crystalreports.com - What's New

November 15, 2008

Usage reports
Administrators now have access to the following reports:

A list of all reports and how many times each month they have been used
A list of all users and how many times they have logged on

Customizable interface
Administrators can now personalize the crystalreports.com interface in the following ways:

Change the banner image and logo
Change the content in the right column
Turn certain links and tabs on or off

IP address filtering
Administrators can now limit access to crystalreports.com to certain IP addresses. This means that if an unknown user acquires a username and password, he still cannot access crystalreports.com without using an approved IP address.

Open Data Connector update
If you use the Open Data Connector to access internal data sources, you can now run reports that use dynamic parameters.

Salesforce.com driver update
When you build your reports, you can now include objects from version 13 of the Salesforce.com API.

April 12, 2008

Easier administration
Administrators can now import user group information from a CSV file and reset passwords on behalf of their members.

More control of report hyperlinks
Report developers can now link to a specific element of a report - such as a table, chart, or graph - from external applications like Salesforce.com.

Browser choice
In addition to Internet Explorer, Firefox 2 is now officially supported.

Use of existing Business Objects reports
If your company already has Business Objects Enterprise installed on premise, you can now access those reports from crystalreports.com. For more information, contact your Business Objects account representative.

December 15, 2007

Adding users - new options
When you add viewers, you can now choose to make them members or guests. Viewers added before December 15, 2007, are guests.

Members
Adding members is the recommended way of sharing reports and other documents with users. Members:

Can only view a single crystalreports.com account.
Can be promoted to administrators.
Do not receive an invitation email to register for crystalreports.com - instead, they are added to your account immediately.

Guests
Guests are users with limited permissions who do not need to follow standard account membership rules. Guests:

Can view multiple crystalreports.com accounts.
Cannot be promoted to administrators.
Receive an invitation email to register for access to your crystalreports.com account.

Multiple administrators
You can now make other users administrators for your crystalreports.com account. Administrators can add users, publish reports, and manage your account.

For new users
To add a new administrator:

Click the Accounts tab.
Click Users.
Place your mouse to the right of the Administrators user group, click the highlighted bar, and select Add User.

For users added before December 15, 2007
To upgrade a user to administrator, send a request to OPS_SUPPORT4@MAILCA.CUSTHELP.COM and include the user's email address. After you receive approval, use the same steps as for new users.

For users added after December 15, 2007
To upgrade a member to administrator, use the same steps as for new users. To upgrade a guest to administrator, use the same steps as for users added before December 15, 2007.

Desktop Publisher enhancements
Desktop Publisher is a tool that allows you to publish reports from your desktop to crystalreports.com on a recurring schedule.

You can now use it to upload your crystalreports.com folder hierarchy: Click New Folder and then choose a directory from your desktop to upload to crystalreports.com. The same folder structure will be created on crystalreports.com, and all files and folders within that directory will be updated during each scheduled refresh.
Reports can now be scheduled in a list instead of in groups of 10. Desktop Publisher will queue the reports and continuing running until the list is complete.

Report hyperlinking
You can now link from reports or external applications like Salesforce.com to a related drill-down view within a Crystal Report. Report hyperlinking - PDF