Question Re: Crystal Report cannot find data source when run by particular user in Technology Q&A

Crystal Report cannot find data source when run by particular user

Former Member — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:20:00 GMT

Good afternoon,

I am trying to run a Crystal Report created by another user.

The report template comes up OK but when I try to refresh the report data, an ODBC (RDO) window comes up asking me to select a data source and provide a data source name. The name of our ODBC data source is not among the list. I verified in the 32-bit OBDC Administrator (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe) and the System DSN connection is there and working. How can I make our data source appear among the data source options in Crystal Reports?

Also: I can run the report on the other user's computer with no problems. Both of us have the same rights on the network and datasources listed in the OBDC Administrator.

Re: Crystal Report cannot find data source when run by particular user

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Re: Crystal Report cannot find data source when run by particular user

janos_mucsi-besze — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:32:10 GMT

Hi Daniel,

I recommend to use tag "SAP Crystal Reports" so people using Crystal Reports can find this question and post their answers.