Mastering Crystal Reports 9

Overview

So far we have seen that Crystal Reports is a very capable report-writing tool and can be used in web or Windows applications. Crystal Reports is used as the basis for Crystal Enterprise, a web-based application that manages Crystal Reports, allowing you to schedule, archive, and distribute reports to your organization.

Business Question: I have many reports and users. I need to manage and distribute the reports. I also need to administer the system. How can I do this with Crystal Reports?

Featured in this chapter:

• Examining the Enterprise Report solutions offered by Crystal Decisions

• Installing Crystal Enterprise

• Exploring the architecture of Crystal Enterprise

• Expanding Crystal Enterprise to handle a large user base