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List of alternative software for Business Objects Crystal Reports:
1> Datavision offers a – Free, Drag And Drop GUI Reporting Tool.
DataVision is a fantastic reporting tool which works with almost all databases in the world such as MySql, Oracle and Access to name a few. The generated reports can be easily customized by using the drag and drop tool which is part of an extremely friendly user interface. The reports can be exported to any of your favorite formats such as PDF, HTML, XML, CSV etc.
Several advanced features add to the attraction of this reporting tool. You can have visual table linker and can also tightly link your applications with DataVision. It is also possible to create sub reports using this tool.
Since Java is the underlying language used for creating DataVision, the tool is compatible with almost every platform in the world. It can be connected to any database with a JDBC driver. Apart from the major ones mentioned before it also works very well with Informix, PostgreSQL, Progress and many others.
DataVision can also generate reports from data files in the text format. XML format is used to store the report descriptions which facilitate the usage of any of your favorite text editor for editing the reports.
DataVision has a variety of options available for formatting the reports such as page headers, group headers, footers, various font formats and colors, formulas and the facility for defining run time parameters while the report is being generated.