Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)

pstrongYour One-Stop Guide to Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports 2008/strong/ppTransform disconnected corporate data into compelling, interactive business intelligence using all of the powerful tools available in Crystal Reports 2008. Through detailed explanations, real-world examples, and expert advice, this comprehensive guide shows you how to create, maintain, and distribute dynamic, visually appealing enterprise database reports./ppemCrystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference/em explains how to select and gather pertinent business data, organize it into manageable groups, and assemble it into user-friendly business reports. You will learn how to improve report interactivity with sort controls and the parameter panel; solve complex reporting problems with cross-tabs and subreports; integrate Crystal Xcelsius dashboards; reduce development time; and publish your results to Web and Windows applications./pullidivIntegrate pictures, multimedia files, graphs, and charts/div/liliAllow user-controlled report sorting with new sort controls/liliDevelop sophisticated formulas and custom functions with the Formula Workshop/liliEmbed Flash files, including Xcelsius 2008 interactive dashboards/lilidivCreate complex cross-tab reports with new derived rows and columns /div/liliExport reports into Word, Excel, Acrobat, and updated XML formats/liliEnhance Web interactivity with the new parameter panel and optional parameter fields/lilidivWork with SQL databases, OLAP cubes, and proprietary systems/div/liliCentralize design elements and auto-update reports using the repository/liliSchedule and distribute reports with the latest BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0/lilidivEmbed reports in Web and Windows applications using Visual Studio 2008/div/li/ul