CRD Overview
What is CRD?
CRD (Crystal Reports Distributor) is an automation tool for business intelligence professionals and decision makers within any size organization who are looking to automate the generation and delivery of their crystal reports. The platform includes flexible scheduling, exporting, distributing and delivering features for sales reports, operational reports, invoices, and other crystal reports outputs.
CRD enables users to set up schedules to run reports at any preferred frequency. Reports can be output in various formats including Word, Excel, Acrobat, HTML, RTF, text format, and more, and are automatically delivered to any email, folder, printer, fax, Sharepoint, DropBox FTP or SFTP. Reports can be set to run at a specific date and time, and hourly, weekly, monthly, or custom frequencies.
Real-time monitoring and event triggers help professionals respond to business needs based on events rather than a date. Reports are fired off if for example, a file is modified, a database value is present, an email is received, or a window is open. Dynamic and data driven schedule processes help find parameter values within the database, and generate unique reports for each one.
CRD’s pre and post delivery automation enables the generation of custom actions to run programs, enter values in a database, modify files, and more. Automation schedules can also be used for general business process automation, without running reports. The platform’s intuitive interface facilitates tasks such as defining and scheduling report packages, and includes copy-and-paste support for the creation of complex distribution schedules.
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Dynamic Multi-Output Made Easy
The principal benefit we get from using CRD, is when we produce our month-end invoicing. Not only are we able to produce the output with separate format options (PDF and/or Excel), the invoices can be saved out to a file share using dynamic folder naming for archival purposes. We also deliver the invoices electronically to our customers via the email option. CRD supports the ability to set up multiple SMTP server options, which is very helpful for the invoicing process, to ensure we are sending our invoices through secure methods and can customize the sender Name and email address as necessary.
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Dynamic Multi-Output Made Easy
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Dynamic folder and file name output options using the CRD constants.
Data Items
Using the address book to identify groups for email delivery for when an exchange DL is not available
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Additional information for CRD
Additional information for CRD
Key features of CRD
- Ad hoc reports
- Automation schedules
- Bursting schedules
- Clustering
- Command-line options
- Constants
- Custom tasks and workflow automation
- Customizable destination functionality
- Data-driven schedules
- Dynamic schedules
- Email integration
- Event triggers
- Event-based packages and schedules
- Exception calendar
- FTP / FTPS
- Folder housekeeping
- Integration with Windows Authentication
- Mobile alerts
- Multi-threading
- ODBC / Database
- Remote administration
- Report history snapshots
- Scheduled / automated reports
- Scheduling frequencies
- Secure user profiles
- Single and package report schedules
- Start & end dates
- System backups
- Various output formats
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CRD FAQs
CRD FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for CRD.
Q. What type of pricing plans does CRD offer?
CRD offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$1,400.00
Pricing model: One Time License, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Contact ChristianSteven Software for pricing information.
Q. What are the main features of CRD?
CRD offers the following features:
- Ad hoc reports
- Automation schedules
- Bursting schedules
- Clustering
- Command-line options
- Constants
- Custom tasks and workflow automation
- Customizable destination functionality
- Data-driven schedules
- Dynamic schedules
- Email integration
- Event triggers
- Event-based packages and schedules
- Exception calendar
- FTP / FTPS
- Folder housekeeping
- Integration with Windows Authentication
- Mobile alerts
- Multi-threading
- ODBC / Database
- Remote administration
- Report history snapshots
- Scheduled / automated reports
- Scheduling frequencies
- Secure user profiles
- Single and package report schedules
- Start & end dates
- System backups
- Various output formats
- editEDIT
Q. Who are the typical users of CRD?
CRD has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Large Enterprises, Public Administrations, Non Profit, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does CRD support?
CRD supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does CRD support mobile devices?
We do not have any information about what devices CRD supports
Q. What other apps does CRD integrate with?
CRD integrates with the following applications:
Dropbox Business, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SharePoint
Q. What level of support does CRD offer?
CRD offers the following support options:
Online Support, Phone Support, Forum
The principal benefit we get from using CRD, is when we produce our month-end invoicing. Not only are we able to produce the output with separate format options (PDF and/or Excel), the invoices can be saved out to a file share using dynamic folder naming for archival purposes. We also deliver the invoices electronically to our customers via the email option. CRD supports the ability to set up multiple SMTP server options, which is very helpful for the invoicing process, to ensure we are sending our invoices through secure methods and can customize the sender Name and email address as necessary.