

FIELD OrderStatus LIKE Order.OrderStatus.

DEF INPUT PARAMETER i AS INTEGER.

DEFINE OUTPUT PARAMETER TABLE FOR orderdetails.

FOR EACH Order WHERE Order.CustNum = i:

CREATE OrderDetails.

ASSIGN

OrderDetails.OrderNum = Order.OrderNum

OrderDetails.SalesRep = Order.SalesRep

OrderDetails.OrderDate = Order.OrderDate

OrderDetails.ShipDate = Order.ShipDate

OrderDetails.OrderStatus = Order.OrderStatus.

END.


Web Services - WSDL

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<wsdl:definitions name="OrderInfo" targetNamespace="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo" xmlns:tns="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo“

...

<wsdl:documentation>Author=Brandon, EncodingType=DOC_LITERAL, Proxygen_Product=Progress Version 10.1A</wsdl:documentation>

<wsdl:types>

...

<schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo:OrderInfo" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><complexType name="getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsRow"><sequence><element name="OrderNum" nillable="true" type="xsd:int"/><element name="SalesRep" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/><element name="OrderDate" nillable="true" type="xsd:date"/><element name="ShipDate" nillable="true" type="xsd:date"/><element name="TotalDollars" nillable="true" type="xsd:decimal"/><element name="OrderStatus" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/></sequence></complexType><complexType name="getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsParam"><sequence><element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="OrderDetailsRow" type="S2:getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsRow"/></sequence></complexType><element name="getOrderDetails"><complexType><sequence><element name="i" nillable="true" type="xsd:int"/></sequence></complexType></element><element name="getOrderDetailsResponse"><complexType><sequence><element name="result" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/><element name="OrderDetails" nillable="true" type="S2:getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsParam"/></sequence></complexType></element></schema>

</wsdl:types>


Web Services - WSDL

...

<Author>Brandon</Author><Service>asbroker1</Service><WorkDir>C:\OpenEdge\WRK\</WorkDir>

<WebServicesClient>true</WebServicesClient><UserDefinedAppService>true</UserDefinedAppService>...

</PGGenInfo>

<DeploymentWizard>

<SoapEndpointURL>http://localhost:8080/wsa/OrderInfo</SoapEndpointURL>

<WebServiceNamespace userDefined="true">urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo</WebServiceNamespace>

</DeploymentWizard>

<Name>OrderInfo</Name><ProPath>c:\openedge\wrk\</ProPath>

<Name>getOrderDetails</Name><ProPath>c:\openedge\wrk\</ProPath><ProcExt>p</ProcExt>

<Name>result</Name><Type>1</Type><Mode>0</Mode></ReturnValue><Parameter ordinal="1">

<Name>i</Name><Type>4</Type><Mode>1</Mode></Parameter><Parameter ordinal="2">

<Name>OrderDetails</Name><Type>15</Type><Mode>2</Mode>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderNum</FieldName><TypeName>integer</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>SalesRep</FieldName><TypeName>character</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderDate</FieldName><TypeName>date</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>ShipDate</FieldName><TypeName>date</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>TotalDollars</FieldName><TypeName>decimal</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderStatus</FieldName><TypeName>character</TypeName></MetaData>


Web Services - WSA


Web Services


Data Connectivity OptionsSummary

ODBC XML ADO

.NET

Java

Pull + - + +

Ad-hoc ++ - - -

BusinessLogic/ Security reuse

-- + ++ ++

Config/deploy - + +- +-

2-tier/3-tier/4-tier 234 234 34 34


Agenda

Crystal products overview

Crystal OpenEdge Data

OpenEdge Apps Crystal


Integration OpenEdge Crystal

Various client and server options

ASP/JSPASP/JSP

ServerClient

CR OCX

Viewer

CR OCX

Viewer

OpenEdge

App

OpenEdge

App

COM COM

CR OCX

Designer

CR OCX

Designer

CR RDCCR RDC

WSWS

CR ServerCR Server

CSPCSP

URLURLCreation


What Do You Want to Offer?

Run completely locally or with AppServer Auto generate reports, feed parameters Use ODBC, XML or Open Client View in ActiveX window Print to printer locally or on server Export to PDF, Word, Excel, XML, HTML ???


Very loosely coupled interface Viewrpt.asp (.csp pre version 10) URL Parts:

• id = CMS Object ID• apsuser, apspassword, apsauthtype• init = Viewer Type• promptex • cmd; export_fmt; export_opt = Export Options• sf = Selection Formula• gf = Group Selection Formula

URL Syntax


Example URL’s – View and Refresh

http://nbbgibbs/businessobjects/viewrpt.cwr? id=152&apsuser=administrator &apspassword=Pr0gr3$$&apsauthtype=secEnterprise&cmd=export&export_fmt=u2fpdf:0

<same as previous, except last line>&promptex-empStart=10&promptex-MyParam=My own report header&init=actx:connect


Conclusion

Data access• ODBC for easiest ad-hoc and other cases • XML or Open Client Java Bean / ADO.NET

for best re-use of business logic Integration

• Use CR Server if possible – grow path to Business Objects Enterprise

• ActiveX or DHTML/Browser to view

Many options exist – which to choose?


Business Intelligence Exchange Sessions

Monday• 10:30, COMP-2: Data Search and Query• 2:00, COMP-8: Business Objects XI R2

Tuesday• 9:15, COMP-6: Integrating Crystal/Progress• 10:30, COMP-2: Enterprise Reporting• 3:30, COMP-9: Crystal Xcelsius• 4:45, COMP-15: BI Information Exchange

Wednesday• 3:45, BOF: BI Birds of a Feather Meeting


Questions?


Thank you foryour time

COMP-6: Integrating Crystal ® and your OpenEdge ® Application Brandon Gibbs Sr. Systems Engineer.

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