NewVision Analyst and
Crystal Reports
Seagate
Crystal Reports - the acknowledged leader among Windows® report writers
with more than four million licenses shipped - brings additional
ease-of-use, flexibility and powerful reporting technology to the Web.
Seagate Crystal Reports is available in three editions - Standard,
Professional and Developer - to meet the different needs of business
users, IT professionals and developers.
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Fast
and easy report creation
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Reporting
from data is as easy as using Microsoft® Office
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Powerful
design and formatting flexibility
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Interactive
analysis tools for in-depth investigation
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Distribution
of reports widely
Create
presentation-quality reports quickly and easily from Excel and Access
data without leaving the Microsoft Office enviroNMent. Compatible with
Microsoft Office.
Report
Experts
Create presentation-quality reports quickly and easily with
user-friendly Report Experts that guide you through tasks such as
connecting to your data, selecting fields and records, sorting and
formatting.
Wide Variety of Report Types
Choose from sub-reports, conditional reports, summary reports,
cross-tabs, form reports, drill-down, OLAP, Top N, multiple detail
reports, mailing labels and more!
Easy Data Access
Connect to over 30 different types of OLAP, SQL and PC databases
including Microsoft SQL Server, Lotus Domino and Oracle using supported
native, ODBC and OLE DB connectivity. Data connectivity varies by
edition.
Customize the Look of Your Report
Address complex reporting requirements with advanced features including
grouping, sorting, sub-reports and cross-tabs.
Field Highlighting
Alerts you to key values in your report.
Smart Navigation
Quickly navigate to specific details via a page-on-demand interface that
presents a summary of the report.
Automatically Generated Group Tree
Jump to the section of the report you need to analyze.
Hyperlinks
Embed hyperlinks into reports that link to web sites, e-mail addresses,
other reports or virtually any other file.
Crystal Reports Add-ins for Microsoft Excel and Access
Create presentation-quality reports quickly and easily from Excel and
Access data without leaving the Microsoft Office enviroNMent. Compatible
with Microsoft Office 97/2000.
Export to DHTML (HTML 4.0)
Distribute
reports in a variety of formats including new DHTML (HTML 4.0) for
offline viewing, storage and distribution.
Web Folders
Store, update and save reports directly to a web folder on a web server
to save the hassle of editing them locally and then uploading them back
to the web server.
New Text Formatting Options
Format text with fractional font sizes, conditional font sizes and
color, character and line spacing, indentation and rotation. Text
objects or report fields can be optionally specified as preformatted RTF
or HTML text, and formatted text can be pasted into a report or read
from a database field.
Data
Explorer Interface
Connecting to data is faster and more intuitive, with a familiar
Explorer-like interface that stores commonly used connections and user
favorites.
Exporting Reports to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and RTF
Integrating reports into Office is now even more seamless.
Precise Control Over the Positioning of Report Objects
Move,
align, resize, copy and paste multiple objects using new aligNMent and
ruler options.
Pictures, shapes and lines
Borders have been enhanced to support rounded edges, circular and oval
borders. Includes support for BMP, JPEG, PCX, PICT, PNG, TIFF, and Targa
image formats.
Formula Editor
Control data manipulation and selection with the Formula Editor’s more
than 200 built-in functions and operators, including support for case
statements, looping and dynamic arrays. Benefit from more date and time,
accounting and math functions. Choose between Crystal syntax or a new
Basic-like syntax formula language.
Charts and Maps
Graphically display report results by adding your choice of over 80
different types of charts or represent the data relationships between
regions with geographic mapping. Interactively zoom in, drill down or
alter charts and maps to examine items of interest with an interactive
analysis window and new map lens.
OLAP / Cross-tabs Report Expert
18 predefined grid styles and more control over grid layout, formatting,
mapping and charting, including the ability to conditionally format
individual rows or columns.
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