Crystal Reports Encyclopedia Volume 1: Professional XI Reports at Dominant Systems Book Store

Written for end-users focusing on business and financial reporting, this guide to Crystal Reports (version 11) explains to nonprogrammers the many new features and improvements of the software. Tutorials for beginning and advanced users, a full list of all Crystal syntax function calls, and financial reporting templates will enable employees from any department to generate clear, usable reports without wasting time, getting frustrated, or resorting to the trial-and-error method. An included appendix features the best Crystal Reports questions and answers from the author's website.

Customer Reviews & Comments
I am a Crystal Reports developer and as such I am always on the lookout for good reference material. When it comes to Crystal Reports that is not always easy to find. When you do find a reference book, like so many in the programming area, it is simply a restatement of the help file. By that I mean there is little more information than you can find by clicking on the software's help button. Not so with this book, the author has created something unique. In it there are a number of things that make this true, for example there are tutorials to step through processes and a best of forum feature where real world questions have been asked and answered. Also, many Crystal Report developers are asked to create accounting reports. The author has created an appendix that specifically deals with the basics of getting those tasks done. He explains three different accounting software packages and what to look for in the table structures. He also steps you through the report layout of a number of common accounting reports. Extremely helpful to those who are debit and credit challenged. It was something I really appreciated. There is alot to recommend about this book. Just remember this is not about .Net (that is supposed to be a later volume) but rather about the Crystal Reports Professional version. However there is more than enough here to be of value to anyone who creates Crystal Reports.

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