![]() I have found a number of things that are a piece of cake in Crystal, that are very difficult to accomplish in SSRS. ![]() Resources/knowledge – if you know Crystal very well and know that it can do what the report spec requests, but you’re just starting with SSRS, that may be a big factor in your decision.Licensing – if Crystal licenses need to be purchased, that might be a lot more expensive than using SSRS which is included with SQL.A report that needs to be presented to others (customers, board, bank, etc.) and always needs to be formatted a certain way may be better in Crystal. ![]() For example, a report with 25 columns with drill-downs that the users will want to export to Excel might be better suited for SSRS. Report design and usage – some reports lend themselves more easily to Crystal vs SSRS.I know both Crystal and SSRS pretty well and usually the choice of reporting tool depends on a number of things, not necessarily in order of importance: This is impossible to answer without knowing a lot more detail and it’s not always the same answer in every situation.
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