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Create a Crystal Report

Use Crystal Reports to save a report in the CA Business Intelligence Universe.

To create a Crystal report

1. Launch Crystal Reports XI.
2. Select File, New, Blank Report.

   The Database Expert dialog appears.

3. Expand the Create new Connection node and click Universes.

   The Business Objects Enterprise dialog appears.

4. Log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise using your administrator credentials.
5. Navigate to the folder containing the derived universe.
6. Select the derived universe and click Open.

   The Business Objects Query Panel dialog appears.

7. In the Universe tree structure, drag and drop the appropriate attributes into the Select and Filter sections of the Query panel.
8. When the query building process is complete, the standard Crystal Reports designer tool is presented.
9. Build and run the report.

   Note: For detailed information on building and running reports, see Crystal Reports documentation.

10. Save the report in the Business Objects Enterprise repository as follows:
    1. Select File, Save as.
    2. In the Save As dialog, select Enterprise.
    3. Navigate to the folder created when you defined your development framework, and save the new report in BusinessObjects Enterprise.

    The new report is now available in the enterprise, and can be modified as needed.