Exporting to Lotus Domino
Seagate Crystal Reports enables you to export to a Lotus Domino client version 3.0 or greater.
Note: The Lotus Domino OS/2 client is not supported.
To export to Lotus Domino
- Using the Lotus Domino Designer open an .nsf file and create a new form.
- Add the following optional fields to the form to provide the user with additional information:
- Report - name of the report
- Date - date and time of export
- UserName - name of the user who exported the report
- Comments - area where extra information can be added.
- Save the form as Report Form.
- Open the Seagate Crystal Report you would like to export.
- On the File menu, select Print, then click Export.
The Export dialog box appears.
- Select the export format type from the Format drop-down list. In this case, choose Excel 7.0 (XLS) (Extended).
- Select Lotus Domino Database from the Destination drop-down list.
- Click OK.
The Format Options dialog box appears.
- Change the format settings as required.
- Click OK.
The Select Database dialog box appears.
- Double-click the Lotus Domino server to export the report to.
- Select the .nsf file to export the report to.
- Click OK.
The Comments dialog box appears.
- Enter comments that are to appear when another user selects the report from the Lotus Domino Desktop.
- Click OK.
The report appears as an attachment in a document within the .nsf file.
The next time a user logs onto the Lotus Domino database you specified, they will see the report in their desktop. The user can double-click the report file name to display the comments you wrote and then double-click the report icon to view the report.