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Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application, marketed to small and medium businesses^[1] by SAP SE.

History[edit]

Terry Cunningham and the Cunningham Group originated the software in 1991.^[2] Crystal Services Inc. marketed the product^[3] (originally called 'Quik Reports') when they couldn't find a suitable commercial report writer for their accounting software.^{[citation needed]} After producing versions 1.0 through 3.0, Crystal Services was acquired by Seagate Technology in 1994.^[4] Crystal Services was combined with Holistic Systems to form the Information Management Group of Seagate Software, which later rebranded as Crystal Decisions and produced versions 4.0 through 9.0. Crystal Decisions was acquired in December 2003 by BusinessObjects, which produced versions 10, 11 (XI) and version 12 (2008).

SAP acquired BusinessObjects on October 8, 2007 and released Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14) on May 3, 2011. The latest version released is Crystal Reports 2016 (version 14.2.x) on March 8, 2016.

The file extension for Crystal Reports' proprietary file format is .rpt. The design file can be saved without data, or with data for later viewing or sharing. Introduced with the release of Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14.0), the read-only .rptr file extension option allows for viewing, but cannot be modified once exported.^[5]

Several other applications, including Microsoft Visual Studio versions 2003 through 2008, and Borland Delphi, at one time bundled an OEM version of Crystal Reports as a general purpose reporting tool.^[6] Microsoft discontinued this practice and later released their own competing reporting tool, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).^{[7][verification needed]}

Versions and editions[edit]

• A=Advanced Developer, D=Developer, P=Professional, S=Standard^[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Crystal Reports small business marketing website
2. ^'Meet the Team'. Indicee. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-11. That's what initially motivated his family business, The Cunningham Group, and his brother Terry to begin building… Crystal Reports in 1991.
3. ^'Crystal Reports links dBASE and Paradox data'. Data Based Advisor. Access my library. September 1, 1992. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Crystal Services says that they will address both the installation problem and the documentation omission in the new version. …Crystal Reports is being marketed by them and Borland International…
4. ^'Seagate to acquire Crystal Services'. San Jose Mercury News. News bank. 1994-05-11. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
5. ^'Crystal Reports family of offerings. Features by edition comparison chart'(PDF). SAP. 2019.
6. ^Peck, George (2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 566. ISBN978-0-07-159098-3. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Not only was Crystal Reports bundled with earlier versions of Visual Basic…, but every Professional or higher version of VS.NET, up to and including Visual Studio 2008, includes an option to install Crystal Reports as well…
7. ^'Support for Crystal Reports for Visual Studio'. Support (knowledge base). Microsoft.
8. ^Short history and resources for Crystal Reports Software Developer Kits (SDK)
9. ^'Crystal Reports family of offerings. Features by edition comparison chart'(PDF). SAP. 2019.

Bibliography[edit]

• G. Taylor, Allen (June 3, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies (1st ed.). For Dummies. p. 396. ISBN0-470-29077-3.
• Peck, George (June 19, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. p. 968. ISBN0-07-159098-6.
• McCoy, Cate; Maric, Gord (2002). Mastering Crystal Reports 9 (1st ed.). Sybex. p. 639. ISBN0-7821-4173-0.

External links[edit]

One of the most valuable features of Web-based content is the capability to quickly move between pages by using hyperlinks. By clicking a hyperlink associated with a word, a phrase, or an image, you can instantly display a new page that provides more detail.

Crystal Reports enables you to add hyperlinks to your reports without your having to become a HTML scripter. Here’s how to do it:

1. In your report, select the object that you want to turn into a hyperlink and then click the Insert Hyperlink icon on the Expert Tools toolbar. (Or right-click the selected object and choose Format Field.)

The Hyperlink tab of Format Editor appears. If the Hyperlink icon on the Expert Tools toolbar appears dimmed, you can’t use the object you selected as a hyperlink.

2. Select the type of hyperlink that you want.

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3. To link to a Web site, type a Web site address in the Hyperlink Information box.

4. Click OK.

You can link to several places other than Web sites. Here’s a brief description of the options available:

• No Hyperlink: Removes a hyperlink from the selected object.

• A Website on the Internet: Links to a Web site.

• Current Website Field Value: Select this when you want to link to the URL contained as a value in the selected object. This option appears dimmed if no URL is contained as a value in the selected object.

• An E-mail Address: Enables users to send e-mail messages to a recipient that you specify.

• A File: Links to a file on the user’s computer.

• Current E-mail Field Value: Select this when you want to send an e-mail message to the address contained as a value in the selected object. This option appears dimmed if no address is contained as a value in the selected object.

• Report Part Drilldown: Specifies which detail object is displayed when the user drills down on a report part. (Report parts are explained in the next section.) This type of hyperlink works only with DHTML viewers such as Internet Explorer 4.0 and above or Netscape Navigator 4.72 and above.

• Another Report Object: Links directly to the object that the user specifies. The destination object may be in this report or in another report. Details are up next.

To link to a Web site on the Internet, follow these steps:

1. Open the source report and select the object that you want as the originator of the hyperlink.

2. Click the Insert Hyperlink icon.

The Hyperlink tab of Format Editor appears.

3. In the Hyperlink Type area, select A Website on the Internet.

4. In the Hyperlink Information area, fill in the URL of the Web site to which you want to link.

5. Click OK to establish the link.

Now when the cursor hovers over the source object, it turns into the hyperlink hand. Clicking the source object launches your default browser and displays the target Web site.