The authorized guide to the latest edition of the #1 business intelligence software product - Crystal Reports. More than 16 million licenses of Crystal Reports have been shipped to date.  This book is a reference designed to provide hands-on guidance for the latest release of the product suite. The latest version of Crystal Reports and the Business Objects enterprise reporting suite delivers vast product enhancements and a tighter integration that will drive upgrades from licensees. Brand new features (e.g. Dynamic and Cascading Parameter Generation) will also appeal to new audiences. Over 1 million new Business Intelligence licensees will be migrating to the Crystal Enterprise Reporting platform, as this is the first release of the software with the existing Business Objects (BO) products being integrated into the Crystal infrastructure. As Business Objects insiders, the authors bring unique and valuable real-world perspectives on implementations and uses of the Crystal Reports product. The book also includes content, tutorials and samples for reporting within the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and J2EE development environments and also on top of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and the Peoplesoft platform. Advanced content on report distribution and integration into the secured managed reporting solution known as Business Objects Enterprise XI, is also now included in this definitive user guide with coverage on the new Web Services SDK.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 6 Ratings

Good book for learning and reference. - 2007-03-22
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I found this book to be an outstanding tool for learning Crystal Report. It's an easy read and has many easy and relevant examples.

Furthermore, since this is my first few weeks of using BOXI, I find myself referencing this book a lot. So far I have not been disappointed!

Solid For Novice/Intermediate Users - 2007-12-07
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This text presents a thorough look at every facet of Crystal Report creation. It is very helpful for beginning and intermediate users. However, for more experienced users the authors fail to provide a useful summary of the built-in functions which are heavily used for manipulating the reports.

Good book - 2008-04-13
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This is a valuable book for learning and using Crystal Reports. I found lots of useful information in it. The explanations are clear and practical.

However, be aware that about half the book is on other topics than creating reports - such as Crystal Reports Server, BusinessObjects Enterprise, etc.

Similar to Using Bo Crystla reports xi - 2008-07-03
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This book is same as Using Business Objects Crystal reports XI.No CD available.The book presents topics with examples and not just an explanation of features like the (The Complete reference Crystal reports XI).One who is planning to buy (Using Business Objects Crystal reports XI) which is now very costly.Can manage with this book.

Not Very Useful - 2009-10-24
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I'm returning it. The index is missing many items mentioned in the book.

It assumes you already know about many procedures. Example: I tried to find out about declaring and using global variables in Crystal Reports. Nothing. It tells you where to use them, but not how!

If you already know a lot about Crystal Reports then this may be okay for you. That's the only reason I gave it two stars and not one star.

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