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2. Crystal Reports Version History

Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application, currently marketed to small businesses^[1] by SAP SE.

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History[edit]

Terry Cunningham and the Cunningham Group originated the software in 1991.^[2] Crystal Services Inc. marketed the product^[3] (originally called 'Quik Reports') when they couldn't find a suitable commercial report writer for their accounting software.^{[citation needed]} After producing versions 1.0 through 3.0, Crystal Services was acquired by Seagate Technology in 1994.^[4] Crystal Services was combined with Holistic Systems to form the Information Management Group of Seagate Software, which later rebranded as Crystal Decisions and produced versions 4.0 through 9.0. Crystal Decisions was acquired in December 2003 by BusinessObjects, which produced versions 10, 11 (XI) and version 12 (2008). SAP acquired BusinessObjects on October 8, 2007 and released Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14) on May 3, 2011.

Several other applications, including Microsoft Visual Studio versions 2003 through 2008, and Borland Delphi, at one time bundled an OEM version of Crystal Reports as a general purpose reporting tool.^[5] Microsoft discontinued this practice and later released their own competing reporting tool, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).^{[6][verification needed]}

Versions and editions[edit]

• A=Advanced Developer, D=Developer, P=Professional, S=Standard^[8]

Features[edit]

Report designer[edit]

Crystal Reports allows users to graphically design data connection(s) and report layout. In the Database Expert, users can select and link tables from a wide variety of data sources, including Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Oracle databases, Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft Access databases, BusinessObjects Enterprise business views, and local file-system information. Report designers can place fields from these sources on the report design surface, and can also deploy them in custom formulas (using either BASIC or Crystal's own syntax), which are then placed on the design surface. Formulas can be evaluated at several phases during report generation as specified by the developer.

Both fields and formulas have a wide array of formatting options available, which designers can apply absolutely or conditionally. The data can be grouped into bands, each of which can be split further and conditionally suppressed as needed. Crystal Reports also supports subreports, graphing, and a limited amount of GIS functionality.

Central Management Server[edit]

The Central Management Server (CMS, formerly 'Crystal Management Server') operates as the main server for BusinessObjects XI.^[9]

Supported data sources[edit]

• Databases such as PostgreSQL, Sybase, IBM DB2, Ingres, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Interbase, Btrieve, Informix, Oracle and Salesforce.^[10]
• Spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel
• XML Files
• Groupware applications as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise
• APIs such as ODBC and OLE DB^[11]
• SAP: BW, Info Sets, Tables, and BusinessObjects Universes

Target audience[edit]

Crystal Reports came integrated with Visual Studio versions prior to 2010. Crystal Reports competes with several products in the Microsoft market, such as SQL Server Reporting Services, XtraReports, ActiveReports and List & Label. Users can also access Crystal Reports from outside of Microsoft environments; this allows (for instance) Java developers to build applications with Crystal Reports components.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Crystal Reports small business marketing website
2. ^'Meet the Team'. Indicee. Retrieved 2012-10-11. That's what initially motivated his family business, The Cunningham Group, and his brother Terry to begin building… Crystal Reports in 1991.
3. ^'Crystal Reports links dBASE and Paradox data'. Data Based Advisor. Access my library. September 1, 1992. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Crystal Services says that they will address both the installation problem and the documentation omission in the new version. …Crystal Reports is being marketed by them and Borland International…
4. ^'Seagate to acquire Crystal Services'. San Jose Mercury News. News bank. 1994-05-11. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
5. ^Peck, George (2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 566. ISBN978-0-07-159098-3. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Not only was Crystal Reports bundled with earlier versions of Visual Basic…, but every Professional or higher version of VS.NET, up to and including Visual Studio 2008, includes an option to install Crystal Reports as well…
6. ^'Support for Crystal Reports for Visual Studio'. Support (knowledge base). Microsoft.
7. ^Short history and resources for Crystal Reports Software Developer Kits (SDK)
8. ^'Crystal Reports family of offerings. Features by edition comparison chart'(PDF). SAP. 2009.
9. ^Ganz, Carl (2006). Pro Crystal Enterprise / BusinessObjects XI Programming. Expert's voice in .NET. Apress. p. 22. ISBN9781430202776. Retrieved 2014-09-25. The aptly named Central Management Server (CMS) is the main server in the BO XI collection. Before the rebranding effort, it was known as the Crystal Management Server, and before that as the Automated Process Scheduler (APS).
10. ^Compare for example: 'Crystal Reports Server 2008 V1 Service Pack 4 for Windows: Supported Platforms'. SAP Community Network. SAP. 2012-02-15. pp. 8ff. Retrieved 2015-07-28. Supported Data Sources for Crystal Reports
11. ^Fitzgerald, Neil (2008). Crystal Reports 2008 Official Guide. Business Objects Press. Pearson Education. ISBN9780768685701. Retrieved 2015-07-27. The two major indirect access drivers provided are ODBC and OLE DB. [..] The Crystal Reports ODBC database driver communicates with an ODBC driver, which in turn communicates with the actual database. The database vendors generally develop the ODBC drivers, which often come bundled with the database software.

Bibliography[edit]

• G. Taylor, Allen (June 3, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies (1st ed.). For Dummies. p. 396. ISBN0-470-29077-3.
• Peck, George (June 19, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. p. 968. ISBN0-07-159098-6.
• McCoy, Cate; Maric, Gord (2002). Mastering Crystal Reports 9 (1st ed.). Sybex. p. 639. ISBN0-7821-4173-0.

External links[edit]

SAP Crystal Reports is a Business Intelligence tool which is used to generate reports from both SAP and non-SAP data sources. It enables end users to generate reports that includes exceptional visualizations and implement new business requirements into reports to reduce dependency on IT and Report developers.

SAP Crystal Reports can connect to any data source that include Relational databases like Oracle, OLAP data source systems like BW, or also with XML data. You can create a simple report or you can also use complex or specialized tool of Crystal Reports to create advance level reports for end users. It is mostly used for pixel perfect reporting for CEO’s and Managers.

Benefits of Using Crystal Reports

Flexible and customized report − You can quickly create highly formatted, pixel-perfect reports using SAP Crystal Reports with high level design interface and efficient workflows.

Powerful report delivery options − You can deliver personalized reports to your business end-users in their preferred language and format.

Data source connectivity − You can connect to information sources directly. Data sources include: Native, ODBC, OLE DB, and JDBC connectivity to relational, OLAP, web services, XML, enterprise data sources, and salesforce.com.

Expanded support for Excel − You can take full advantage of the Excel file format by allowing more data to be exported to a single worksheet, without spanning multiple worksheets.

Windows operating system compatibility − SAP Crystal Reports software 2013 is certified compatible with Microsoft Windows 7.

Mobile compatibility − You can also open interactive reports through your mobile devices.

SAP Crystal Reports, Adobe Flash and HTML 5 integration − It enables SAP Crystal Reports developers to produce powerful 'mash-ups' pulling data from various sources.

Competitors − SAP Crystal Reports competes with several products in Microsoft market like SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS, XtraReports, ActiveReports, and List & Label.

Installation Requirements for Crystal Reports

Following are the basic requirements to install Crystal Reports− Dslr picture editor.

• PC with AMD or Intel based processors, Dual Core CPU, 2 GB RAM

• Approximately 4GB available hard drive space (for English only, 8 GB for all languages)

• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012

Languages available − English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Romanian, Russian.

Technical Specifications

• Hardware Requirements − Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor, minimum 512 MB RAM recommended

• Disk Space − 2 GB for default installation with English language, 4 GB for default installation with all languages installed

Versions and Features Comparison

Let us take an example to decode the SAP Crystal Reports version format. Assume 12.1.2.957.12 is the version of CR 2008. Here 1 signifies that it is Service Pack 1, .2 signifies that Fix Pack 1.2 has been applied on top of Service Pack 1. The last three of four digits are not important. Another example, if you have version 12.3.1.684, I know I am using CR 2008, Service Pack 3, Fix Pack 3.1.

Editions − Developer (D), Professional (P), Standard (S)

Editions − Developer (D), Professional (P), Standard (S)

Crystal Reports Versions List 2016

Editions − Developer (D), Professional (P), Standard (S)

Crystal Reports Version History

Editions − Developer (D), Professional (P), Standard (S)