Purpose
In May 2013 I wrote a blog Vote for Enhancements for Crystal Reports on SCN Idea Place. This Document is a continuation of the blog describing Ideas entered to the SAP Idea Place since May 2013.
Overview
Since May 2013 there have been no less than 15 excellent Ideas added to the SAP Idea Place on how to enhance SAP Crystal Reports. As is often the case, squeaky wheel gets the grease; Ideas most voted on are most likely to be implemented. This Document highlights the Ideas and links to each one, allowing you to vote as you choose.
Introduction
The SAP Idea Place provides a powerful way of improving a product you are working with, In this case SAP Crystal Reports. The SAP Idea Place allows us to share ideas as well as discuss and vote for others' ideas. In this Document I'd like to continue with Ideas entered to the SAP Idea Place since May 2013.
The Process
The process involved combing through Ideas submitted since May 2013. Copying the Title and URL was the easy part. However in this Document I also wanted to provide a summary of the Idea's description. In some cases this is obvious, in others I took the liberty of paraphrasing the author.
How to Market your Idea
Yes, it never hurts to market your idea, including one that you think will make a product better. One way to enlarge your voting audience is to create a Discussion in the appropriate SCN Topic Space and provide a link to the Idea. For SAP Crystal Reports this would be the SAP Crystal ReportsSpace. If I come across an Idea for SAP Crystal Reports I tweet it on SAPCRDes. Invite your co-workers to vote the Idea up. If you posted a Discussion to a Space on SCN and you were invited to create a Idea, seriously consider doing so. Honestly, your Idea carries way more weight than mine. And don't forget to go back to the SCN Discussion and provide a link to the Idea.
The next section contains a table that includes two statistics; Number of Votes and Number of Views. The more votes, the more likely it is that the idea will be implemented. Lots of views and few Votes is probably not a good sign.
List of Ideas Posted Since May 2013 and their Spastics
Only three SDK Ideas were posted to the SAP Idea Place. These are listed in the below table. It may be worth noting that in the same period there were over 15 Ideas posted for SAP Crystal Reports designer and these are documented in Vote for Enhancements for Crystal Reports on SCN Idea Place - Take two.
List of Ideas Posted Since May 2013 and their Spastics
| Idea Title | Date Submitted | Votes | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Ability ExportFormatType.CrystalReport Stream Diretly Bind to the Crystal Report Viewer
ability to bind the data to the report and bind the stream directly to the report viewer (client - server app) | Oct. 25, 2013 | 3 | 11 |
Update the Viewer files delivered in Java Reporting Component (JRC), to support Crystal Reports 2011
The Crystal Report Viewer files ddo not have the same look and feel as Crystal Report 2011 install | July 15, 2013 | 5 | 55 |
| Add JSF 2 support to CR4E | July 5, 2013 | 4 | 48 |
Now What?
If you like any of the Ideas in the above table, click on the title and vote!
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Vote for Enhancements for Crystal Reports on SCN Idea Place
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Vote for Enhancements for Crystal Reports on SCN Idea Place - Take two