Crystal Reports Solutions: cView vs. Problems

If you have any of the problems shown below, you need the cView Crystal Reports Viewer.

If your problem is…	You need cView because...
Adding seats is costly.	Very low cost per seat.
Administering a Web server for an intranet is a headache you don't need.	You can distribute and read reports in a Windows-based environment.
Casual users are cost-prohibitive, despite the good business reasons for distributing reports to them.	Very low cost per seat.
Confidential report requirements are impossible to meet with the current system.	The viewer allows you to use Crystal's functionality to easily restrict confidential reports to specific users.
Crystal's native format--rpt--isn't something you can use because of the cost of licensing. So, you lose out on the native functionality of Crystal Reports.	The very low cost per seat allows you to distribute Crystal Reports in rpt format, thus leveraging your investment in your Crystal Reports system.
Current information is needed in the distributed reports.	Processes against live data, if you want it to. This means users can work with current information.
Inability to accommodate "casual users" of reports.	Very low cost per seat.
Inability to conduct training classes, due to licensing cost issues.	Very low cost per seat.
Inability to share reports in one-time or occasional meetings, without pre-conversion from the rpt format--which then "seals" the data, instantly creating an "island of information" problem.	Very low cost per seat.
Islands of information are in parallel with the reporting system.	Very low cost per seat., allowing widespread use of your reporting system.
Nuisance complaints about various report settings.	Recipients can set parameters.
People are bickering over how compiled reports should look.	Recipients can set parameters.
Processing the report to create all those PDFs (or whatever format) is an enormous drain on your system resources.	Send out in rpt format, at a very low cost per seat.
Report format is a huge issue. Crystal's native format--rpt--isn't something you can use because of the cost of licensing. So, you lose out on the native functionality of Crystal Reports.	The very low cost per seat allows you to distribute Crystal Reports in rpt format, thus leveraging your investment in your Crystal Reports system.
Security issues make report distribution a real headache.	Easily restrict confidential reports to specific users.
The reports are static--by the time people get them, the data are outdated--making important people look bad.	Processes against live data, if you want it to.
Training costs too much, because of the high cost per seat.	Very low cost per seat, plus the license cost isn't restricted per person. So, a seat in a training class doesn't require a new license each time you have a new student. License that one machine, and let anyone use it.
You are increasingly encountering information silos and islands of information.	Very low cost per seat, ability to process against live data.
Your boss keeps having you change report parameters to satisfy the complaint of the week.	Recipients can set parameters.

With a Windows-based Crystal Reports Viewer, you have one less category of headache to deal with. What's not to like? But, the benefits don't stop there.

In addition to saving you money, a Windows-based Crystal Reports Viewer provides several other important benefits. Using a Windows-based Crystal Reports Viewer, you can:

Eliminate "we can't read it" as an excuse for generating islands of information in parallel with the reporting system.
Provide decision-makers with timely reports that contain up-to-date information.
Add new users without a major capital investment (or, actually, being turned down for one--you know the drill).
Add new report recipients with less impact from cost per seat ROI issues.
Accommodate "casual users" of reports.
Use the native functionality of Crystal Reports, and distribute your Crystal Reports in the rpt format.
Give report recipients the option of exporting to other formats.
Eliminate the pre-distribution delay that results from changing reports to a static format (e.g., PDF), just so people who lack a Crystal Reports license can read them.
Ensure everyone who receives a report can process it against live data (as needed)--rather than get an "island of information" report based on yesterday's news.
Overcome budgetary constraints that would otherwise prevent important information from arriving on the desktops of key people.
Conduct training classes, without buying a non-transferable seat.
Share reports in one-time or occasional meetings, without pre-conversion from the rpt format. This eliminates the problem of "sealing in" the data. You are spared the sometimes costly problem of creating an "island of information" or "information silo" problem.
Set parameters in the report, so users can see the data they want and so that you do not have to maintain separate reports with different data selections.
Give users the option of a “One-Click” icon on their desktop to run a favorite report. This is a favorite with non-IT people.
Easily restrict confidential reports to specific users.
Provide a quick “turn-key” installation on each desktop, rather than dedicating a Web server to an intranet
Avoid the cost and time administering a Web server for an intranet.

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