Introduction

For many Crystal Report creators, there has not been a good way to distribute your reports without additional programming. You can programmatically export to PDF then in your program email it or use BusinessObjects Enterprise to set up your report to a distribution list using a particular format. Now there is a free viewer called the Crystal Viewer that you can utilize to allow others without a version of Crystal Reports to view your report. The beauty of this viewer is how you can use many of the natural features inherent in Crystal for other users.


System Requirements

- Crystal Reports XI
- SQL Server 2005


How to distribute Crystal Viewer?

Giving your consumers immediate access to Crystal Reports Viewer XI is fast and easy. You can send the link to download the viewer to your consumer in an email or on the web page displaying the viewer. So let us say you email a sales report every week as an email attachment. In the body of that report place the link to http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/viewer/en/download.asp with some text saying something to the effect of "If you cannot view this report, follow the instructions from this link to download the viewer."

This allows consumers to access the viewer enabling them to explore the report information interactively on their desktops both on and offline.

CRYSTAL REPORT 2008 WEB HOSTING

Crystal Reports 2008 is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. It enables end users to consume reports with stunning visualizations, conduct on-report business modeling, and execute decisions instantly from the report itself—reducing dependency on IT and developers.


CRYSTAL REPORT 2008 DEMONSTRATIONS

ASPHostCentral.com provides a demonstration or showcase of Crystal Report 2008 to all our customers. This demonstration is to show that we are able to host Crystal Report 2008, Crystal Viewer and other underlying Crystal Report components. The demonstration of Crystal Report can be found at: http://crystalreportdemo.asphostcentral.com/


CRYSTAL REPORT 2008 ADVANTAGE

Get a clearer view of your business performance with our industry-leading report designer and visualization combined solution. You'll be able to create highly formatted reports with what-if scenario models, interactive dashboards and charts—and deliver them via the web, email, Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, or embedded in enterprise applications. Crystal Reports 2008 Visual Advantage is a bundled product that includes Crystal Reports 2008 and Xcelsius Engage


CRYSTAL REPORT 2008 HOSTING FEATURES

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- Cost - Minimize your IT and developer effort with interactive reports
- Usability - Empower your users to make better operational and strategic decisions


CRYSTAL REPORT 2008 WEB HOSTING WITH ASPHOSTCENTRAL

ASPHostCentral proudly presents the opportunity to everyone to embrace the latest technology from Crystal Report. By just paying a small amount, one-time setup fee of $25.00, a customer can setup his own Crystal Report environment on our server. As our promise to always deliver the top-notch, cutting-edge technology to everyone, we always keep our system up-to-date with the newest and latest technology.

New Customer - You can start from as low as $4.99/month to host your first Crystal Report portal
Existing Customer - For all existing customers, you just need to make sure that you have one new, fresh MSSQL database available for the installation. If your currently do not have one, you have the option to purchase the MSSQL addon