Formscape vs Crystal?

peopleman

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Hi,

We are new to formscape and we would like to have full product info like features, benefits, MTR and Cost.

If anyone can provide some information that can help us with our study.

Regards
 
Hi.

Formscape and Crystal are two very different products.

With crystal you build queries or extract data directly from database

With Formscape you process data already extracted in PDF , txt, or xml format

In Crystal you must "transform" data like decimals, dates, udc descriptions, language descriptions, etc.

In formscape all this job is done by JD Edwards ERW

From my point of view, Formscape is more versatile and easy to work, you could focus in the output format. Also you can generate several outputs in one job for the same input.

As an example, when we launch R42565 we obtain one pdf with all invoices for local print, and each customer receives one pdf with his invoices by email. Also a summary pdf is being generated with summary information (total of invoices, etc)

Another example are inventory reports, our inventory report generates several listings and summary charts (by branch, by company, by location), good lots, bad lots, etc. With only one JDE Report

This is not possible with crystal as far as I know (I used crystal a few years ago and don't know very well current versions).

Hope this helps
 
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