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check this link out.It explains how to use active directory with crystal report<br />
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<a href="http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2013161.asp" rel="ugc">http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2013161.asp</a>
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check this link out.It explains how to use active directory with crystal report

http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2013161.asp [http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2013161.asp]

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Actually the link Emre gave you is about authentication using AD with crystal enterprise - I don't know that it's going to help you.<br />
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I think this is what you want:<br />
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How to report off Active Directory in CR 8.5, 9, or 10: <a href="http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2016008.asp" rel="ugc">http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2016008.asp</a><br />
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frodoman
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Actually the link Emre gave you is about authentication using AD with crystal enterprise - I don't know that it's going to help you.

I think this is what you want:

How to report off Active Directory in CR 8.5, 9, or 10: http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2016008.asp [http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2016008.asp]

frodoman

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neither of these sites show me how to create an actual connection though ... I do not know much about writing queries in Crystal ... It was so much easier with ODBC ... I want to be able to run a report that will query my entire AD infrastructure and report back the results ... Same as I used to do with ODBC with Novell ... ANy ideas ?
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neither of these sites show me how to create an actual connection though ... I do not know much about writing queries in Crystal ... It was so much easier with ODBC ... I want to be able to run a report that will query my entire AD infrastructure and report back the results ... Same as I used to do with ODBC with Novell ... ANy ideas ?

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Hello,<br />
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Novell had a Novell ODBC Driver for NDS for download which came with a bunch of Crystal Canned reports. &nbsp;Does anyone know if Microsoft has something similar for Active Directory ?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
VSACIT
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Hello,

Novell had a Novell ODBC Driver for NDS for download which came with a bunch of Crystal Canned reports.  Does anyone know if Microsoft has something similar for Active Directory ?

Thanks,
VSACIT

S - Crystal Reports Canned Reports and Active Directiory

Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application from SAP SE. It is used to graphically design data connections and report layouts from a wide range of data sources including Excel spreadsheets, Oracle, SQL Server databases and Access databases, BusinessObjects Enterprise business views, and local file-system information. Report designers can place fields from these sources on the report design surface, and can also deploy them in custom formulas (using either BASIC or Crystal's own syntax), which are then placed on the design surface. Crystal Reports also supports subreports, graphing, and a limited amount of GIS functionality.