OverviewThis is the Safari online edition of the printed book.
CRYSTAL REPORTS® 2008
OFFICIAL GUIDE
Whether you're a DBA, data warehousing
or business intelligence professional,
reporting specialist, or developer, this book has the answers you
need. Through
hands-on examples, you'll systematically master Crystal
Reports and Xcelsius
2008's most powerful features for creating, distributing, and
delivering content.
One step at a time, long-time Crystal Reports insiders take you
from the basics
through advanced content creation and delivery using Xcelsius,
Crystal Reports
Server, crystalreports.com, and the offline Crystal Reports
Viewer.
Every significant enhancement introduced in
Crystal Reports 2008 is covered, including its new visualization
options and more robust Web services capabilities. The book
concludes by showing how to use Crystal Reports' powerful
.NET and Java SDKs to customize and extend enterprise reporting in
virtually unlimited ways.
• Learn hands-on, through step-by-step
examples and exercises–and discover tips and tricks proven in
real-world enterprise environments
• Master new
Crystal Reports 2008 features, including interactive report
viewing, Xcelsius dashboarding, Flex, and Flash integration, Report
Designer improvements, report bursting, and more
• Publish
professional-quality reports against virtually any data source,
including relational and OLAP databases, Universes, SAP,
PeopleSoft, JavaBeans, .NET/COM objects, XML, and more
• Discover advanced
visualization techniques using Xcelsius, charts, and maps
• Learn methods for
distributing reports and integrating content into other
applications
•
Learn about the latest reporting addition to the Business Objects
family–Xcelsius and begin creating dynamic and interactive
dashboards
NEIL FITZGERALD has spent several years
working at Business Objects and with one of Business Objects'
largest providers of custom BI and enterprise reporting
solutions.
BOB COATES currently works as a Sales
Consultant for Business Objects, an SAP company, where he has been
employed for more than eleven years.
RYAN GOODMAN is the founder of Centigon
Solutions, Inc., and remains one of the top Xcelsius experts and
evangelists in the world.
MICHAEL VOLOSHKO is a senior presales
consultant for the financial services team at Business Objects.
ON THE WEB
Find all this and more at
informit.com/sams:
• Java and .NET sample reports and code
samples for all examples in the book
• Bonus chapters, tips, tricks, and links
to great reporting resources
CATEGORY: Database
COVERS: Crystal Reports 2008, Crystal
Reports Server 2008,
Crystal Reports Viewer, crystalreports.com,
Xcelsius 2008
USER LEVEL: Beginning–Intermediate
informit.com/sams
