Key Reasons to Upgrade to Version 10
Crystal Reports 10 extends the significant feature set introduced in version 9 to deliver the most stable and proven release ever. It includes several new features for greater productivity and ease of use across all elements of the reporting process. For current customers, this release includes hundreds of improvements, enhancements, and hotfixes based on your feedback. Tighter integration with Crystal Enterprise is also a key focus area for version 10.
Report Design
Crystal Reports 10 provides several new designer enhancements for increased flexibility and control over how data is presented.
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Format painter.
Save time formatting reports. The format painter
allows you to copy full formatting options between
objects through a single click. You no longer have
to apply colors, formatting, and font styles as
single operations.
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Funnel charts.
Meet the presentation requirements of your customer
relationship management (CRM) applications. The new
funnel chart type offers a compelling way to display
data that adds up to a 100% total—for example, you
can present sales data in a funnel chart for easier
sales pipeline analysis.
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Repository explorer.
Simplify report object sharing among multiple report
designers. The enhanced repository explorer toolbar
now provides searching and filtering based on object
type and/or text value. You can also add tool tips
to repository objects for easier identification.
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Asymmetric reporting.
Provide a customized view of OLAP grids. With
asymmetric reporting, you can hide specific
dimensions of data so that end users only see
relevant and valuable data.
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Horizontal page numbers.
Add horizontal page numbers to your reports. A
special field is now available for easily adding
page numbers to cross tabs.
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Managed repository.
Crystal Reports 10—with Crystal Enterprise—can help
report designers achieve greater efficiencies in the
report design and maintenance process. The
repository—a central location for storing, sharing,
and updating common report objects—is now a managed
feature in Crystal Enterprise*. Organizations can
now create a managed system for report design and
maintenance. Repository objects can be secured and
shared through Crystal Enterprise and are made
available through the Crystal Reports designer. A
migration utility is also included for easy
transition from the version 9 Repository to the new
managed repository.
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*An introductory offer of Crystal Enterprise is included in select editions of Crystal Reports.
Report Viewing and Interaction
Crystal Reports 10 provides information consumers with more options to view, print, and export reports.
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Excel export.
Maintain control over Excel exporting. Crystal
Reports 10 introduces greater flexibility in
exporting fully formatted reports to Microsoft
Excel. For example, users can now select to export
all or some of page headers/footers and choose
whether to display gridlines or not.
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Enhanced printing from DHTML
viewer. Allow end
users to print reports from the DHTML viewer with
just one click. Crystal Reports 10 includes an
updated DHTML report viewer control that simplifies
the printing process and removes the need to export
to PDF.
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Server-side printing for
Windows and .NET applications.
Print reports from any Windows machine. Using the
Crystal Enterprise Embedded Edition— included in
Crystal Reports 10 Advanced Developer Edition—you
can enable server side printing.
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Application Integration and Deployment
Crystal Reports 10 simplifies the process and reduces the amount of code required to ingrate dynamic information into .NET, Java, and COM web applications. With version 10, Business Objects also strengthens its commitment to cross-platform development through the addition of several new features and an easier migration path to Crystal Enterprise.
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100% Java reporting
component. Use
Crystal Reports with your J2EE applications. Crystal
Reports 10 introduces a 100% Java version of the
powerful Crystal Reports reporting engine. This new
reporting component helps you take full advantage of
Java, including portability across operating systems
and hardware platforms. It delivers a fast, codeless
way for developers to connect to data and to design
dynamic reports for easy integration into Java
Server Pages. The Java Reporting Component is also
integrated with popular Integrated Development
Environments including Borland JBuilder X and BEA
WebLogic Workshop.
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Simplified .NET merge
modules. Easily
deploy your .NET applications. Crystal Reports 10
reduces the number of merge modules required for
easier deployment of .NET applications. Four core
merge modules can be used to address eight specific
deployment scenarios for windows applications, asp
.NET applications, and web service applications.
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Simplified report application
server APIs. Write
less code when implementing common functionality. In
Crystal Reports 10 Advanced Developer Edition, the
amount of code required to complete the most common
developer tasks—using the Report Application
Server—has been significantly reduced for an easier
integration process. Simplified tasks include
setting parameters, logon, and printing.
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Custom Java tag library.
Reduce the amount of coding required to integrate
reports into JSP pages. Crystal Reports 10
introduces a custom JSP tag library that can
dramatically reduce the amount of code required to
integrate reporting into Java applications. Using
custom JSP tags, developers can now easily add a
customized viewer to their web applications.
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.NET to Crystal Enterprise
upgrade. Easily
upgrade your .NET application to Crystal Enterprise.
Crystal Reports 10 introduces a seamless upgrade
solution to enable applications built using the .NET
reporting components bundled in Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET, Borland C#Builder, or in Crystal
Reports 9/10 to access Crystal Enterprise and the
Report Application Server. With minimal coding, .NET
developers can now take advantage of the benefits of
a standalone report processing server. This also
enables an easy future upgrade to other Crystal
Enterprise editions.
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.NET WebForm viewer
enhancements.
Increase the impact of your .NET report viewers. The
usability, consistency, and customizability of the
.NET WebForm Viewers have been enhanced for greater
development flexibility. For example, you can now
change the font style and colors of the webform
group tree levels on a viewer-by-viewer basis in the
Visual Studio .NET designer.
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Dataset performance
improvements for .NET.
Improve processing performance and reduce memory
usage with the Crystal Reports enhanced in-memory
dataset processing.
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New samples and
documentation. Get up
to speed quickly. Crystal Reports 10 introduces more
than 50 new and updated sample applications plus
completely revised documentation for Crystal Reports
and Crystal Enterprise Embedded (formerly RAS). New
samples include report previewing, exporting to PDF,
setting parameters, and setting database logons.
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*Note – Features listed above vary by edition