Report Distribution

[Dissh]

Hello,

I regularly create reports in Crystal XI and export them as pdf files. Instead of this, I would like to publish them on our intranet so that anyone can access it anytime and can also utilise features such as Drill-down.

Please can anyone guide how to go about doing this? I have some experience in using IIS and believe there is a HTML feature in Crystal XL which I can benefit from.

Many Thanks,
Meghna

 

[synapsevampire]

You could export to HTML if that's what you mean.

For scheduled distribution you can use Crystal Enterprise, now known as BOE, or you might use a 3rd party product to do so, some of which can even publish reports to PDF with bookmarks (for instance Visual Cut):

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

-k

 

[jbecker614]

I think that you have a few options for this.

1. You can use Visual Cut as synapsevampire stated. It is a really good product, some of my clients are using it. It will schedule reports to be run and exported to PDF.

http://www.milletsoftware.com

2. With Crystal Reports XI you have a basic subsciption to Crystalreports.com. If you just want to post reports there to be read with drill down features.

http://www.crystalreports.com

3. You can also look into RePORTAL which can allow you to reaview live reports via a web or intranet.

http://www.shahrabani.com/

 

[MJRBIM]

Also, the EXPORT to PDF function under Crystal Reports XI now includes an option to create PDF-bookmarks at the Group Levels so that the PDFs can be navigated in a similar fashion to the Group-Tree in the Crystal Viewer.

That might be the easiest solution for you to try first...