Crystal Reports XI Developer

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Crystal Reports XI provides for dynamic and cascading prompts. This means that report designers can base report prompts on dynamic values. They no longer need to maintain static prompt value lists within individual reports and they can reuse existing prompts stored in the repository. The new RTF export format is excellent for report export editing. This complements the existing RTF export of optimized accuracy and forms processing. The result is that the end user is now able to enhance and expand a report in standard word processing applications. Pictures and graphics can now be placed in a report through a link in the database so that it is no longer necessary to store images within the database. This supports the common practice of storing images on the web server and storing references to those images in the database. New drag-and-drop charting and cross-tabs allow for intelligent charting approximates variables when a chart is dropped into a section. Chart design is now faster and easier because charts will be updated automatically when new variables are added. The iterative report design/view process is streamlined, with a new HTML preview that allows report authors to see how reports will look when published to the web. Use the Dependency Checker to instantly find broken links, formula errors, and dependency issues before reports are published and distributed. Using the Workbench and the Repository Explorer, users can easily browse, build, and publish object packages. With object packages, users can schedule, manage, and secure a group of reports together rather than just one report at a time. The Workbench allows users to keep projects organized by grouping reports according to preference. The new Repository Explorer simplifies navigation within the BusinessObjects Enterprise system and reporting components can be easily shared among users within the Crystal Reports Designer. Designing reports is easier with the Getting Started page that appears each time you open Crystal Reports. The updated Visual Report Designer allows you to point and click so you can create reports without the need for intensive coding. Crystal Reports XML, JDBC, IBM DB2, and Exchange data drivers have been updated to give you an incredible range of data access options. New Patch Installation feature means that all customers will have the most up-to-date version of Crystal Reports XI because they will automatically receive the latest hot fixes and service packs. Single Sign-OnSingle sign-on is a new feature. Now Crystal reports can be integrated into an existing security infrastructure. Enhanced Support for Business Objects Universes support has been enhanced for Business Objects universes (the semantic layer for BusinessObjects business intelligence tools like Web Intelligence), to include universe view time security and union queries. Complete Integration with BusinessObjects Enterprise Architecture. Enjoy seamless continuity between all of the applications within your business intelligence technology suite. Scalability is easier when everything is integrated. Report export configuration information can be saved with the report so that end users forgo the time and trouble of reconfiguring the export each time a report is run. Hierarchical grouping has been enhanced, providing increased layout control so that users can create their reports in a hierarchical, rather than just a relational, manner. This provides a better fit for organizational charts and summary reports. Parameterized control for N value for top N style reports means that a single report will meet the needs of multiple users. This will reduce the total number of reports that are created and supported. Crystal Reports Developer Edition is intended for the creation and integration of reports into web/server-based applications.

General
Category	Business applications
Subcategory	Business - databases / database tools
Software
License Type	Complete package
License Qty	1 user
License Pricing	Standard
Platform	Windows
Package Type	Retail
System Requirements
OS Required	Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or later
System Requirements Details	Pentium II - RAM 128 MB - HD 350 MB

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2006-12-03 Powerful but Fussy Crystal Reports XI is a powerful package, but it has a fussy, buggy user interface with abitrary behaviors. Plan to spend a fair amount of time guessing the exact input it is waiting for. It is kind of like a puzzle game. Once you discover the tricks it works well, though. Update Feb 27, 2008 - I have been preparing charts with CR XI now and I must say, the program is tear-your-hair fussy to work with. For example, attempts to do fine layout adjustments are tedious and a small adjustment to axis label font size changes the chart length, which begins a length round of small changes, each affecting some other layout aspect. I have spent hours laying out two charts. XI provides the apparent ability to change chart object colors--there is a menu--but the changes do not take. Specific example, the connector line between points on a line chart will remain the default color. This is a difficult program to deal with if you want to do much more than vanilla, tabular reporting with very simple charting. Try to avoid fine crafting, or plan to spend 2-3 times the time you originally estimated to get it right. You might expect that a program has been around as long as Crystal Reports would be very stable and easy to work with as there has been plenty of time to refine it. However, the nature of complex software is that it tends not to age well. Perhaps Crystal has reached that point its age is working against it.

Reviewed on 2005-06-11 Really Great Product!! I was using Crystal Reports 7 and upgraded to this version. The exported reports are improved over the previous version and it now includes Adobe Acrobat, along with Excel, HTML, Word, RTF, and text. It was easy to create and integrate the reports into my existing database programs I created with Microsoft Visual Studio. There is an extensive library of functions to use in producing professional looking and useful reports. Now you can choose whether to use the Crystal Reports programming language or Basic programming language. This is a very powerful tool and will pay for itself in time saved and customer satisfaction.

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