Summary

In this hour, you explored two effective visualization techniques for presenting your data. Charts and maps in Crystal Reports provide an effective way to communicate a great deal of relevant summarized information to your end users. Crystal Reports provides extensive charting and mapping capabilities through the integration of third-party tools from MapInfo and 3D Graphics.

Both the Chart Expert and the Map Expert provide rapid and easy access to the flexibility of the visualization features of Crystal Reports. Additional chart control is available through the Chart Options menu enabling granular level control of the chart visuals you can provide. Additional maps, map layers, and map types are available for purchase from MapInfo and can be seamlessly integrated in to your Crystal Reports.

The next few hours begin to introduce you to some of the increasingly advanced features of Crystal Reports so that you can create increasingly enhanced and powerful reports for business users.