Using Crystal Enterprise Notifications

In addition to being able to trigger alerts upon completion of a scheduled job, there are multiple notifications that can be set up. These are typically targeted for the consumption of Crystal Enterprise administrators as opposed to end users. There are two types of notifications: audit notification and e-mail notification.

There are two audit notifications that can be turned on: one for the success of a report job and one for the failure of a report job. When either of these audit notifications is enabled and a job finishes, a record is written to the auditing database indicating the job name, time, status, and so on. To enable audit notifications, call the getNotifications method of the ISchedulingInfo interface. This returns an INotifications interface. Using this interface, the setAuditOption method can be called, passing in a member of the CeAuditOnResult enumeration. The valid values are

  • CeAuditOnResult.NONE (no audit notification)
  • CeAuditOnResult.SUCCESS (audit notification enabled for a successful job)
  • CeAuditOnResult.FAILURE (audit notification enabled for a failed job)
  • CeAuditOnResult.BOTH (audit notification enabled for either success or failure of a job)

The following example schedules a report and enables audit notification for a successful job:






ISchedulingInfo sched = report.getSchedulingInfo();

sched.setRightNow(true);

INotifications notify = sched.getNotifications();

notify.setAuditOption(INotifications.CeAuditOnResult.SUCCESS);

iStore.schedule(results);


Email notification works in a similar manner. It can be enabled for both successful and failed jobs. To enable email notification, obtain the INotifications interface as described previously like you would do for auditing. From there, you can call the getDestinationsOnSuccess or getDestinationsOnFailure methods to obtain the IDestinations interface. You might recognize this interface as the same one used to configure schedule destinations. To enable email destinations using the Report Job Servers default email settings, you can simply call the IDestinationss add method passing in CrystalEnterprise.Smtp as shown here:






ISchedulingInfo sched = report.getSchedulingInfo();

sched.setRightNow(true);

INotifications notify = sched.getNotifications();

IDestinations dest = notify.getDestinationsOnSuccess();

dest.add("CrystalEnterprise.Smtp");

iStore.schedule(results);


If you want to customize the e-mail settings such as the recipients, subject line, and so on, you can call the getScheduleOptions method and get access to the ISMTPOptions interface.


Part I. Crystal Reports Design

Creating and Designing Basic Reports

Selecting and Grouping Data

Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing Data

Understanding and Implementing Formulas

Implementing Parameters for Dynamic Reporting

Part II. Formatting Crystal Reports

Fundamentals of Report Formatting

Working with Report Sections

Visualizing Your Data with Charts and Maps

Custom Formatting Techniques

Part III. Advanced Crystal Reports Design

Using Cross-Tabs for Summarized Reporting

Using Record Selections and Alerts for Interactive Reporting

Using Subreports and Multi-Pass Reporting

Using Formulas and Custom Functions

Designing Effective Report Templates

Additional Data Sources for Crystal Reports

Multidimensional Reporting Against OLAP Data with Crystal Reports

Part IV. Enterprise Report Design Analytic, Web-based, and Excel Report Design

Introduction to Crystal Repository

Crystal Reports Semantic Layer Business Views

Creating Crystal Analysis Reports

Advanced Crystal Analysis Report Design

Ad-Hoc Application and Excel Plug-in for Ad-Hoc and Analytic Reporting

Part V. Web Report Distribution Using Crystal Enterprise

Introduction to Crystal Enterprise

Using Crystal Enterprise with Web Desktop

Crystal Enterprise Architecture

Planning Considerations When Deploying Crystal Enterprise

Deploying Crystal Enterprise in a Complex Network Environment

Administering and Configuring Crystal Enterprise

Part VI. Customized Report Distribution Using Crystal Reports Components

Java Reporting Components

Crystal Reports .NET Components

COM Reporting Components

Part VII. Customized Report Distribution Using Crystal Enterprise Embedded Edition

Introduction to Crystal Enterprise Embedded Edition

Crystal Enterprise Viewing Reports

Crystal Enterprise Embedded Report Modification and Creation

Part VIII. Customized Report Distribution Using Crystal Enterprise Professional

Introduction to the Crystal Enterprise Professional Object Model

Creating Enterprise Reports Applications with Crystal Enterprise Part I

Creating Enterprise Reporting Applications with Crystal Enterprise Part II

Appendix A. Using Sql Queries In Crystal Reports

Creating Enterprise Reporting Applications with Crystal Enterprise Part II



Special Edition Using Crystal Reports 10
Special Edition Using Crystal Reports 10
ISBN: 0789731134
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 341

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