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Report Analyzer does most of the work for creating professional
system documentation for your report projects.
- You can generate summary and detailed documentation.
- Easy to use documentation explorer to browse and compare report design
settings.
- Print report design diagrams.
- Print report data dictionaries.
- Extensive formula printouts including call trees, object cross references,
formatted listing, and conditional formulas.
- All documentation can be exported in a variety of formats including
PDF, HTML, and Word.
Report Analyzer also provides you with:
- Suggestions to improve your report performance.
- Powerful viewing and reporting of documentation.
- An included library of standard documentation reports written in Crystal Report format
- Documentation Explorer, which includes property information, diagrams (report layouts),
formula code, suggestions, cross referencing and complexity for the currently nominated
design object in the explorer.
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Why Buy Report Analyzer
- Search and find objects quickly.
- Find cross references easily.
- View documentation reports.
- Analyze your forumlas.
- Export and share your documentation.
- View design and performance suggestions.
- Document which reports are on your Enterprise Server (requires RA Enterprise Edition).
More detail on these:
- Search and find objects quickly. Find over 20 report objects quickly, using the Search function. For example, find which reports are using a particular table or find which reports contain subreports.
- Find cross references easily. The Cross Reference feature shows you where and how all objects are used throughout your entire report. For example, select a formula and see which
design objects are referencing it - such as another formula or a report section.
- View documentation reports. Report Analyzer comes with a library of resentation-quality reports that provide a wealth of information about your Crystal Reports projects. For example, the Database Dictionary report lists all database tables and fields used in each of your reports. You can also add your own customised reports to the library
- Analyze your formulas. You can view the report formulas in the Formulas window along with potential errors and design suggestions. Also view formula properties, formula call trees, conditional formulas, formula variables, and more.
- Export and share your documentation. You can export report documentation to Word, Excel, HTML, XML, PDF, and ASCII formats. Report blueprints can be exported as JPEG or Bitmap image files. You can also export entire Workbenches (defined, below) or folders as HTML documentation to share over the network or intranet.
- View design and performance suggestions. Report Analyzer automatically detects potential performance issues in your report design settings and provides suggestions to correct design errors and common report setting mistakes such as including unused objects or invalid database server settings
- Document which reports are your Enterprise Server (requires RA Enterprise Edition). Report Analyzer Enterprise Edition allows you to document reports located on your Enterprise server (supports Crystal Enterprise 10 and Business Objects Enterprise XI).
A Workbench is an organized group of Crystal Reports. Creating groups of reports better organizes your documentation database, making it easier to find specific reports as your database grows. You can also import your folder hierarchies into a Workbench.
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