Crystal Reports for Eclipse Features

New Report Designer built on Eclipse Framework
Built by using Business Objects' award winning Java Reporting Component (JRC) engine

Drag & Drop Report Design
Drag objects from the Palette or Field Explorer on to the report design pane

Freeform Placement
Don't be bound to nesting HTML tables in your report. Drag and drop your report objects exactly where you want them to show up on your report.

Auto-generate SQL Statements
SQL query is auto-generated based on the database fields added to the report

Cross-Tab Reports
Design cross-tab reports to easily visualize grouped data

Java User Function Library (UFL) Support
Access external Java logic from within your Crystal Reports formulas

Multiple Data Source Support
Use the visual database pane to easily create links between multiple data sources

Integrated Code Assist
Built-in Eclipse Code Assist feature display errors and code assist within the Formulas pane

Data Access from the Eclipse IDE
Access databases like IBM DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and more — directly from the Eclipse IDE using the standards-based JDBC driver.

POJO Support
Drag and drop your Java classes on to your report to use the class definition in your report design

Rapid development and deployment wizard
Developers create custom code for common tasks. Easily integrate a report viewer within applications, change the data source, pass in parameters, and export the report.

Crystal Reports Web Project
Create a web project which already includes all of the required runtime configurations. Easily add a sample database and reports to the project.

JSP Page Wizard
Drag 'n' drop a report onto a JSP page, or create a new JSP page via the context menu of a report. Choose a number of different stub codes, add parameters to reports, change the database at runtime, or export directly to PDF without coding.

Java Reporting Component facet
Easily add the Crystal Reports runtime environment to any new or existing web applications.

Deployment Assistance
Never have to worry about ensuring the proper JDBC drivers are available at runtime. When a report is added to a project, the tooling will ensure that the required runtime libraries are present when the application is built.

Crystal Reports File Versions
Quickly and easily see which file versions are currently in your project and compare this with the file versions installed in the tooling. Update your projects with the latest runtime.

Global Property Settings
Set your own global settings for the Crystal Report viewers within your preferred workspace. Each time a viewer is added to a JSP page these preferences will be honored and the appropriate code modifications will be added.

Java User Function Library Wizard
Expose Java logic to Crystal Reports formulas. Wrap up logic in a User Function Library using this easy wizard and your Crystal Reports files will be able to access this same logic.

Built-in Pointers to the Business Objects' Update Site
Never have to worry about whether you have the latest version or not. Use the existing Eclipse Update Manager to check and install updates automatically.