Talk:Crystal Decisions

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 * Crystal Decisions is the automation-module, to allow unattended retrieval of reports.


 * It works with either the stand-alone, Crystal Reports application, and may also work with the server-based, Crystal Enterprise module.
 * The report generator appears to use objects for layout, making form design & editing far more complex than those used in the late 1980s, such as Nutshell, PC Tools Deluxe, or DBASE IV.
 * The report generator appears to use objects for layout, making form design & editing far more complex than those used in the late 1980s, such as Nutshell, PC Tools Deluxe, or DBASE IV.

This text makes absolute no sense:


 * The name of the company was Crystal Decisions. There is none (and never was) any product with the name Crystal Decisions.
 * There is no such a thing as "automation-module"
 * The comparison with Nutshell and DBase makes no sense


 * As for retrieval or reports, all that I can add is that Crystal Reports is the tool to design reports, and populate it with data on-demand. The Crystal Enterprise platforms allows the publication of reports. Once published, any data from the report is stripped, and the report can then be schedule to run daily, monthly, etc. The results of these runs are saved as "instances" (and these instances do contain data). So the you can go back and check, for example, the report of sales for the last quarter. Reports published on Crystal Enterprise can also be automaticaly delivered outside the Crystal Enterprise platform to, say, email addresses, ftp, directories on disk volumes, etc.

And finally, any informaiton on Crystal Reports or Crystal Enterprise that goes beyond a brief introduction or background about the product should really go in their respective articles.

--Pinnecco 17:38, 20 December 2005 (UTC)