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record

In a database, a record is a complete unit of related information, an electronic file folder that holds all of the data on a given entity. Each record contains one or more fields that contain the specific pieces of data of interest. In a customer database, for example, a record would store all of the data on a single customer. In an inventory database, a record would store all of the data on a single inventory item. Data from an individual record is displayed or printed as a row of data on a columnar report.

report

A report is an organized presentation of data. As a management tool, a report is used to provide management with the insight it needs to run an organization effectively. In Crystal Enterprise, you publish objects to the system, and then schedule those objects to generate instances on a recurring basis.

Report Application Server

The Report Application Server (RAS) is a Crystal Enterprise add-in component that provides users with report design capability over the Web. The Report Application Server must be installed separately into an existing Crystal Enterprise implementation. Consult the documentation included with the Report Application Server for more information.

Report Job Server

See Job Server.

report object

A report object is an object that is created using a Crystal designer component (such as Crystal Reports or Crystal Analysis). Report objects contain report information (such as database fields). When you schedule a report, Crystal Enterprise generates an instance or instances of the object. When you publish a report object to Crystal Enterprise, only the structure of the report (the template information) is saved; that is, the published report object contains no saved data.