User`s guide

Introduction to SAP Crystal Reports 2011
1.1 About Crystal Reports
SAP Crystal Reports 2011 (Crystal Reports) is designed to work with your database to help you analyze
and interpret important information. Crystal Reports makes it easy to create simple reports, and, it also
has the comprehensive tools you need to produce complex or specialized reports.
Create any report you can imagine
Crystal Reports is designed to produce the report you want from virtually any data source. Built-in report
experts guide you step by step through building reports and completing common reporting tasks.
Formulas, cross-tabs, subreports, and conditional formatting help make sense of data and uncover
important relationships that might otherwise be hidden. Geographic maps and graphs communicate
information visually when words and numbers are simply not enough.
Extend reporting to the Web
The flexibility of Crystal Reports doesn't end with creating reports — your reports can be published in
a variety of formats including Microsoft Word and Excel, E-mail and even over the Web. Advanced Web
reporting lets other members of your workgroup view and update shared reports inside their web browser.
Incorporate reports into applications
Application and web developers can save time and meet their users needs by integrating the report
processing power of Crystal Reports into their database applications. Support for most popular
development languages makes it easy to add reporting to any application.
Whether it's the web master in IT, the promotion manager in marketing, the database administrator in
finance or the CEO, Crystal Reports is a powerful tool designed to help everyone analyze and interpret
the information that's important to them.
1.2 About the Crystal Reports documentation
The Crystal Reports documentation includes procedures for typical reporting tasks such as placing
fields, formatting reports, and sorting records. It also contains information on more specific areas of
interest such as advanced formula creation and accessing different types of data. Use the documentation
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Introduction to SAP Crystal Reports 2011