Crystal Reports XI


   Enhanced Productivity and Maintenance


Dynamic and Cascading Prompts
Report prompts can be based on dynamic values. This means that report designers no longer have to maintain static prompt value lists within individual reports. Instead, they can reuse existing prompts stored in the repository.

HTML Preview
The iterative report design/view process is streamlined, with a new HTML preview that allows report authors to see how reports will look when published to the web.

Editable RTF Format
This new feature is ideal for report export editing. It delivers reports to end users in a new RTF format, so they can easily make their own document modifications.

Report Export Configuration
The report designer can save report export configuration information within the report itself so that the end user forgoes the time and trouble of reconfiguring the export each time a report is run.

Repository Explorer
Navigation within the BusinessObjects Enterprise system is easier. The user can to share reporting components with other users within the Crystal Reports Designer.

Workbench
The workbench keeps projects organized allowing report designers to group reports according to preference.

Dependency Checker
With the new dependency checker, report authors can quickly find broken links, formula errors, and dependency issues. This greatly reduces the time spent on QA.