About the Sample Reports

You will find nearly 40 sample reports in this folder (\Crystal Reports\Samples\Reports). These reports show: 

1.	Basic report creation and design styles and techniques
2.	Major features of Seagate Crystal Reports you can use to address your business issues

What are they?

These sample reports, created in Seagate Crystal Reports 8, are grouped into two distinct subfolders:

•	Feature Examples 
Each of the sample reports in this folder focuses on one particular feature of Seagate Crystal Reports 8. The name of the report file reflects the feature that the report focuses on. For example, “Date Range Formula.rpt” shows you how to use a date-range formula in a report, while Hyperlink.rpt shows you how to insert hyperlinks in a report. 
•	General Business
The sample reports in this folder are typical of those often used by companies to address real business issues. They cover a variety of business functions, such as accounting, sales, marketing and customer relationship. Many of these reports are very sophisticated and show a number of features Seagate Crystal Reports 8. 

How Can the Sample Reports  Help You?

•	New Report Designers:
The samples reports in the Features Examples folder give you an idea how easy it is to create a basic report and how to use the various features in Seagate Crystal Reports. The sample reports in the General Business folder incorporate many features and show what a professional report can look like.

•	Experienced Report Designers
The Features Examples folder contains sample reports that you can use to learn the new features in Seagate Crystal Reports 8, such as  “Date Range Formula”, “Hierarchical Grouping” and “Hyperlinks”. Meanwhile, you can explore the more sophisticated reports in the General Business folder to sharpen your report design skills. 

•	Report End Users
If you’re a business professional who uses business reports designed by other people, the sample reports in the General Business folder will give you an idea of how Seagate Crystal Reports can help you address your day-to-day business issues.

Where to Find More Sample Reports?

Get more sample reports from Seagate Software Community at 

http://community.seagatesoftware.com/samples 

Feedback?
Let us know what kind of samples you’d like to see most by sending e-mail to us at feedbackscr@seagatesoftware.com