If you are developing your own custom desktops or administrative tools with the Crystal Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK), be sure to review the newly exposed libraries and APIs. You can now, for instance, incorporate complete security and scheduling options into your own web applications. You can also modify server settings from within your own code in order to further integrate Crystal Enterprise with your existing intranet tools and overall reporting environment.
To improve the scalability of your system, consider distributing administrative efforts by developing web applications for delegated content administration. You can grant select users the ability to manage particular Crystal Enterprise folders, content, users, and groups on behalf of their team, department, or regional office.
In addition, be sure to check the Crystal Enterprise Web Developer's Guide for performance tips and other scalability considerations. The query optimization section in particular provides some preliminary steps to ensuring that custom applications make efficient use of the query language. Access the Crystal Enterprise Web Developer's Guide online from the Crystal Enterprise Launchpad.
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