User`s guide

• Set up subfolders and subcategories for your repository
The "Repository Explorer "displays the contents of your SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository
as a tree with folders, subfolders, categories, and subcategories. The following folders and categories
are supplied through SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform:
• Repository Items
• Enterprise Items
• Categories
• Personal Categories
You can add subfolders and subcategories.
• Add report objects to your repository
There are different ways to do this depending on the type of object you want to add:
• Select a text object or bitmap image and drag it to a folder or choose "Add to Repository" from
the shortcut menu.
• Select a Custom Function in the Formula Workshop and click the "Add to Repository" button.
• Create or modify a command in the Database Expert and, once it appears in the Selected Tables
list, right-click it and choose the "Add to Repository" option.
• Add repository objects to a report
There are different ways to do this, depending on the type of object:
• Text objects and bitmap images can be dragged to the report from the "Repository Explorer".
• Custom functions can be added through the "Formula Workshop".
• Commands can be added though the "Database Expert".
• Lists of values and prompt groups can be added to parameter fields by selecting them from the
appropriate lists in the "Create New Parameter" or "Edit Parameter" dialog boxes.
• Update report objects in your repository
Again, there are different ways to do this, depending on the type of object:
• Text objects and bitmap images can be dragged back to the original repository object.
• Custom functions can be updated through its user interface.
• Commands can be updated and added back to the repository through the "Database Expert".
5.2 Accessing the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository
The repository supplied by Crystal Reports is set up when you install. You don't have to do anything
additional before you use the repository.
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