Crystal reports and web services

Do crystal report and xcelcius need webservices?

No, they don't 'need' web services.  Xcelsius uses Excel for it's data and you can use web services to load the Excel model with data, but it is not required.  CR has a variety of data connection options.
Web services is a popular method of retrieving the most up-to-date data, but is not a requirement.
Hope that helps,
Jake

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