Crystal Reports Review
November 22, 2013
Crystal Reports Review
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio v13.0.1
Overall Satisfaction
- Crystal Reports gives users an option to connect to different data sources. The wizard provided to configure your connections is also easy to use and maintain.
- Subreports functionality within Crystal Reports is awesome. It helps the user to breakdown the report into multiple subreports and hence makes the overall report easier to develop. Each subreport can be part of multiple main reports which increases efficiency.
- Formulas - user can use the built-in formulas or create a new one according to needs. Different flags and indicators can be constructed using these formulas. This allows the reports to be flexible and robust.
- While IT pros can help you create excellent reports, the whole idea of figuring out how to create a report yourself can be a painful process. While user can create customizable reports, getting there can be a burdensome process. There is not one exact methodology that a user can follow to create the report and the "look and feel" of the report can be achieved in multiple ways.
- While built-in formulas helps you a great deal, creating your own is not fun. The syntax used is different than most other languages and there is no good assistance also if you build a wrong formula.
- The whole idea of a reporting tool is to give the customers the information when they want it and in the format that they want. Crystal Reports helps to achieve this.