Automatically refreshing and updating a Crystal Report

ReCrystallize Server includes an auto-refresh feature to automatically update a report’s data every x minutes without user interaction. This is useful for displaying continuously updated reports in a public setting. For example, a status report could be displayed on a large monitor in a waiting room, factory, or warehouse setting where the report would automatically update to show current information.

To use the auto-refresh feature, include

autoRefresh =x

in the URL or as a form field where x indicates the interval in minutes to refresh the report.

For example, to refresh a report named status.rpt every 5 minutes,

ViewReport.aspx?reportName=status.rpt&autoRefresh=5