If you have reports from third-party reporting tools that include Operations Center data, you can now access and run these through the dashboard pages using iFrames.
This section explains how to integrate reports from Crystal Reports as an example. Sample reports leveraging Operations Center data are available in /OperationsCenter_install_path/database/examples/mosql. For more information about using Business Objects Crystal Reports for queries and reporting of Operations Center data, see the Novell Operations Center 5.0 SQL Views Guide.
To integrate with Business Objects Crystal Reports from the Dashboard:
Add the
portlet to a page.Select Section 6.2.1, Adding a Portlet.
under in . For more information on adding portlets to a page, seeClick the configuration link inside the portlet.
Specify the URL of the reporting program in the Source URL field.
Specify other settings for the portlet as required.
Click
.Click the
link to display the page from the reporting tool.Select and view the desired report.