In this article we finally get to open Crystal Reports! But first, some housekeeping and things to keep in mind: Continue reading
Raiser’s Edge Export and Crystal Reports
If you’ve been playing along you now have a query all set to go and are itching to start using Crystal Reports. Not yet. First we need to get the information out of Raiser’s Edge and into a file we can use with Crystal Reports. Similar to the previous article on Query, I’ll assume you have a working knowledge of the Export module in Raiser’s Edge and I’ll focus on things to consider when creating an export for your Crystal Reports report. Continue reading
Raiser’s Edge Query and Crystal Reports
There’s plenty of information out there about Raiser’s Edge Query and how to use it (and perhaps more importantly how not to use it). For this article I’ll assume you know how to create a query so I’ll just mention a few things that you should keep in mind when creating a query for a Crystal Reports report. Continue reading
Crystal Reports: The Beginning. It’s Where You Should Start.
Now that I’ve expectorated some thoughts about Crystal Reports in the past two articles, it’s time to dive right in and get started with writing our first report together. Let’s take a look at the overall report writing process, which can look something like this: Continue reading
Canned Reports: The Level Before the Next Level
After my last post it occurred to me that there are Raiser’s Edge users out there that have no idea what Crystal Reports is, so let’s take a small step back and talk about what we’re, um, talking about.
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