BOE Licencing With Crystal

system · February 10, 2011, 4:47pm

Hello,

We have a BOE server, which runs WebI reports through Infoview. Weve identified a potential need to run Crystal Reports in order to burst out reports via PDF.

Other than purchasing CR 2008, would anyone out there know if there are further licensing implications for servers on the BOE server (CR Job Server, for example)

Thanks

Rico

RichUK (BOB member since 2007-10-01)

system · February 10, 2011, 6:47pm

Depending on how your users are using the reports, you might need Crystal Viewer. Anyway, for licensing question, you really should consult your account manager or sales rep. It is because licensing is very complex and it varies from company to company.

substring (BOB member since 2004-01-16)

system · February 11, 2011, 9:27am

Thanks for the reply.

The primary reason for Crystal would be sending out reports via PDFs attached to emails, and so the users wouldn’t necessarily be viewing the reports directly at all. If we were to write other reports then they’d be accessed by the same Infoview portal as they can currently access WebI reports.

So the question would be if we would need any extra licensing for using the job servers on our existing BOE server, although I appreciate that this is complicated.

Has anyone come across the same situation?

RichUK (BOB member since 2007-10-01)

system · February 11, 2011, 4:43pm

As stated before, best to talk to your Rep in great detail, get everything from SAP-BOBJ in writing - and watch for the fine print.

There’s a lot of cryptic stuff in the BOBJ Licenses…and it is always in-flux.

First, to run more than one CONTENT type - you need to have a PREMIUM License for BOE (not PROFESSIONAL which is limited to one (1) CONTENT TYPE).

If you are looking to send PDFs of Crystal Reports via e-mail you may be forced to CPU licenses rather than NAMED…

Licensing

…and going to CPU can introduce all sorts of SOCKET/CORE issues - and/or VM-Ware issues that need to be clearly agreed to before you sign anything.

The threads below are well worth a read (then perhaps a large scotch afterwards)…

CPU License and VMWare

License for BO XI on VMware

BO Licensing

[XI 3.1] Tricky BO Licensing on Windows

Licensing issue…

BO Edge CAL vs. Named User Licensing

Hope this helps.

MJRBIM (BOB member since 2007-03-23)

system · February 28, 2011, 11:44am

Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I’ll go through the threads with a bottle to hand if need be.

RichUK (BOB member since 2007-10-01)