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What's the difference between crystal reports and compiled reports?


Asked by Rylee Santiago on Dec 01, 2021 FAQ



Compiled reports are reports that are compiled into an executable program that can be installed on the end user’s computer. The end user does not need a copy of Crystal Reports to view the report and will be able to view, refresh, and schedule running the report on a desktop.
Besides,
Yes. You can open reports created with earlier versions, such as SAP Crystal Reports 9 and higher with the later versions, including the highest: SAP Crystal Reports 2020. Any changes or new reports you create with SAP Crystal Reports 2016, can only be saved as a version 14.3 .rpt file.
Also, Crystal Subreports - Overview. Subreports allow you to combine unrelated reports into a single report. It is a report within a report. You can combine data that cannot be linked and present different views of the same data in a single report. It is used as an element in the main report and cannot be used as single report.
In respect to this,
Crystal Reports also uses a “single point of entry” architecture. It can connect to a myriad of data types (SQL Server, Oracle, My SQL, etc.) and join them together to form a single resultset. If you want to report on an independent data source you have to incorporate sub-reports to do so.
One may also ask,
Crystal Reports is best for highly structured reports, while Web Intelligence is most suitable for ‘unstructured’ reports. 3. For Crystal Reports, users get pre-defined templates, while Web Intelligence users use ad hoc reports accessing data from a ‘universe’. 4.