You do it outside of crystal altogther. As I recall you have SQL 2000 ?
A prmary interface tools for that version is "Enterprise Manager". You use it for all sorts of things including creating views. If you have a SQL server it will be installed there but you can also have it installed on your local machine and set a connection to the server.
The rights aboiut creating views will have to do with server security (if it is on a server) and the SQL DB rights (where ever it is installed).