Problems printing, previewing, or exporting as PDF in Crystal Reports

Issue:  Problems printing, previewing, or exporting as PDF in Crystal Reports. Specific error messages you may encounter may include but are not limited to:

Database Login Failed:

Crystal Reports Error, “Failed to open the connection”:

Resolution: 

1. Open the document having the issue
2. Select ‘Layout Designer’ in the toolbar or Administration > Setup > General > Report and Layout Manager

3. A: If you are fixing a Document Layout like for Sales Orders, select ‘Manage Layout’ and the select ‘Edit’ and continue to step 4

B: If fixing a Report like "Plant Tags 3x2_OProductionGroup_v2" 
You can use the Menu Search bar at the top right (after selecting Menu from the drop down) and find it there

or go to Administration > Setup > General > Report and Layout Manager

From there you can go to Search​
Select Document Type to search for Sales Orders or Productions orders 
or
Select Report to search for specific reports and then search for the report you need to fix.



In this example you could search 3x2 click find, then select the report



Select ‘Edit’ and continue to step 4

4. Wait for Crystal Reports to Open. **This step usually takes 30 seconds to 2 minutes but in rare instances can take up to 15 minutes. Please leave the window to load and do not close it out until then.
5. Select ‘Add-Ins’, then ‘SAP Business One’ and click ‘Save’.

6. Wait for this to complete.
7. Close Crystal reports and try again.

Below is a video going through the steps above.