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cViewSUITEcViewSUITEView, Schedule & Distribute your View, Schedule & Distribute your
Crystal ReportsCrystal Reports
Bruce Ferguson & Mo NaughtonBruce Ferguson & Mo Naughton
Chelsea Technologies LtdChelsea Technologies Ltd
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AgendaAgenda
Chelsea Technologies Ltd - who we are cViewSUITE solution Push and pull – your internal and external users Benefits and key features Parameters What the cViewSUITE does not include Technical architecture Simple implementation Licensing and costs Questions
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Chelsea Technologies LtdChelsea Technologies Ltd
The company started in 1997 We are the only Crystal Decisions certified Crystal
Reports instructors in New Zealand
Bruce Ferguson 25 years experience in development, sales,
Crystal Reports training and consultancy, networks, IT management
Mo Naughton 25 years experience in development, project
management, Crystal Reports training and consultancy, line management
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ProductsProducts
Our products have sold in 21 countries primarily via the internet.
We have resellers in the USA, New Zealand and Australia
Products. The cViewSUITE consisting of • cView report viewer• cViewMANAGER report scheduler• cViewSERVER & cViewREMOTE service based
report scheduler• Plus a dozen other Crystal Reports utilities and
function libraries
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cViewSUITE SolutioncViewSUITE Solution
Schedule and distribute the reports using eithercViewSERVER & cViewREMOTE or cViewMANAGER
View the reports:– Local users use cView on each desktop to view
interactive reports– Remote users receive reports as PDF / xls / Word
via email – For both local and remote viewing via web pages,
reports can be published as HTML
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cViewSUITE SolutioncViewSUITE Solution
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Pull for Internal UsersPull for Internal Users
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Push for Internal or External UsersPush for Internal or External Users
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Benefits of the Benefits of the cViewSUITE solutioncViewSUITE solution
Crystal Reports expertise Industry standards Continuous development program Flexible solution Cost effective
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Key features of cViewKey features of cView
Internal users can view your reports Designed for non-technical users Supports
– Parameters– Drill down– Print– Export to Excel, PDF, Word etc
Uses live data (if the user has access) Database security:
– The users do not need the password Supports Crystal Reports versions 8.0, v8.5 and v9.0
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Demo of cViewDemo of cViewWhat the user sees
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Key features of cViewMANAGERKey features of cViewMANAGER Schedule your reports to run automatically
– Monthly, weekly, 2 weekly, daily, hourly, business days, custom calendar, etc
Distribute them in the format of your choice– Excel, PDF, HTML, RPT, etc
Specify the destination– email– Folder or printer (local or remote)
One person can administer the schedule for the company– You set the database security once for all reports– Log and status delivered via web
List Processing– An external list maintained outside the schedule– Multiple reports can share a common list
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Demo of cViewMANAGERDemo of cViewMANAGERWhat the administrator sees
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cViewSERVER – a corporate fitcViewSERVER – a corporate fit
cViewSERVER has all the cViewMANAGER scheduling features and is a more suitable solution in the corporate environment
Runs as a service– Does not need manual intervention
Scales better– Faster processing of large reports– Manages large email attachments
Easier user interface Additional administrators on the local network can
maintain the schedule with the cViewREMOTE GUI
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Demo of cViewSERVERDemo of cViewSERVERThe administrator sees
the cViewREMOTE GUI
cViewSERVER
runs in the background
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Why use cViewMANAGER instead of Why use cViewMANAGER instead of cViewSERVER?cViewSERVER?
Older Crystal Reports version– If you are running only v8.5, an older version of
Crystal Reports Older operating system
– If you are running the scheduler on a machine with an older operating system e.g. Windows 98 or NT4
User control– If the users want to control the machine that does
the scheduling
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Why use cViewSERVER instead of Why use cViewSERVER instead of cViewMANAGER?cViewMANAGER?
Corporate Requirements– Complex email lists– Require a secure central server– Web based report status
Administration Requirements– Multiple administrators– Remote administration required
System Requirements– Require the reliability of a Service– Using Windows 2000 Server or above
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ParametersParameters
cView report viewer– Interactive when the report runs– A pick list is presented to the user– Supports all forms: single, multi value, range– Presents a calendar for dates
cViewSERVER and cViewMANAGER scheduler– When you set up the schedule, you load the parameters– Supports single and multi value (range in a future release)– Dynamic date values– Multi-run
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MultiRunMultiRun
Take a Report that has parametersSelect the parameter value, format and
destinationSelect another, and anotherRun as a single step in the schedule
You can mix email, printer and disk destinations within one multirun
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Technical ArchitectureTechnical Architecture
XML document to store schedule Developed using VB 6.0 and .NET cViewREMOTE xml interface may be
integrated with your own applications Uses the Crystal Reports v9.0 and v8.5
engine
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What cViewSUITE does not What cViewSUITE does not currently includecurrently include
Scheduled range parameter support (e.g. 2 -7) Alerts processing Scheduled on-demand subreports
– The reports will continue to run. The scheduler will not fail if the reports have these features
Interactive reports for web users Multi threaded report processing These features are planned for future releases
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Simple implementationSimple implementation For cViewSERVER scheduler
– If you do not have the Microsoft .NET framework installed, we include the required files in a separate set-up
– You download the trial cViewSERVER to your server– We send you a license file to be placed in the same folder– Use cViewREMOTE to install cViewSERVER as a windows
service
For cView report viewer– Download the demo then run the install file.– We send you a license file to unlock the demo– If you have multiple or site licenses, you can copy the
configuration from your first PC to other PCs
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Cost of recommended solutionCost of recommended solution
cView site license $2,499– Unlimited users– No limit on the number of reports
cViewSERVER $699.97 – Single server license– Volume pricing available– Included is one cViewREMOTE administrator GUI
Annual maintenance 15%
All prices quoted are in US$
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Cost OptionsCost Options
cViewMANAGER scheduler $499.97 instead of the cViewSERVER scheduler
Additional cViewREMOTE licenses for each extra schedule administrator $73.97
All prices quoted are in US$
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SummarySummary
cViewSERVER to schedule your reports and cView to view live reports provides a cost effective solution to your reporting needs
Leverage your existing report development by making them more widely available