Creating Client-Specific Crystal Reports in Aptify

To meet your organization's reporting requirements, Aptify seamlessly integrates with the reporting features of Crystal Reports. Crystal Reports is the leading enterprise database reporting tool from Business Objects SA (http://www.businessobjects.com).

Aptify uses Crystal Reports to generate a wide variety of graphical reports, including membership rosters, order analysis, and Accounts Receivable summaries.

Aptify distributes the run time libraries from Crystal Reports so that end users can run reports directly from the Aptify client application. However, report writers need a license for a full version of Crystal Reports to create and edit reports. Organizations can obtain licensed copies of Crystal Reports directly from Business Objects or one of its resellers.

This topic provides information on how to integrate Crystal Reports into Aptify. It includes the following sections:

• Creating a Basic Crystal Report
• Updating Crystal Reports Already Present in Aptify
• Storing Crystal Report SQL Views in Aptify as Database Objects
• Note Concerning HTML and XML Fields in Crystal Reports
• Understanding the Report Wizard Process for Crystal Reports

The Motor Loaner System also contains a sample Crystal Report, called the Vehicle Rental History report, which is used in the illustrations throughout this section. This report displays a list of vehicles, including their current status (Available, Rented, Servicing) and current mileage, along with information from their associated Rental Agreements records to display a complete rental history for each vehicle.

Related topics

• Adding Reports to an Entity
• Using the Report Wizard