1. cViewSUITE View, Schedule & Distribute your Crystal Reports
Bruce Ferguson & Mo Naughton
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Agenda
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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3. Chelsea 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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4. Chelsea Technologies Ltd
Products
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 Solution
Schedule and distribute the reports using either
cViewSERVER & 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
For both local and remote viewing via web pages, reports can be published as HTML
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cViewSUITE Solution
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7. Pull for Internal Users
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8. Push for Internal or External Users
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9. Benefits of the cViewSUITE solution
Crystal Reports expertise
Industry standards
Continuous development program
Flexible solution
Cost effective
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Key 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 cView
What the user sees
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12. Key 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
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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13. Demo of cViewMANAGER What the administrator sees
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14. cViewSERVER – 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 attachments
Easier user interface
Additional administrators on the local network can maintain the schedule with the cViewREMOTE GUI
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Demo of cViewSERVER
The administrator sees
the cViewREMOTE GUI
cViewSERVER
runs in the background
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16. Why use cViewMANAGER instead of 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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17. Why use cViewSERVER instead of cViewMANAGER?
Corporate Requirements
Complex 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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Parameters
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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MultiRun
Take a Report that has parameters
Select the parameter value, format and destination
Select another, and another
Run as a single step in the schedule
You can mix , printer and disk destinations within one multirun
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20. Technical 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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21. What cViewSUITE does not currently 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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22. Simple 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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23. Cost 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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24. Cost Options
cViewMANAGER scheduler $ 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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Summary
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
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