Chapter 23, “Crystal Enterprise,” enterprise reporting involves taking the reports created with Crystal Reports and sharing them throughout an organization by using a centralized reporting system—namely, Crystal Enterprise.
While Crystal Enterprise is the high-end, full-featured system for company-wide report distribution and management, the Report Application Server is the entry-level version of Crystal Enterprise that is designed for developers who want to integrate Crystal Reports into custom report- distribution applications, and it serves as a stepping-stone to Crystal Enterprise, as you can later upgrade it once your distribution needs grow.
Featured in this chapter:
Understanding the Report Application Server
Installing the Report Application Server
Investigating the Report Application Server’s capabilities and limitations
Launching and using ePortfolio Lite
Programming the Report Application Server
Understanding the upgrade path to Crystal Enterprise