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Can someone tell me what are the advantages of using Crystal reports over just pulling a query from Raiser's Edge? I am new to all of this and our President is insisting that our assistant learn how to use Crystal reports. We found training at almost $998.00 for just 2 days, which is pricey.  I'm trying to justify this expenditure.  Thank you.
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  • JoAnn, we stopped using Crystal reports a couple of years ago - we primarily use PowerBI.  Either way it appears your assistant would need some type of training.
  • CR lets you do lots of things you can't easily do in RE, but it's also a "dead" technology in terms of RE. BB no longer supports it and there's an entirely new tool for custom reports in NXT.


    What is the President expecting that they will be able to get that they can't get today?


    Also, you talked about getting data from Query.  Just a reminder that Query is a grouping tool, not a reporting tool. Use Export to get the data out, not Query.
  • Marie Stark
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    Despite what Blackbaud says, we still use it all the time.  You may find this discussion helpful.
    https://community.blackbaud.com/forums/viewtopic/151/49847

     
  • Thanks so much for this info! I will share it with my assistant!

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