Crystal XIr2 for TotalHR 4.3Session - 403

Presented By

Bob Archer

About Me

• Bob Archer

• Principal Architect

• 12 years with Infor– 9 years exclusively TotalHR– THR 5 to TotalHR SQL 4.3

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with Crystal 9 Designer

• Familiarity with the TotalHR database

Agenda

• Discuss what’s new in Crystal XIr2 (v11.5) since Crystal 9.

• Demo some of the more exciting features you are likely to use.

What’s New?

• Format Painter (10)• Managed navigation (10)• Excel exporting (10)• Dynamic and Cascading Prompts (11)• Export to RTF (11)• Dynamic Image Location (11)

What’s New?

• Drag-and-Drop Charting and Cross Tabs (11)

• Dependency Checker (11)• Designer Improvements (11)• Report Export Configuration (11)• Hierarchical Grouping (11)

What’s “r2” About?

• Crystal XI Release 2 (Version 11.5)• Crystal Reports XI Release 2 is an updated software

build designed specifically for developers upgrading from the bundled Crystal Reports software in Visual Studio 2005. It includes an updated .NET engine that is compatible with Visual Studio 2005 and a variety of new features for Visual Studio 2005 users.

• Version of the RDC shipped with TotalHR 4.3

Demo

Let’s look at some of these features in action.

Summary

• Full feature matrix: htttp://www.businessobjects.com/global/pdf/products/crystalreports/crxi_feat_ver_ed.pdf

• TotalHR 4.3 ships with Crystal 11.5 version of the RDC

• Crystal 11 is backward compatible to 9.

Questions

• Any Questions?