User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS CRYSTAL REPORTS SERVER 2008 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] Crystal Reports Server 2008 Getting Started Guide Crystal Reports Server 2008 Copyright © 2008 Business Objects. Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and licensed by Business Objects: 5, 295, 243; 5, 339, 390; 5, 555, 403; 5, 590, 250; 5, 619, 632; 5, 632, 009; 5, 857, 205; 5, 880, 742; 5, 883, 635; 6, 085, 202; 6, 108, 698; 6, 247, 008; 6, 289, 352; 6, 300, 957; 6, 377, 259; 6, 490, 593; 6, 578, 027; 6, 581, 068; 6, 628, 312; 6, 654, 761; 6, 768, 986; 6, 772, 409; 6, 831, 668; 6, 882, 998; 6, 892, 189; 6, 901, 555; 7, 089, 238; 7, 107, 266; 7, 139, 766; 7, 178, 099; 7, 181, 435; 7, 181, 440; 7, 194, 465; 7, 222, 130; 7, 299, 419; 7, 320, 122 and 7, 356, 779. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Business Objects Crystal Vision, Business Process On Demand, BusinessQuery, Cartesis, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Applications, Crystal Decisions, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Insider, Crystal Reports, Crystal Vision, Desktop Intelligence, Inxight, the Inxight Logo, LinguistX, Star Tree, Table Lens, ThingFinder, Timewall, Let There Be Light, Metify, NSite, Rapid Marts, RapidMarts, the Spectrum Design, Web Intelligence, Workmail and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or other countries of Business Objects and/or affiliated companies. [. . . ] The Microsoft Word (97-2003) format maintains as much formatting as possible, including graphics. Each object appears in an individual text field. Microsoft Word (97-2003) -- Editable format does not preserve as much formatting. Text is displayed in lines and the images are placed in line with the text. Rich Text Format is similar to Microsoft Word (97-2003). Comma Separated Values (CSV) format is available only from the Web viewer. You cannot export to Crystal Reports (RPT) format from a drilled-down view. · · · · For more information on the options you must set to schedule Crystal Reports to a specific format, see the Crystal Reports User's Guide. Exporting reports To export reports: 1. Open the document that you want to view. On the viewer toolbar, click Export Report The "Export" dialog box appears. . 3. In the Page Range area, select all pages or type a specific range of pages. Click Export. Crystal Reports Server 2008 Getting Started Guide 17 2 Working with Crystal Reports Interactive Sorting Interactive Sorting Interactive sorting is a Crystal Reports feature that when enabled by the report designer, enables you to sort data in a report while you view it. You can use interactive sorting even if you do not have access to the database on which the report is built because interactive sorting does not require any new data from the database. You can find out whether interactive sorting is enabled for a report from the interactive sorting controls for the fields. You can sort data alphabetically (if the data is in the form of a text string, such as the name of a country) or numerically, and in either ascending or descending order. Sorting data interactively To sort the data interactively: 1. Open a Crystal Report for which interactive sorting is enabled. Click the appropriate arrow to sort the data in the report by your preference value: · To view reports in the ascending order, click · To view reports in the descending order, click Crystal Reports Viewer The Crystal Reports Viewer is a report viewer that is installed locally on the computer. You can use this viewer to look at the Crystal Reports that you have downloaded without connecting to Crystal Reports Server 2008. 18 Crystal Reports Server 2008 Getting Started Guide Working with Crystal Reports Crystal Reports Viewer 2 The Crystal Reports Viewer enables you to perform the following tasks: · Print or export your report · · · · Save your reports Select the data that you want to view Drill down for more detail in the report View multiple reports The Crystal Reports Viewer functions similarly to Crystal Reports. For more information about the tasks that you can perform with the Crystal Reports Viewer, access the online help from the Crystal Reports Viewer Help menu. Crystal Reports Server 2008 Getting Started Guide 19 2 Working with Crystal Reports Crystal Reports Viewer Installing the Crystal Reports Viewer You can download the Crystal Reports Viewer from the Business Objects website: http://www. businessobjects. com. You can find the view in the Crystal Reports section of the website. Once the viewer is installed, it resides locally as a client-side viewer. To install the Crystal Reports Viewer: 1. Download the Crystal Reports Viewer installation program from the Crystal Reports section of the Business Objects website: http://www. businessob jects. com 2. Follow the on-screen instructions, and accept the default values when possible. [. . . ] There are different Report Viewers available. For more information on Import Wizard, see Report Viewers in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide. · Import Wizard The Import Wizard is a locally installed tool that enables administrators to import users, groups, folders, and reports from an existing BusinessObjects Enterprise, Crystal Enterprise, or Crystal Info implementation to Crystal Reports Server 2008. For more information on Import Wizard, see Importing Objects to BusinessObjects Enterprise in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide. [. . . ]