Crystal Schedulers -- your experiences?

[misbrandy]

We're using Crystal v10. We are quickly approaching the point where we need a scheduler. I'm looking for something that with the press of one button (after closing complete) a whole series of reports can run and either print or be emailed. They are all parameter-driven reports, but are typically based on date ranges. The bursting option would be nice, but not necessary if it costs a lot more or does not include other benefits. We are a small-medium sized business and need scheduling capability for 2-8 people.

I've been looking into economy packages such as:
the inexpensive products:
- the free Crystal Delivery by Groff Automation, and
- the inexpensive Easy View by Easy Street Software,
and the moderately priced:
- Visual Cut, and
- Report Scheduler Pro by Crystal Desk,
and the expensive:
-Crystal Report Distributor by Christian Steven.

Your experiences and suggestions on any of these or other scheduler products is much appreciated!

 

[Harki06]

If you have Crystal Enterprise 10, the Scheduling feature is very good. You can schedule your reports for parameters, dates, different formats and also emailed or ftp to a server. I really use it and like it a lot.

 

[misbrandy]

Good point! Unfortunately, we don not have Crystal Enterprise, only Crystal Reports 10 (I should have made that clear!)

 

[Harki06]

I don't know about the other products. All the Best in your search.

 

[dgillz]

I don't have any experience with any of these products except Visual CUT, which is a great product. Only $300 so that is emminently affordable as well.

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