ActiveReports FAQ
Q: How can I access the Mescius documentation?
A: ActiveReports is a third-party tool from Mescius. Their online help can be found here. The ActiveReports online help is organized by persona. See Report Readers, Report Authors, DevOps, or Developers for more information specific to your role and how you use ActiveReports.
Here are some helpful topics to get you started:
- Get Started
- Quick Start (for Report Authors)
- Tutorials (for Report Authors)
- Demos
Additional ActiveReports documentation is available in the Respond guide, see Reports for more information.
Q: How do I connect to a data source?
A: The data source is now automatically established when a data set is added, but you can add a custom data source connection if needed. See Add a Data Source for more information.
Q: Is a license or another application required to run ActiveReports?
A: ActiveReports is a part of Trimble Unity Respond and no license or additional application is required.
Q: How do I include images in a report?
A: See Image and Image Control in Reports in the Mescius online help and Add an Image to a Report for more information.
Q: What is required to run the ActiveReports Migration Tool?
A: Crystal Report Runtime 32 bit and .NET Framework 4.6.2 are required for the ActiveReports Migration Tool. See ActiveReports Migration Tool Guide for more information on using the tool.
Q: Can I use parameters in ActiveReports like I did in Crystal Reports?
A: See Parameters in the Mescius online help for more information.
Q: Does ActiveReports support QR codes?
A: Yes. See Barcode in the Mescius online help for more information.
Q: How can I get Crystal Reports subreports to work in ActiveReports?
A: The Crystal Reports subreport must be saved and migrated separately using the ActiveReports Migration Tool. See Subreport in the Mescius online help for more information.
Q: How do I access the Report Designer in Respond?
A: In Respond, add Report Designer to the menu (see Customize Menus for more information). Once Report Designer is added to the menu, click it to open Report Designer and a new report appears. See Standalone Designer in the Mescius online help.
Q: How do I create a new ActiveReport?
A: Open the Report Designer and a new report appears. See Create a Report in the Respond Guide for more information.
Q: How do I reuse existing data connections in new ActiveReports?
A: You can reuse data connections by cloning an existing report. A blank report with a data connection could be created, and then all subsequent reports cloned from it would have the same data connection.
Q: How can I limit who has access to Report Designer?
A: Access to the Report Designer page can be limited using Employee Relates in Admin. The employee relate is under Workmgr > Report > Report_Designer. See Assign Permissions to Employees in the Admin Guide for Trimble Unity Maintain and Trimble Unity Permit for more information.
Q: How do I construct a query in ActiveReports?
A: See Add Dataset, Query Builder in JSON and XML Providers, and Query Builder in Microsoft SQL Client and OLEDB Providers in the Mescius online help for more information.
Q: How do I group data?
A: See Groups in the Mescius online help for more information.
Q: What versions of Cityworks is ActiveReports compatible with?
A: ActiveReports is available in Respond 5.1 and newer. See the Platform Apps Compatibility Matrix for a list of core Cityworks versions and its compatible app versions.
Q: Is any additional application needed to run ActiveReports?
A: No additional application is needed as it is embedded in Respond.
Q: Can I create ActiveReports in the desktop application and then upload them to my site?
A: Yes, you can use the ActiveReports desktop application to create or edit reports and then add them to the system. See Upload ActiveReports for more information.
Q: How do I upload ActiveReports to Cityworks?
A: See Upload ActiveReports for more information.
