Crystal Reports XI


   Powerful Data Access and Report Design


Business Views

Access to Business Views eliminates the hassles associated with manually moving reports from development to production.

BusinessObjects Universes
Connect to BusinessObjects™ Enterprise universes, a powerful semantic layer that masks the complexity of the data, so that new or less experienced users can still understand the data.

Updated Drivers
Crystal Reports XML, JDBC, IBM DB2 and Exchange data drivers have been updated to give you an incredible range of data access options.

Dynamic Image Location
Pictures and graphics can now be placed in a report through a link in the database so that it is no longer necessary to store images within the database. This supports the common practice of storing images on the web server and storing references to those images in the database.

Updated Visual Report Designer
Use the updated point-and-click designer to create reports and alleviate intensive coding.

Intelligent Charting
New drag and drop charting and cross-tabs allow for intelligent charting. Variables are approximated when a chart is dropped into a section. Chart design is now faster and easier because charts will be updated automatically when new variables are added.

Hierarchical Grouping
Layout control is enhanced so that users can create their reports in a hierarchical, rather than just a relational manner. This provides a better fit for organizational charts and summary reports.