Hi experts,

I'm considering migrating my crystal reports into MSRS to cut down the
(high licence) costs. Could you pls suggest me if its a right
decision. My reports in crystal reports are very complex in nature and
are data driven.

For example, one of my crystal report

a) displays a blob (binary large object) - pic of the user
b) report fields are derived from a Stored Procedure
c) 3 level grouping (grouping on column a, then column b and then
column c)
d) has a lot of computed fields (with IF ELSE clauses)
e) has 4 subreports (which are highly formatted - layout, field
arrangement etc)


Can I achieve all the above in one report in MSRS? Pls do suggest.

Thanks,

Hello,

To answer some of your questions I am sure about:




too much of a problem.

will be able to reproduce your highly formatted reports - in my opinion CR
is one of the leading reporting tools in this aspect. So
I would highly recommend you to download RS and see if you can reproduce
your Crystal Reports reports. I know that MS is working on a migration tool
but it is not yet available.

Hope this helps. If you need more specific information to RS I would
recommend you to also post your questions in
microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs newsgroup.

Kind regards,

Joerg

Thanks, Joerg Narr. Appreciate your inputs.

"Joerg Narr" <n_o_spa_mjoerg_narr (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote