Report Miner Suite

Extract

Report Miner Extract provides documentation of all report design elements in either plain text or Microsoft Word format. The documentation includes object size (the height and width of each element on the report), object position (X and Y coordinates) and a sample layout allowing the information to be understood visually. You can control the data extracted (for example, you can exclude the table column listings from the export listing).

Download sample documentation created by Extract in Word format.

Download sample documentation created by Extract in text format.

Extract

Sample Report Layout included in Extract documentation.

Key Features

Develops complete documentation for your Crystal Reports
Creates a report layout in Microsoft Word showing your .rpt file layout visually
Produces presentation quality documentation in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Document format.
Can be used with RptDiff to find version differences between reports for version control
Allows customization of output file to standardize how your documentation looks
Allows batch documentation, saving you hours of time.

Report Summary Information

Title
Author
Keywords
Template
Crystal Reports Version

Report Statistics

Last Saved By
Revision Number
Total Edit Time
Last Printed
Created
Last Saved

Report Options

Convert date-time to
Preview pages start with
Convert null field value
Translate DOS strings
Translate DOS memos
Save data with report
Save summaries with report
Suppress printing if no records
Show all headers on drill down
Use indexes on server for speed
More report engine error messages
Case-insensitive SQL data
Select distinct data for browsing
Perform query asynchronously
Create group tree
Cartesian Product

User Formulas

Name
Definition

Group Formulas

Name
Field
Print on (Dates only)
Order
Customized group field name
Keep group together
Repeat Group Header on Each Page

DataBases

Table
Alias
Location
Driver
Column Count
Column Length
Column Name
Column Type
Type
User ID
Table Type

Parameter

Allow Multiple
Data Type
Default Display
Default Order
Default Order Based on
Edit Mask
Limit Length
Max Length
Min Length
Name
Prompt Text
Value Type

Sections

Height
Free Form Placement
Hide
Suppress
Print at Bottom of Page
New Page Before
New Page After
Reset Page Number After
Keep Together
Suppress Blank Section
Underlay Following Sections
Background Color

Font Properties

Font Color
Font Name
Font Size
Font Strikeout
Font Style
Font Underline

Border Properties

Background Color
Border Color
Bottom Style
Top Style
Left Style
Right Style
Drop Shadow
Tight Horizontal
Use Background Color

Common Properties for all Objects

Height
Width
Left
Top
Can Grow
Close Border on Page Break
Horizontal Alignment
Keep Together
Max Lines
Suppress
Suppress Embedded
Suppress if duplicated
Tool Tip Text

Sort Field

Direction
Field Name

Text Object

Text
Common Properties
Font Properties
Text Rotation
Border Properties

Box Object

Common Properties
Close Border
Extend to Bottom of Section
Fill Color
Rounded (Boolean only)

Cross Tab

Common Properties
Column Totals on Left
Column Background Color
Column Height
Column Name
Column Width
All Gridline Colors
All Gridline Widths
All Gridline Names
All Gridline Visibilities
All Gridline Grand Total Only Options
Keep Columns Together
Repeat Row Labels
Row Background Color
Row Height
Row Name
Row Width
Row Totals on Top
Show Cell Margins
Show Grid
Sum Field Height
Sum Field Name
Sum Field Width
Sum Field Type
Suppress Col Grand Totals
Suppress Empty Columns
Suppress Empty Rows
Suppress Row Grand Total
Border Properties

Field Object

Common Properties
Border Properties
Font Properties
Format Boolean Text
Accounting Format
Allow Field Clipping
AM PM Position
AM Symbol
Boolean Text
Currency Per Page
Currency Position
Currency Symbol
First Date Separator
Date Separator Prefix
Second Date Separator
Date Separator Suffix
Date Time Order
Date Time Separator
Data Type
Day Format
Decimals
Decimal Separator
Display Currency Symbol
Day of Week Enclosed
Day of Week End
Day of Week Position
Day of Week Separator
Day of Week Type
Day of Week Period Type
Era Period Type
Hour Format
Hour Minute Separator
Hyperlink Location
Hyperlink Type
Leading Zero
Min/Sec Separator
Minute Format
Month Format
Negatives
Order
PM Symbol
Reverse Sign
Round
Second Format
Show Zero As
Suppress if Zero
Thousands Separator
Time 12/24
Use Windows Format
Year Format

Graph Object

All properties and options except Summary field for non Detail graphs

Line Object

Common Properties
Move to Bottom

OLE Object

Common
Border

Sub-Report Object

All fields included in Primary Report

Extract Benefits

Provides electronic and/or hard copy documentation on report design content and visual report layout.
Provides a text file that can be saved and then compared to earlier Extract files to identify and analyze report file differences. Note that the RptDiff utility directly compares any two report files and does not require an intermediate file.

Using Extract

Select the Crystal Report files to be mined.

Select Report

Set the report design elements to be mined and the preferred output formatting.

Select options

Options

Click the "Create Extract" button to start the mining process.

Start the mining process