Hi all,

I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under My
Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.

The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
- Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was
parented by which.
- I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
http://crm-server/reports/

I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be
visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
report visibility?

Thank you,
Mohamed

RE: CRM 3.0: Report icon disappeared by RichardRiddle

RichardRiddle
Wed May 07 11:18:01 CDT 2008

Set up one of your users with the Report Manager permission and have that
user upload a report. Check to see how that report is different in SRS and
CRM. Another test would be to have a user go to Report Manager. You will
have to specify the CRM Reports folder, since by default users can't see all
folders in Report Manger.

The BU shouldn't matter, since all CRM users are added to the Reporting Group.

--
Richard Riddle
CRM Developer
Autonomix


"msandid" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
> disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
> still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
> from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under My
> Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.
>
> The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
> - Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was
> parented by which.
> - I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
> http://crm-server/reports/
>
> I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be
> visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
> report visibility?
>
> Thank you,
> Mohamed
>

Re: CRM 3.0: Report icon disappeared by msandid

msandid
Wed May 07 16:19:48 CDT 2008

On May 7, 11:18=A0am, Richard Riddle
<RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Set up one of your users with the Report Manager permission and have that
> user upload a report. =A0Check to see how that report is different in SRS =
and
> CRM. =A0Another test would be to have a user go to Report Manager. =A0You =
will
> have to specify the CRM Reports folder, since by default users can't see a=
ll
> folders in Report Manger.
>
> The BU shouldn't matter, since all CRM users are added to the Reporting Gr=
oup.
>
> --
> Richard Riddle
> CRM Developer
> Autonomix
>
>
>
> "msandid" wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
> > disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
> > still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
> > from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under My
> > Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.
>
> > The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
> > - Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was
> > parented by which.
> > - I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
> >http://crm-server/reports/
>
> > I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be
> > visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
> > report visibility?
>
> > Thank you,
> > Mohamed- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks Richard. The truth is we've just started investigating
reporting in CRM so even I don't know that much about them. Users can
only access reports from the CRM Outlook client. I am not sure how
they'd go to Report Manager or how to access it at all. Are you
referring to http://crm-server/Report?
What really puzzles me is that they don't even see the report icon,
say, from the Accounts form!
Are you saying that if they cannot access reports using Report Manager
then it's a security issue?

Re: CRM 3.0: Report icon disappeared by RichardRiddle

RichardRiddle
Wed May 07 16:37:03 CDT 2008

So you're saying that the users can navigate to the Reports area in CRM and
see the reports listed there? If you Edit the Account Overview report in the
Reports area of CRM, does CRM show the report being related to the Account
record type and displaying in the Forms and Lists for related record types?

The address by default for Report Manager is http://crmserver/Reports, where
crmserver is your crm server. Most users, when they visit that site, will
see nothing listed because of security. Administrators will see the CRM
reports folder. If the users type in the url which points to the CRM reports
folder, they should all see all CRM reports.


--
Richard Riddle
CRM Developer
Autonomix


"msandid" wrote:

> On May 7, 11:18 am, Richard Riddle
> <RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Set up one of your users with the Report Manager permission and have that
> > user upload a report. Check to see how that report is different in SRS and
> > CRM. Another test would be to have a user go to Report Manager. You will
> > have to specify the CRM Reports folder, since by default users can't see all
> > folders in Report Manger.
> >
> > The BU shouldn't matter, since all CRM users are added to the Reporting Group.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Riddle
> > CRM Developer
> > Autonomix
> >
> >
> >
> > "msandid" wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> >
> > > I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
> > > disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
> > > still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
> > > from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under My
> > > Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.
> >
> > > The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
> > > - Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was
> > > parented by which.
> > > - I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
> > >http://crm-server/reports/
> >
> > > I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be
> > > visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
> > > report visibility?
> >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Mohamed- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks Richard. The truth is we've just started investigating
> reporting in CRM so even I don't know that much about them. Users can
> only access reports from the CRM Outlook client. I am not sure how
> they'd go to Report Manager or how to access it at all. Are you
> referring to http://crm-server/Report?
> What really puzzles me is that they don't even see the report icon,
> say, from the Accounts form!
> Are you saying that if they cannot access reports using Report Manager
> then it's a security issue?
>

Re: CRM 3.0: Report icon disappeared by msandid

msandid
Wed May 07 17:31:58 CDT 2008

On May 7, 4:37=A0pm, Richard Riddle
<RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> So you're saying that the users can navigate to the Reports area in CRM an=
d
> see the reports listed there? =A0If you Edit the Account Overview report i=
n the
> Reports area of CRM, does CRM show the report being related to the Account=

> record type and displaying in the Forms and Lists for related record types=
?
>
> The address by default for Report Manager ishttp://crmserver/Reports, wher=
e
> crmserver is your crm server. =A0Most users, when they visit that site, wi=
ll
> see nothing listed because of security. =A0Administrators will see the CRM=

> reports folder. =A0If the users type in the url which points to the CRM re=
ports
> folder, they should all see all CRM reports.
>
> --
> Richard Riddle
> CRM Developer
> Autonomix
>
>
>
> "msandid" wrote:
> > On May 7, 11:18 am, Richard Riddle
> > <RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Set up one of your users with the Report Manager permission and have t=
hat
> > > user upload a report. =A0Check to see how that report is different in =
SRS and
> > > CRM. =A0Another test would be to have a user go to Report Manager. =A0=
You will
> > > have to specify the CRM Reports folder, since by default users can't s=
ee all
> > > folders in Report Manger.
>
> > > The BU shouldn't matter, since all CRM users are added to the Reportin=
g Group.
>
> > > --
> > > Richard Riddle
> > > CRM Developer
> > > Autonomix
>
> > > "msandid" wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
> > > > disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
> > > > still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
> > > > from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under =
My
> > > > Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.
>
> > > > The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
> > > > - Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was=

> > > > parented by which.
> > > > - I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
> > > >http://crm-server/reports/
>
> > > > I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be=

> > > > visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
> > > > report visibility?
>
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Mohamed- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > Thanks Richard. The truth is we've just started investigating
> > reporting in CRM so even I don't know that much about them. Users can
> > only access reports from the CRM Outlook client. I am not sure how
> > they'd go to Report Manager or how to access it at all. Are you
> > referring tohttp://crm-server/Report?
> > What really puzzles me is that they don't even see the report icon,
> > say, from the Accounts form!
> > Are you saying that if they cannot access reports using Report Manager
> > then it's a security issue?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The way things are right now is: When users go to the Accounts or
Contacts... form, they do NOT see the reports icon that allows them to
run reports related to that particular entity. If they go to the
section: Reports, under My Work, which lists all the reports for all
the entities (Accounts, Contacts, Leads...) they do not see any
report. So users cannot even run any report really! I, on the other
hand, can see and run reports just fine.

Re: CRM 3.0: Report icon disappeared by RichardRiddle

RichardRiddle
Wed May 07 17:46:01 CDT 2008

Take a look at this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/using/troubleshooting/tsrptsetup.mspx

Try this:
Download a report , you can do this by selecting a report under My Work,
Reports, and choosing More Actions, Download. Give that rdl file to a user
who has the Report Manager permission in CRM and see if that user can upload
the report with a new name. If that's successful, can you see the new report
when you navigate to My Work, Reports?


--
Richard Riddle
CRM Developer
Autonomix


"msandid" wrote:

> On May 7, 4:37 pm, Richard Riddle
> <RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > So you're saying that the users can navigate to the Reports area in CRM and
> > see the reports listed there? If you Edit the Account Overview report in the
> > Reports area of CRM, does CRM show the report being related to the Account
> > record type and displaying in the Forms and Lists for related record types?
> >
> > The address by default for Report Manager ishttp://crmserver/Reports, where
> > crmserver is your crm server. Most users, when they visit that site, will
> > see nothing listed because of security. Administrators will see the CRM
> > reports folder. If the users type in the url which points to the CRM reports
> > folder, they should all see all CRM reports.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Riddle
> > CRM Developer
> > Autonomix
> >
> >
> >
> > "msandid" wrote:
> > > On May 7, 11:18 am, Richard Riddle
> > > <RichardRid...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > Set up one of your users with the Report Manager permission and have that
> > > > user upload a report. Check to see how that report is different in SRS and
> > > > CRM. Another test would be to have a user go to Report Manager. You will
> > > > have to specify the CRM Reports folder, since by default users can't see all
> > > > folders in Report Manger.
> >
> > > > The BU shouldn't matter, since all CRM users are added to the Reporting Group.
> >
> > > > --
> > > > Richard Riddle
> > > > CRM Developer
> > > > Autonomix
> >
> > > > "msandid" wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> >
> > > > > I am facing a major problem: The reports' icon for most of my users
> > > > > disappeared! A couple other people and myself are Admins and we can
> > > > > still access reports OK. The other users cannot see the report icon
> > > > > from the Accounts form, for example. When they access Reports under My
> > > > > Work, they get a blank form instead of the list of all reports.
> >
> > > > > The only things I remember changing since it was last working are:
> > > > > - Rearranging most users in business units and changing which BU was
> > > > > parented by which.
> > > > > - I published the reports using VS2003 so now they are visible from
> > > > >http://crm-server/reports/
> >
> > > > > I don't know whether this affected the reports icon! Shouldn't it be
> > > > > visible regardless of security rights? Does BU assignment affect
> > > > > report visibility?
> >
> > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > Mohamed- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > > Thanks Richard. The truth is we've just started investigating
> > > reporting in CRM so even I don't know that much about them. Users can
> > > only access reports from the CRM Outlook client. I am not sure how
> > > they'd go to Report Manager or how to access it at all. Are you
> > > referring tohttp://crm-server/Report?
> > > What really puzzles me is that they don't even see the report icon,
> > > say, from the Accounts form!
> > > Are you saying that if they cannot access reports using Report Manager
> > > then it's a security issue?- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> The way things are right now is: When users go to the Accounts or
> Contacts... form, they do NOT see the reports icon that allows them to
> run reports related to that particular entity. If they go to the
> section: Reports, under My Work, which lists all the reports for all
> the entities (Accounts, Contacts, Leads...) they do not see any
> report. So users cannot even run any report really! I, on the other
> hand, can see and run reports just fine.
>