SAP Crystal Reports 2011, Win software manual

Crystal Reports 2011, Win <b>Create visually stunning, data-rich reports with ease – with SAP Crystal Reports</b>
Turn information from almost any data source into a sophisticated, interactive report – with our market-leading report design software, SAP Crystal Reports. This powerful, user friendly application can help you deliver key insights for smarter operational and strategic decision making.
Design formatted reports with Flash integration, interactive charts, and flexible export options.
Deliver reports via the Web, email, Microsoft Office, or embedded in applications.
Empower end users to explore reports with on-report sorting and parameters.
Minimize ongoing IT and developer involvement with interactive reports.

<b>Intuitive Design Environment</b>
Design elegant reports quickly using a "what you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) layout that offers popular design, integration and deployment options.
- Use rich design tools to create the precise report layouts you need;
- Reduce tedious report formatting efforts with templates and wizards;
- Set parmeter values and get results without refreshing data;
- Explore results interactively with on-report sorting and filtering;
- Set sorting, and formatting to match the local language customs.

<b>Design Acceleration Features</b>
Reduce report design time with features such as global formula search, duplicate formula, duplicate running total, a "find-in-field" explorer, and more.
- Automatically create hyperlinks with the hyperlink wizard;
- Generate barcodes quickly with a "turn to barcode" function;
- Set report parameters and apply values from a single, easy-to-use parameter panel.

<b>Powerful Data Mashups</b>
Extend report design with powerful, integrated components – such as dynamic charts, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex and SAP Crystal Dashboard Design visulizations.
- Be more productive with enhanced designer features;
- Add dynamic charts, graphics, and videos to reports with Adobe Flash;
- Visualize what-if scenarios with SAP Crystal Dashboard Design integration;
- Execute business decisions within reports by embedding Adobe Flex.

<b>Comprehensive Deployment Options</b>
Deploy and share reports in multiple ways - such as data driven publishing, new data access, comprehensive export options and application development kits.
- Burst personalized reports to thousands of recipients with data driven publishing;
- Access interactive data over the Web with enhanced Web services data drivers;
- Gain easy access to complete customer data with the salesforce.com driver;
- Integrate reports quickly into business processes with improved XML exporting;
- Add, change or create new report objects at runtime with new SDK options.