Crystal Reports
Have you ever been in the position where you know that the information exists, but you don't know where to find it, or it's in a format that's not usable? Have you wondered why important information isn't readily available or why it's so difficult to get? Crystal Reports, the de facto reporting standard, is a total reporting solution that enables organisations to deliver insightful information to their users and help them make better decisions. With an easy-to-use, intuitive interface, report authors can access data spread across disparate systems, and design pixel-perfect reports with guided interactivity.
Use Crystal Reports to:
Use Crystal Reports to:
- Easily report on dbase, SQL, Access, Excel and other types of common databases. Crystal can be used with many common CRM systems like GoldMine and Sage.
- Create different types of reports
- Create complex calculations in your reports
- Build in parameters into the report that ask you questions before the report runs (e.g. What Date Range do you want?)
- Link in multiple databases into one report - e.g. have one report accessing your CRM and Accounts system at the same time
- Many options for Grouping and Sorting your data and display of information
- Create Bar graphs, Pie Charts and other types of business graphics
- Save reports in different formats like Excel, PDF, Word, HTML etc...
Here are some of the new features in Crystal Reports Professional Edition:
Updated Report Designer
Accelerate report authoring with an updated point-and-click designer, new report workbench, nested hierarchies, "intelligent" charting and HTML report preview.
Dynamic Cascading Prompts
Minimize report maintenance with automatically updated pick lists and cascading prompts.
Updated Drivers
Access updated XML, JDBC, IBM DB2 and Exchange Data drivers.
Intelligent Charting
Create charts faster. New drag-and-drop charting and cross tabs allow for intelligent charting. Because variables are approximated when a chart is dropped into a section, chart design is now faster, easier and updated automatically
Report Export Configuration
Enjoy more user-friendly exporting. The report designer can save export configuration information within the report itself - end-users don't have to reconfigure the export each time a report is run.
Updated Report Designer
Accelerate report authoring with an updated point-and-click designer, new report workbench, nested hierarchies, "intelligent" charting and HTML report preview.
Dynamic Cascading Prompts
Minimize report maintenance with automatically updated pick lists and cascading prompts.
Updated Drivers
Access updated XML, JDBC, IBM DB2 and Exchange Data drivers.
Intelligent Charting
Create charts faster. New drag-and-drop charting and cross tabs allow for intelligent charting. Because variables are approximated when a chart is dropped into a section, chart design is now faster, easier and updated automatically
Report Export Configuration
Enjoy more user-friendly exporting. The report designer can save export configuration information within the report itself - end-users don't have to reconfigure the export each time a report is run.
