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Bruce Ferguson & Mo NaughtonBruce Ferguson & Mo Naughton

Chelsea Technologies LtdChelsea Technologies Ltd

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Chelsea Technologies Ltd - who we are cViewSUITE solution Push and pull – your internal and external users Benefits and key features Parameters What the cViewSUITE does not include Technical architecture Simple implementation Licensing and costs Questions


Chelsea Technologies LtdChelsea Technologies Ltd

The company started in 1997 We are the only Crystal Decisions certified Crystal

Reports instructors in New Zealand

Bruce Ferguson 25 years experience in development, sales,

Crystal Reports training and consultancy, networks, IT management

Mo Naughton 25 years experience in development, project

management, Crystal Reports training and consultancy, line management


ProductsProducts

Our products have sold in 21 countries primarily via the internet.

We have resellers in the USA, New Zealand and Australia

Products. The cViewSUITE consisting of • cView report viewer• cViewMANAGER report scheduler• cViewSERVER & cViewREMOTE service based

report scheduler• Plus a dozen other Crystal Reports utilities and

function libraries


cViewSUITE SolutioncViewSUITE Solution

Schedule and distribute the reports using eithercViewSERVER & cViewREMOTE or cViewMANAGER

View the reports:– Local users use cView on each desktop to view

interactive reports– Remote users receive reports as PDF / xls / Word

via email – For both local and remote viewing via web pages,

reports can be published as HTML


cViewSUITE SolutioncViewSUITE Solution


Pull for Internal UsersPull for Internal Users


Push for Internal or External UsersPush for Internal or External Users


Benefits of the Benefits of the cViewSUITE solutioncViewSUITE solution

Crystal Reports expertise Industry standards Continuous development program Flexible solution Cost effective


Key features of cViewKey features of cView

Internal users can view your reports Designed for non-technical users Supports

– Parameters– Drill down– Print– Export to Excel, PDF, Word etc

Uses live data (if the user has access) Database security:

– The users do not need the password Supports Crystal Reports versions 8.0, v8.5 and v9.0


Demo of cViewDemo of cViewWhat the user sees


Key features of cViewMANAGERKey features of cViewMANAGER Schedule your reports to run automatically

– Monthly, weekly, 2 weekly, daily, hourly, business days, custom calendar, etc

Distribute them in the format of your choice– Excel, PDF, HTML, RPT, etc

Specify the destination– email– Folder or printer (local or remote)

One person can administer the schedule for the company– You set the database security once for all reports– Log and status delivered via web

List Processing– An external list maintained outside the schedule– Multiple reports can share a common list


Demo of cViewMANAGERDemo of cViewMANAGERWhat the administrator sees


cViewSERVER – a corporate fitcViewSERVER – a corporate fit

cViewSERVER has all the cViewMANAGER scheduling features and is a more suitable solution in the corporate environment

Runs as a service– Does not need manual intervention

Scales better– Faster processing of large reports– Manages large email attachments

Easier user interface Additional administrators on the local network can

maintain the schedule with the cViewREMOTE GUI


Demo of cViewSERVERDemo of cViewSERVERThe administrator sees

the cViewREMOTE GUI

cViewSERVER

runs in the background


Why use cViewMANAGER instead of Why use cViewMANAGER instead of cViewSERVER?cViewSERVER?

Older Crystal Reports version– If you are running only v8.5, an older version of

Crystal Reports Older operating system

– If you are running the scheduler on a machine with an older operating system e.g. Windows 98 or NT4

User control– If the users want to control the machine that does

the scheduling


Why use cViewSERVER instead of Why use cViewSERVER instead of cViewMANAGER?cViewMANAGER?

Corporate Requirements– Complex email lists– Require a secure central server– Web based report status

Administration Requirements– Multiple administrators– Remote administration required

System Requirements– Require the reliability of a Service– Using Windows 2000 Server or above


ParametersParameters

cView report viewer– Interactive when the report runs– A pick list is presented to the user– Supports all forms: single, multi value, range– Presents a calendar for dates

cViewSERVER and cViewMANAGER scheduler– When you set up the schedule, you load the parameters– Supports single and multi value (range in a future release)– Dynamic date values– Multi-run


MultiRunMultiRun

Take a Report that has parametersSelect the parameter value, format and

destinationSelect another, and anotherRun as a single step in the schedule

You can mix email, printer and disk destinations within one multirun


Technical ArchitectureTechnical Architecture

XML document to store schedule Developed using VB 6.0 and .NET cViewREMOTE xml interface may be

integrated with your own applications Uses the Crystal Reports v9.0 and v8.5

engine


What cViewSUITE does not What cViewSUITE does not currently includecurrently include

Scheduled range parameter support (e.g. 2 -7) Alerts processing Scheduled on-demand subreports

– The reports will continue to run. The scheduler will not fail if the reports have these features

Interactive reports for web users Multi threaded report processing These features are planned for future releases


Simple implementationSimple implementation For cViewSERVER scheduler

– If you do not have the Microsoft .NET framework installed, we include the required files in a separate set-up

– You download the trial cViewSERVER to your server– We send you a license file to be placed in the same folder– Use cViewREMOTE to install cViewSERVER as a windows

service

For cView report viewer– Download the demo then run the install file.– We send you a license file to unlock the demo– If you have multiple or site licenses, you can copy the

configuration from your first PC to other PCs


Cost of recommended solutionCost of recommended solution

cView site license $2,499– Unlimited users– No limit on the number of reports

cViewSERVER $699.97 – Single server license– Volume pricing available– Included is one cViewREMOTE administrator GUI

Annual maintenance 15%

All prices quoted are in US$


Cost OptionsCost Options

cViewMANAGER scheduler $499.97 instead of the cViewSERVER scheduler

Additional cViewREMOTE licenses for each extra schedule administrator $73.97

All prices quoted are in US$


SummarySummary

cViewSERVER to schedule your reports and cView to view live reports provides a cost effective solution to your reporting needs

Leverage your existing report development by making them more widely available

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