Replace Crystal Reports with a more user friendly interface

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  • May 18 2012
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  • Denise Kelley commented
    December 12, 2019 19:33

    Don't ever take away the flexibility we have with CR, please. But add more fields to the export options!

  • Veronica Williams commented
    April 04, 2019 02:06

    Crystal Reports is a fine tool.  Leave it as part of RE.  

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    would be helpful

  • Dave DeBoer commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Personally I would settle for just updating the compatability of the system to more recent versions of Crystal. Something made in the last 5 years would be nice. I think the program has gotten more User friendly in recent iterations, but you can't use them to make reports that everyone can access in RE.

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Yes, an update would be good but I suspect Crystal is just reflecting the complexity of database report writing. What would be useful for me is the ability to link directly with RE stored queries.

  • Randall McLeod commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Definitely something more recent such as BusinessObjects, which SAP also makes.

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    I like Crystal Reports

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Crystal reports is a great piece of software, Business Objects, SSRS and most other good report writing software are just as tricky to get the hang of - and in some cases a lot harder and less user friendly.

    If this is something BB were to stop supporting then this could cause a lot of people problems - I personally have designed reports that have taken me 10 hours plus.... I don't really have the motivation to redesign these using another software package.

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Keep Crystal Reports but add another option. Also - if you are proficient in Access, you can create reports, etc with RE data.

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    Jet Reports is a great reporting tool.

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    I like Crystal but it would be nice to have a newer version

  • Guest commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    I heard that Data Driven from O-Matic is also another good product to use instead of Crystal Reports.

  • Anonymous commented
    March 17, 2016 23:03

    I like Crystal Reports and the RE support has been great. I would like to see the Custom Report screen updated to include Query (used in Export) and Notes.