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What is Analysis?
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I have never used it but there is a description of it on the Crystal web site. I have a link to it on the links page of my web site. The volume of traffic in this forum might tell you something.
I think they were giving away the standard version at one point. Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB
I think they were giving away the standard version at one point. Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB
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Actually Crystal Analysis is not related to Seagate Analysis (which was the product that Ken refers to).
Crystal Analysis is a multi-dimensional OLAP reporting tool. What CR is to relational data sources, CA is to OLAP sources.
As Ken points out, the Crystal Decisions web site is a good place to get product informaiton.
Cheers, Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
Crystal Analysis is a multi-dimensional OLAP reporting tool. What CR is to relational data sources, CA is to OLAP sources.
As Ken points out, the Crystal Decisions web site is a good place to get product informaiton.
Cheers, Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
Apparently my confusion is shared by the folks at CD. Click on this link for Crystal Analysis:
And you will get Seagate Analysis, which is also an OLAP tool. However, this product is not listed on their products page, where there is a link to Crystal Analysis Pro.
Sounds like the same product to me, with a new name and some enhancements.
Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB
And you will get Seagate Analysis, which is also an OLAP tool. However, this product is not listed on their products page, where there is a link to Crystal Analysis Pro.
Sounds like the same product to me, with a new name and some enhancements.
Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB
Actually they are very different products.
Seagate Analysis is a V7 product - based on the version 7 CRPE and was given away as a free product circa 1999. It was a combined ad-hoc reporting, query and OLAP analysis tool - allowing users to model data in client-side "micro-cubes". It could also be used as a traditional OLAP client tool against server-side cubes.
A client/server version was introduced in SI7 and continues to be included in SI7.5, however this version only works by connecting to an "Analysis Server" - where the queries and reports actually execute.
In contrast, Crystal Analysis 8 (currently available in Professional edition only) is a dedicated analytic report writing tool that only works with OLAP data sources. It does not have the ad-hoc query nor the basic report writer that was pert of Seagate Analysis.
Content created with CAP8 (these are .CAR files can be hosted by a Crystal Enterprise server and end users can view and interact with these reports via a web browser.
While it may be considered that CAP8 is in some ways an evolution of SA7 (as both contain OLAP capability) the files created with SA7 are not usable in CAP8 (although they can be used in Crystal Reports 8.5 as they are just RPT files).
I hope this clarifies things...
Cheers, Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
Seagate Analysis is a V7 product - based on the version 7 CRPE and was given away as a free product circa 1999. It was a combined ad-hoc reporting, query and OLAP analysis tool - allowing users to model data in client-side "micro-cubes". It could also be used as a traditional OLAP client tool against server-side cubes.
A client/server version was introduced in SI7 and continues to be included in SI7.5, however this version only works by connecting to an "Analysis Server" - where the queries and reports actually execute.
In contrast, Crystal Analysis 8 (currently available in Professional edition only) is a dedicated analytic report writing tool that only works with OLAP data sources. It does not have the ad-hoc query nor the basic report writer that was pert of Seagate Analysis.
Content created with CAP8 (these are .CAR files can be hosted by a Crystal Enterprise server and end users can view and interact with these reports via a web browser.
While it may be considered that CAP8 is in some ways an evolution of SA7 (as both contain OLAP capability) the files created with SA7 are not usable in CAP8 (although they can be used in Crystal Reports 8.5 as they are just RPT files).
I hope this clarifies things...
Cheers, Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
jeanpierre
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Crystal does not push the Holos server as it used to before. There were many problems with the implementation. Especially for medium-to-large enterprises when freeden to slice data was necessary.
I am a big fan of Crystal Reports - but only as an amateur user. Please judge my posts based on that statement.
I am a big fan of Crystal Reports - but only as an amateur user. Please judge my posts based on that statement.
I have not seen a review of Crystal Analysis comparing these products. I would think that BO and Cognos would be more comparable to Crystal Reports, than Crystal Analysis but I don't know that much about Analysis. Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
Public classes and individual training.
Guide to using Crystal in VB
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Public classes and individual training.
Guide to using Crystal in VB
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Hi Ynnx,
You can find information about Crystal Analysis Pro on the Crystal Decisions web site at:
You use CAP to create interactive OLAP reports and then publish them to the web using Crystal Enterprise. The web client provides a true zero-client (ie. DHTML) with all of the analytic capability of the fat client.
I'm not sure if anyone has published comparisons between CAP and other products.
Cheers,
Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
You can find information about Crystal Analysis Pro on the Crystal Decisions web site at:
You use CAP to create interactive OLAP reports and then publish them to the web using Crystal Enterprise. The web client provides a true zero-client (ie. DHTML) with all of the analytic capability of the fat client.
I'm not sure if anyone has published comparisons between CAP and other products.
Cheers,
Alan Eldridge
Melbourne, Australia
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